Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 219-27-03 - Flame ResistanceA. All tents occupied for assembly, or in which animals are stabled, or those located within that portion of the premises used by the public; and all tents in places of outdoor assembly in or about which any devices using fuels are operated, and all tarpaulins and decorative materials in connection with any of these, shall meet the requirements for resistance to fire prescribed in the Federal Specification for Fire, Water and Weather Resistant Cotton Duck, CCC-D-746.B. With the application for any circus, carnival or traveling amusement show license, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall require a affidavit attesting to the date the tent fabric was last treated with flame retardant solution and the date the wood was last surface treated or impregnated, the trade name and kind of chemical used in such treatments, the name of person or firm treating the test fabric and wood and the name and address of the owner of same. An additional copy of this affidavit shall be kept in the office of the circus, carnival, or traveling amusement show and shall be produced for inspection upon request of inspectional authorities.C. Where tents are used as places of assembly with a capacity of two hundred (200) or more persons, the seats, chairs, jacks and other appurtenances of wood, must be suitably treated to reduce the fire hazard by a suitable application of a surface treatment or by impregnation.16-219 C.M.R. ch. 27, § 03