Sec. 29-313. (Formerly Sec. 29-44a). Fire extinguishers. Regulations.
Sec. 29-313. (Formerly Sec. 29-44a). Fire extinguishers. Regulations. (a) No
fire extinguishing agent used in a fire extinguisher or fire extinguishing device may
contain an active ingredient having a level of toxicity equal to or greater than the vapors
of carbon tetrachloride or chlorobromomethane or the thermal decomposition products
resulting therefrom.
(b) No fire extinguisher or fire extinguishing device containing an active agent
having a level of toxicity equal to or greater than the vapors of carbon tetrachloride or
chlorobromomethane or the thermal decomposition products resulting therefrom shall
be used or installed for use in any school bus or motor vehicle used for the transportation
of passengers for hire. The owner or operator of any such bus or vehicle who violates
any provision of this subsection shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or
imprisoned not more than three months or both.
(c) Any person who sells, offers for sale or gives to another any fire extinguisher
or fire extinguishing device, containing or designed to contain an active agent having
an ingredient prohibited by subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the penalties
prescribed by section 29-295.
(d) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt regulations in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 54 prescribing requirements and specifications for the installation or use of fire extinguishers and extinguishing agents. In adopting such regulations,
the commissioner may adopt by reference standards concerning the selection, installation, maintenance, design and testing of portable fire extinguishing equipment and extinguishing agents as set forth by the National Fire Protection Association.
(1961, P.A. 21; P.A. 85-151, S. 1; P.A. 90-263, S. 55, 74; P.A. 05-288, S. 130.)
History: Sec. 29-44a transferred to Sec. 29-313 in 1983; P.A. 85-151 broadened applicability of Subsec. (a), deleting
prohibition re use or installation for use in buildings regulated by fire safety code and penalties for owners of such buildings
and rewording remaining provision and added Subsec. (d) requiring public safety commissioner to adopt regulations re
specifications for installation or use of fire extinguishers and agents, permitting commissioner to adopt National Fire
Protection Association Standards; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute phrase motor vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire for public service motor vehicle; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective
July 13, 2005.