Fire Legislation at Albany

Fire Legislation at Albany

The Assembly at Albany, N. Y., has passed four bills of Senator Ramsperger. Each is an amendment of previous laws. One increases the number of assistant officers of the State fire marshal so as to include the chief of the fire department or like senior officer in every incorporated village in which a fire department exists, and further providing that neglect to comply with the requirements of law by such officers shall constitute a misdemeanor. Another amends the law by providing that every fire insurance company shall report monthly by mail to the State fire marshal all fire losses on property insured in such company, giving date of fire, amount of probable loss, character of property destroyed or damaged and the supposed cause of the fire, ana also the amount of loss as adjusted on each fire, A third amends the law by striking out the provision that no person shall be excused from testifying upon any investigation, proceeding or inquiry before the State fire marshal, and providing for inspections by assistants of the State fire marshal in the absence of local ordinances. A fourth amends the law by providing that municipal fire marshals, fire chiefs anu other assistants of the State fire marshal shall report yearly in detail the extent and condition of their respective fire departments, apparatus, water supply, etc.

The Assembly at Albany, N. Y., has passed four bills of Senator Ramsperger. Each is an amendment of previous laws. One increases the number of assistant officers of the State fire marshal so as to include the chief of the fire department or like senior officer in every incorporated village in which a fire department exists, and further providing that neglect to comply with the requirements of law by such officers shall constitute a misdemeanor. Another amends the law by providing that every fire insurance company shall report monthly by mail to the State fire marshal all fire losses on property insured in such company, giving date of fire, amount of probable loss, character of property destroyed or damaged and the supposed cause of the fire, ana also the amount of loss as adjusted on each fire, A third amends the law by striking out the provision that no person shall be excused from testifying upon any investigation, proceeding or inquiry before the State fire marshal, and providing for inspections by assistants of the State fire marshal in the absence of local ordinances. A fourth amends the law by providing that municipal fire marshals, fire chiefs anu other assistants of the State fire marshal shall report yearly in detail the extent and condition of their respective fire departments, apparatus, water supply, etc.