Uttarakhand Fire & Emergency Service, Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, 2016
No: 37 Dated: Dec, 19 2016
UTTARAKHAND FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES, FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE SAFETY ACT, 2016
[Uttarakhand Act no. 37 of 2016]
An Act to provide for the maintenance of effective fire fighting service and for matters incidental thereto in the State of Uttarakhand.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of State of Uttarakhand in the Sixty–Seventh Year of the Republic of India, as follows:--
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Fire & Emergency Service, Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, 2016.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Uttarakhand.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different areas and for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires :--
(a) “Appellate Authority'’ means the Appellate Authority appointed by the Government;
(b) “Building” means any structure whether of masonry bricks, woods, mud, metal or other materials and includes a house, out-house, basement, underground parking stable, latrine, urinal, shed, hut or wall (other than boundary wall);
(c) “Building bye-laws” means the bye-laws made by the Government by publication in the official gazette relating to building in the State;
(d) “State Government” means the Government of Uttarakhand ;
(e) “Chief Fire Officer” means the Chief Fire Officer appointed under this Act;
(f) “Fire prevention and fire safety measures” means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws/ National Building Code of India for the containment, control and extinguishing of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property in case of fire and as may be prescribed in the rules made in this behalf;
(g) “Fire Safety Officer” means the person appointed under section 16 of this Act as fire safety officer by the owners and occupier of certain premises and buildings as specified in this behalf to ensure fire prevention and fire safety measures installed in such premises and buildings;
(h) “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director “Technical” Uttarakhand Fire & Emergency Service appointed by Uttarakhand Government;
(i) “Fire & Emergency Service” means the Uttarakhand Fire & Emergency Service, Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Services;
(j) “Fire station” means a building erected to house the fire fighting equipment, appliances and staff declared generally or specially by the Government to be a fire station for the purposes of this Act;
(k) “Inspector General ” means the Inspector General, Uttarakhand Fire & Emergency Service,
(l) “Local authority” means the executive officer or C.E.O. of Municipal Corporation, Municipalities, Nagar Panchayat and cantonment Board.
(m) “Multistoried building” means a building with such minimum height as may be prescribed under the rules in this behalf;
(n) “Nominated authority” means nominated authority by the Government, not below the rank of fire station officer ;