No. 41575 (5-year Review): Rule R710-4. Buildings Under the Jurisdiction of the State Fire Prevention Board

DAR File No.: 41575
Filed: 05/03/2017 07:13:19 AM

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND STATEMENT OF CONTINUATION

Concise explanation of the particular statutory provisions under which the rule is enacted and how these provisions authorize or require the rule:

This rule is authorized by Section 53-7-204. This rule adopts the standards used to ensure the fire safety in all of the occupancy's that are regulated by the Fire Prevention Board.

Summary of written comments received during and since the last five-year review of the rule from interested persons supporting or opposing the rule:

This is a long standing rule that is well understood by the industry that it regulates. Industry and the public may address the Fire Prevention Board at any of their regularly scheduled meetings. No one has requested to be on the Board agenda in the last five years. No written communication for or against this rule has been received in the last five years. This rule adopts the standards used to ensure the fire safety in all of the occupancy's that are regulated by the Fire Prevention Board.

Reasoned justification for continuation of the rule, including reasons why the agency disagrees with comments in opposition to the rule, if any:

The purpose of this rule is to establish minimum rules for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property against fire and panic in any publicly-owned building, including all public and private schools, colleges, and university buildings, and in any building or structure used or intended for use, as an asylum, hospital, mental hospital, sanitarium, home for the aged, assisted living facility, children's home or day care center, or any similar institutional type occupancy of any capacity; and in any place of assemblage where 50 or more persons may gather together in a building, structure, tent, or room for the purpose of amusement, entertainment, instruction, or education. Therefore, this rule should be continued.

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Office of Administrative Rules, or at:

Public Safety
Fire MarshalRoom 302
5272 S COLLEGE DR
MURRAY, UT 84123-2611

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

• Ted Black at the above address, by phone at 801-284-6352, by FAX at , or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail]

Effective:

05/03/2017

Authorized by:

Coy Porter, State Fire Marshal

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