§132-3 Adoption of state fire code. The state fire council shall, pursuant to chapter 92 and exempt from the requirements of chapter 91, adopt a state fire code setting forth minimum requirements relative to the protection of persons and property from fire loss, including without limitation:
(1) The storage, handling, and use of hazardous substances, materials, and devices; and
(2) The control of conditions hazardous to life or property in the design, use, or occupancy of buildings and premises.
The state fire code shall become part of the Hawaii state building codes as provided in section 107-25. The state fire council shall meet annually to review and amend the state fire code. [L 1941, c 176, § §1, 4; RL 1945, §8527; RL 1955, §184-3; am L 1965, c 96, §126; HRS §132-3; am L 1978, c 241, §2(3); am L 2001, c 55, §6; am L 2008, c 18, §1; am L 2014, c 164, §10; am L 2020, c 49, §2]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 10. Public Safety and Internal Security
132-1 County fire chiefs; powers and duties.
132-2 General power to make rules.
132-3 Adoption of state fire code.
132-4 OLD REPEALED. §132-4 Investigation of fires; criminal prosecutions.
132-4.5 Investigation of fires; immunity for information received from insurers.
132-5 Right of entry for inspection; unlawful to obstruct.
132-6 Duties of county fire chiefs; periodic inspections; orders to remove fire hazards; appeals.
132-7 Duty of owner to remove fire hazard; expense; lien.
132-8 Duties of owners generally.
132-9 Submission of building plans for approval.
132-11 OLD REPEALED. §132-11 Recorded order of county fire chiefs as evidence.
132-14 Educational powers of county fire chiefs.
132-15 Powers of director of labor and industrial relations.
132-16 State fire council; composition; functions.
132-17 Novelty lighters; prohibited; penalties.