Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention
Section 26a - Automatic Sprinklers in High Rise Buildings; Enforcement; Appeals

Section 26A. Every building or structure of more than seventy feet in height above the mean grade shall be protected with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers in accordance with the provisions of the state building code, except that sprinklers shall not be required to be installed in patient rooms in hospitals.
The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section.
Whoever is aggrieved by the head of the fire department's interpretation, order, requirement, direction or failure to act under the provisions of this section, may, within forty-five days after the service of notice thereof, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act, to the board of appeals as provided in the state building code and section twenty-three of chapter twenty-three B.

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Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order

Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Investigations of Fires or Explosions by Local Officials; Notice to Marshal of Suspicious Origins or Undetermined Causes; Reports; Records

Section 2a - Notice of Unauthorized Ignition of Fire Within Public or Private Schools or on School Grounds; Submission of Report by School Principal

Section 3 - Investigations by Marshal; Examination of Witnesses; Perjury; Criminal Complaint; Prosecutions; Reports to Commissioner of Insurance

Section 4 - Persons Authorized to Enter and Inspect Premises; Inspections of Institutions; Reports

Section 5 - Investigation of Premises and Alleys as to Fire Hazards; Remedy of Conditions; Expenses; Penalty

Section 5a - Unvented Liquid Fired Space Heaters; Use or Sale Prohibited

Section 6 - Neglect or Refusal of Officers to Comply With Duty

Section 7 - Reports of Marshal and Commissioner of Insurance

Section 8 - Reports to Heads of Fire Departments, Insurance Companies, Property Owners and Other Interested Persons

Section 9 - Regulations Relating to Explosives and Inflammable Materials; Reports of Quantities and Locations; Ordinances and By-Laws

Section 9a - Model Rocket Engines; Storage; Manufacture; Use; Sale

Section 10 - Regulations Relative to Fire Prevention

Section 10a - Heads of Fire Departments; Permits; Inspections; Records; Fees; List of Fire Department Heads

Section 10b - Violation of Regulations of Board

Section 10c - Alteration, Repair or Installation of Oil Burners; Necessity of Certificate; Exceptions

Section 10d - Certificate as Oil Burner Technician; Minimum Age; Application; Fee; Examination; Duration of Certificate; Electrical Work

Section 10e - Apprentice Certificates; Fee; Duration; Expiration; Renewal

Section 10f - Rules and Regulations Regarding Types and Classes of Certificates

Section 10g - Suspension or Revocation of Certificates

Section 10h - Firms or Corporations; Licensing Requirements

Section 11 - Expert Assistants; Laboratory

Section 12 - License and Permit for Manufacture of Fireworks; Sale, Transfer, or Exchange of Explosive Materials; Punishment

Section 13 - Licenses for Land for Explosives and Inflammable Materials; Certificate of Approval; Record; Certificate of Registrations; Fees; Replacements and Alterations Of, and Regulations for Buildings; Explosion Hazard; Appeals to Marshal

Section 14 - Inflammable Fluids in Motor Vehicles

Section 15 - Transportation of Explosives or Inflammable Materials; Violation of Regulations

Section 16 - Fireworks, Explosives and Inflammable Materials; Violations; Penalties

Section 17 - Restraint of Erection or Use of Buildings in Violation of Statute or Regulations

Section 19 - Bonds for Blasting Permits; Filing Fee

Section 20 - Actions on Bonds; Employee of Permittee; Pro Rata Payment of Claims

Section 20a - Bond for Blasting Operations in More Than One Place

Section 20b - Certificate of Competency to Conduct Blasting Operations; Application; Fee; Examination; Issuance; Duration; Expiration; Renewal; Duplicate; Restrictions Regarding Persons Subject to Restraining Order Issued Pursuant to Chapter 209a

Section 20c - Liability for Damages Caused by Blasting

Section 21 - Enforcement of Laws and Regulations Relative to Blasting

Section 22 - Injuries From Explosives Kept or Transported Contrary to Statutes or Regulations

Section 23 - Keeping and Use of Inflammable Fluids; Permit; Fee

Section 23a - Inflammable Anti-Freeze in Hydrants

Section 24 - Keeping and Handling of Fire Menace Material; Carpenter or Paint Shop in Habitation

Section 25 - Use of Salamanders or Stoves for Drying Materials

Section 25a - Second Hand Space Heaters; Unvented Space Heaters

Section 25b - Unvented Liquid Fired Space Heaters; Use or Sale Prohibited

Section 25c - Sale of Decorating Candles; Rules and Regulations

Section 25d - Manufacture and Sale of Children's Clothing and Sleepwear; Rules and Regulations

Section 25e - Residential Gas Appliances; Sale or Installation

Section 26 - Installation of Automatic Equipment on Order of Marshal

Section 26a - Automatic Sprinklers in High Rise Buildings; Enforcement; Appeals

Section 26a1/2 - Automatic Sprinklers in Older High Rise Buildings; Enforcement; Installation Schedule

Section 26b - Automatic Fire Warning and Smoke Detection Systems in Certain Buildings; Enforcement; Appeals

Section 26c - Certain Public Accommodations; Automatic Smoke or Heat Detectors

Section 26d - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 26d to 26f

Section 26e - Residential Buildings or Structures; Installation of Smoke Detectors

Section 26f - Residential Buildings or Structures; Equipping With Smoke Detectors Upon Sale or Transfer

Section 26f1/2 - Carbon Monoxide Alarms Required in Certain Residential Structures; Regulation; Inspections; Enforcement

Section 26g - Automatic Sprinkler Systems Required for Buildings and Structures Totaling More Than 7,500 Gross Square Feet

Section 26g1/2 - Nightclubs, Dance Halls, Discotheques, Bars; Adequate System of Automatic Sprinklers

Section 26h - Lodging or Boarding Houses; Automatic Sprinkler Systems

Section 26i - Multiple Dwelling Units; New Construction; Automatic Sprinkler Systems

Section 27 - Failure to Comply With Order of Marshal

Section 27a - Shutting Off, Disconnection, Obstruction, Removal or Destruction, of Fire Protection Devices; Permit; Report; Violation of Statute; Enforcement

Section 27b - Piling Snow on Fire Hydrants; Penalty

Section 28 - Regulations to Prevent Fire Hazards and Fires

Section 28a - Reports of Violations of Building Laws

Section 28b - Buildings With Canine Guards; Reports

Section 29 - Application of Orders to Occupant or Owner; Payment for Cost of Changes in Premises; Maximum Expenditure

Section 30 - Violations; Notice and Enforcement of Orders or Regulations

Section 30a - Unlawful Tampering, Etc. With Notice of Violation; Punishment

Section 31 - Appeals to Marshal

Section 32 - Sharing Information by Insurers; Liability of Insurer or Arson Squad; Confidential Information

Section 33 - Duties and Powers of Marshal

Section 34 - Violation of Statutes

Section 34a - Assembly Use Group Building; Dangerous Condition

Section 34b - Serious Bodily Injury; Penalties

Section 34c - Subsequent Violations of State Building Code or State Fire Code

Section 34d - Enforcement of Orders of Marshall or Head of Fire Department

Section 37 - Tanks for Storage of Fluids; Permits; Violation of Statute or Regulation; Annual Inspection; Fees

Section 37a - Removal and Testing of Fuel Storage Tanks; Grant Programs for Municipalities and Agencies; Powers and Duties of Administrative Review Board

Section 37b - Grants for Removal or Replacement of Fuel Storage Tanks

Section 38 - Regulations Relative to Tanks

Section 38j - Residential Property Utilizing Heating Oil Tanks; Safety Requirements; Inspection; Certification

Section 39 - Sales, Possession, Use, Etc. of Combustible or Explosive Substances to Produce Visible or Audible Effects; Fireworks; Definitions; Exceptions; Enforcement Procedures; Penalties

Section 39a - Regulations for Permits for Displays of Fireworks; Fees

Section 40 - Storage of Fireworks; Bonds for Manufacture and Storage; Fee

Section 41 - Actions on Bonds

Section 42 - Displays or Exhibits of Fireworks; Bonds

Section 43 - Actions on Bonds; Pro Rating Claims; Other Remedies

Section 44 - Firecrackers and Pyrotechnical Ship or Railway Signals

Section 45 - Violation of Secs. 40 to 44

Section 46 - Inflammable Stove Polish and Foundry Paste; Regulations; Penalties

Section 50 - Search Warrants for Explosive, Inflammable and Combustible Substances Kept Contrary to Statutes or Regulations

Section 51 - Forfeiture of Explosive, Inflammable and Combustible Substances; Sale or Destruction; Proceeds

Section 52 - Matches Kept for Sale or Use in Store

Section 52a - Sale of Exploding Matches, Cigars or Cigarettes

Section 54 - Lighted Cigarettes, Etc. Likely to Cause Fire; Dropping or Throwing From Vehicles or Placing on Forest Lands or Fields

Section 55 - Explosive Golf Balls

Section 56 - Parking Space Business; Licenses; Fees; Term; Suspension and Revocation; Unlicensed Business

Section 57 - Siding as Conductor of Electricity; Approval

Section 58 - Fire Extinguishing Systems, Issuance of Certificates for Installation and Servicing

Section 59 - Display of Street Address Number on Buildings; Use in Enhanced 911 Service

Section 60 - Novelty Lighters; Application of Section