Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 33 - Arson, Criminal Mischief and Other Property Destruction
Section 3303 - Failure to prevent catastrophe


A person who knowingly or recklessly fails to take reasonable measures to prevent or mitigate a catastrophe, when he can do so without substantial risk to himself, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if:
(1) he knows that he is under an official, contractual or other legal duty to take such measures; or
(2) he did or assented to the act causing or threatening the catastrophe.