Each hospital operating over ten beds and all public schools located in a city or town in this State in which there is a general fire alarm station and an electrically operated fire alarm system shall be equipped with a fire alarm box of the type and character used in such city or town, to be located on the premises at such place as the chief of the fire department may direct, and when such box is installed by such hospital or public school, the municipal authorities shall connect such box with the general fire alarm system and shall thereafter maintain such box in good repair, and such municipal authorities or their agents may enter every such hospital or school at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting and repairing any such box. The failure so to install and equip any such hospital or public school shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not less than ten days and not more than thirty days at the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1158; 1952 Code Section 47-1158; 1942 Code Section 7386; 1932 Code Section 7310; 1926 (34) 944.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 5 - Municipal Corporations
Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention
Section 5-25-10. Application of chapter.
Section 5-25-40. Fire alarm boxes in hospitals and public schools.
Section 5-25-50. Amount of explosives, inflammable liquids and matches that may be kept.
Section 5-25-110. Chief of fire department.
Section 5-25-120. Inspectors of buildings.
Section 5-25-130. Deputy building inspector.
Section 5-25-140. Electrical inspector.
Section 5-25-150. Review of actions or orders of inspector by city council.
Section 5-25-170. Report to State Fire Marshal.
Section 5-25-180. Fee for inquiry; from whom derived.
Section 5-25-190. Procedure and penalty in cases of criminal carelessness.
Section 5-25-200. Procedure when municipality fails to appoint inspector.
Section 5-25-210. Penalties; enforcement.
Section 5-25-310. Building permit.
Section 5-25-320. Inspections and certificate of compliance.
Section 5-25-330. Permit for moving building.
Section 5-25-340. Right to enter premises.
Section 5-25-350. Reports of noncompliance.
Section 5-25-360. Quarterly inspections of premises within fire limits; reports.
Section 5-25-370. Annual inspections required.
Section 5-25-380. Procedure in case of defective or illegal construction.
Section 5-25-390. Notice to repair unsafe buildings.
Section 5-25-400. Approval required of proposed alterations.
Section 5-25-410. Effect of failure of owner to correct defects in new building.
Section 5-25-420. Penalty if owner of unsafe and dangerous building fails to remedy defects.
Section 5-25-430. Removal of notice is a misdemeanor.
Section 5-25-440. Records kept by inspector.
Section 5-25-450. Reports of inspections.
Section 5-25-460. Misconduct of inspector.
Section 5-25-470. Fees for inspections; compensation of inspectors.
Section 5-25-480. Inspection fees in cities of 70,000 or more.
Section 5-25-610. Height of buildings; floor area between fire walls.
Section 5-25-620. Height of frame buildings.
Section 5-25-630. Openings in walls; standard fire doors; windows.
Section 5-25-650. Structures around chimneys, flues and fireplaces.
Section 5-25-660. Construction of fireplaces and chimneys.
Section 5-25-670. Additional regulations as to chimneys.
Section 5-25-680. Construction of flues.
Section 5-25-690. Hanging flues.
Section 5-25-700. Stovepipe construction.
Section 5-25-710. Correction of dangerous chimneys, flues or heating apparatus.
Section 5-25-720. Foundry chimneys.
Section 5-25-730. Steam pipes.
Section 5-25-740. Heater pipes.
Section 5-25-750. Registers, register boxes and cold-air ducts for hot-air furnaces.
Section 5-25-760. Ranges and stoves.
Section 5-25-770. Combustible floors under coal ranges.
Section 5-25-780. Protection of woodwork near boilers, furnaces and similar appliances.
Section 5-25-790. Gas, gasoline, oil or charcoal stoves or heating devices.
Section 5-25-800. Gas connections.
Section 5-25-810. Electric wiring.
Section 5-25-820. Inspections of new electrical wiring; alterations.
Section 5-25-830. Stair and elevator shafts; partitions.
Section 5-25-840. Door openings in stair and elevator enclosures.
Section 5-25-850. Skylights covering stairway, elevator or dumbwaiter shaft.
Section 5-25-860. Interior light or vent shafts; dumbwaiter shafts.
Section 5-25-870. Restrictions as to openings in a roof for admission of light or air.
Section 5-25-880. Required means of egress.
Section 5-25-890. Stairways; exit doors.
Section 5-25-900. Firestopping construction on floor levels.
Section 5-25-910. Construction of areaways.
Section 5-25-920. Rows of frame houses.
Section 5-25-930. Buildings outside of fire limits of incombustible material.
Section 5-25-940. Construction not provided for in this chapter.
Section 5-25-1110. Municipalities shall pass fire limit ordinances.
Section 5-25-1120. Manner in which buildings in fire limits shall be constructed.
Section 5-25-1130. No frame structures shall be built or moved within fire limits; exceptions.
Section 5-25-1140. Construction of certain buildings in fire limits.
Section 5-25-1150. Repairs to roofs within fire limits.
Section 5-25-1160. Removal of damaged frame buildings.
Section 5-25-1320. Battery-operated detectors permitted in certain existing dwellings.
Section 5-25-1360. Enforcement of article by State Fire Marshal or local fire official.