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TOWN OF WAPPINGER
FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU
20 Middlebush Rd. P.O. Box 324
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-0324
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Fire Inspector
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APRIL 18, 1990
TOWN BOARD
MARK LIEBERMANN, FIRE INSPECTOR
CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES IN
In March of this year the Fire Prevention Bureau drafted a letter to
Governor Cuomo, urging a change in legislation to allow the local Code
Enforcement Officials to review plans and enforce and administer the Uniform
Code (9NYCRR) in all public school buildings.
Title 19 New York Codes, Rules & Regulations, (19NYCRR) Part 411.2E,
provides that all buildings owned and occupied by school districts and BOCES
shall fail under the jurisdiction of the State Education Department with regards
to enforcement of the Uniform Code.
Since the Coldenham disaster, there have been many articles relating to
the State Education Department not having the time or manpower to review plans
for new buildings, nor do they make any on site inspections during the construction
process.
In addition, a school district designated Health and Safety Officer is
responsible for enforcement and overseeing the application of provisions of the
Uniform Code is in the school districts.
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This procedure does not guarentee that violations will be corrected.
The only possible way to guarentee that our schools will be properly
inspected and that existing violations will be properly corrected, is to return
<the enforcement and administration of the Uniform Code in public school
buildings back to the local authority having jurisdiction and the local Code
Enforcement Officials.
In the April 14, 1990 edition of the Times Herald Record of Middletown,
New York, Assemblyman Bennett of Newburgh is proposing this very change.
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Attached for your review are the lettezsthat the Fire Prevention Bureau
have received_in support of this request to change legislation and related
articles.
Any support that our Town Board can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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