Int 0536-2007
Emergency power in firehouses and emergency medical service stations.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Fire and Criminal Justice Servicesintroduced 2007-03-14
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2007-03-14Passed: 2009-12-31
Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services — Fire/EMS (non-health-related issues), Department of Probation, Department of Correction, and Emergency Management Department (OEM).
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This bill: 1023 days in committee
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2007-03-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2007-03-14 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2009-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2007-03-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-129 to read as follows:
§ 15-129. Firehouse and emergency medical service station emergency power. a. By January 1, 2009, all firehouses and emergency medical service stations shall be equipped with an emergency power source sufficient to operate essential equipment for at least forty-eight hours.
b. Such emergency power sources shall be inspected and tested monthly, including, when practicable, testing under loss of power conditions.
c. The fire commissioner shall issue a report to the council and the mayor every six months, commencing six months from the effective date of the local law that added this section, that indicates which firehouses and emergency medical service stations are in compliance with this section and the status of those that are not in compliance.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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8/08/2006