§ 28-21-5. Fire safety.
(a) An employer shall provide to the person responsible for the administration and direction
of a fire department in a fire district or municipality, including a fire chief or
fire administrator, or that person's designee:
(1) A list of work areas, sufficiently identified by name and location, where designated
substances are present, containing the chemical and common name of each substance
regularly present; and
(2) Upon request, material safety data sheets for each hazardous or toxic substance included
in this list.
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§ 28-21-5. Fire safety.
(a) An employer shall provide to the person responsible for the administration and direction
of a fire department in a fire district or municipality, including a fire chief or
fire administrator, or that person's designee:
(1) A list of work areas, sufficiently identified by name and location, where designated
substances are present, containing the chemical and common name of each substance
regularly present; and
(2) Upon request, material safety data sheets for each hazardous or toxic substance included
in this list.
(b) The person responsible for the administration and direction of a fire department in
a fire district or municipality, including a fire chief or fire administrator or that
person's designee, shall maintain the information provided by the employer under subsection
(a) of this section and shall provide copies of this information:
(1) To fire suppression and fire inspection divisions within the same jurisdiction; and
(2) Upon request, to any fire department employee or an employee representative of a fire
department employee.
(c) Currently conducted fire safety inspections may include, at the discretion of the
fire chief or the inspector, compliance with the employer notice requirements of this
chapter as enumerated in § 28-21-3(a).