101.13(6)(h)
(h) Each toilet room accommodation provided for disabled persons as required under this section shall be identified on its entrance as a disabled accommodation, and directions to such accommodations shall appear at the building's primary entrance.
101.13(7)
(7) The international symbol of accessibility as adopted by the rehabilitation international in 1969 is established as the official state symbol designating buildings and facilities constructed and designed to be accessible. The symbol may be used only in buildings or other facilities, or parts thereof, which meet the standards for access established by rule of the department. If anyone uses or causes the use of the symbol in violation of department standards, the department shall order the discontinuance of such use until such standards are met. Whoever fails to comply with a department order under this subsection shall be fined $50.
101.13(8)
(8) Every passenger elevator installed in a place of employment or public building after October 1, 1978 shall be equipped with raised letters and numerals on the operating panel and the external door frame on each floor, and the letters and numerals shall be designed and placed to maximize the ability of persons with functional limitations to use the passenger elevator without assistance.
101.13(9)
(9) To the extent that the historic building code applies to the subject matter of this section, this section does not apply to a qualified historic building, as defined under
s. 101.121 (2) (c), if the owner elects to be subject to
s. 101.121.
101.13 Annotation
While neither the U.S. nor Wisconsin Constitutions compels states to require that public buildings and seats of government be constructed and maintained as to be accessible to the physically handicapped, the legislature has an affirmative duty to address this problem and assure equal access to all constituted classes of citizens, including the physically handicapped. 63 Atty. Gen. 87.
101.135
101.135
Uniform firewall identification. 101.135(1)
(1) The department shall promulgate rules that specify uniform dimensions, design and other characteristics for signs used to identify firewalls. The rules may not specify firewall signs that are more expensive than necessary to accomplish their purpose.
101.135(2)
(2) Whenever a city, village or town provides by ordinance for the identification of firewalls, the provisions of the ordinance shall conform to the rules promulgated under
sub. (1).
101.135 History
History: 1991 a. 269.
101.137
101.137
Fire suppression; ozone-depleting substances. 101.137(2)
(2) Servicing portable fire extinguishers. Beginning on August 1, 1994, no person may perform portable fire extinguisher servicing that releases or may release a class I substance unless the person uses equipment approved by the department or an independent testing organization approved by the department to capture the class I substance for recycling or reclaiming.
101.137(3)
(3) Fire fighting training. Beginning on August 1, 1994, no person may conduct fire fighting training using a portable fire extinguisher that contains a class I substance.
101.137(4)
(4) Testing fire suppression systems. Beginning on August 1, 1994, no person may test a fire suppression system that contains a class I substance by releasing the class I substance into the air from the system. This subsection does not apply to the testing of a fire suppression system on a ship that was constructed or is being constructed for an agency of the federal government.
101.137(4m)
(4m) Servicing fire suppression systems. Beginning on August 1, 1994, no person may perform servicing on a fire suppression system that releases or may release a class I substance unless the person uses equipment approved by the department or an independent testing organization approved by the department to capture the class I substance for recycling or reclaiming.
101.137(5)
(5) Penalty. Any person who violates this section shall be required to forfeit not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. Each act of servicing in violation of
sub. (2) constitutes a separate offense.
101.137 History
History: 1993 a. 243.
101.14
101.14
Fire inspections, prevention, detection and suppression. 101.14(1)(a)(a) The department may make reasonable orders for the repair or removal of any building or other structure which for want of repair or by reason of age or dilapidated condition or for any other cause is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger other buildings or property and for the repair or removal of any combustible or explosive material or inflammable conditions, dangerous to the safety of any building or premises or the occupants thereof or endangering or hindering fire fighters in case of fire.
101.14(1)(b)
(b) The secretary and any deputy may at all reasonable hours enter into and upon all buildings, premises and public thoroughfares excepting only the interior of private dwellings, for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any condition liable to cause fire, or any violation of any law or order relating to the fire hazard or to the prevention of fire.
101.14(1)(bm)
(bm) The secretary and any deputy may, at all reasonable hours, enter the interior of private dwellings at the request of the owner or renter for the purpose of
s. 101.145 (6) or
101.645 (4).
101.14(1)(c)
(c) The department is hereby empowered and directed to provide the form of a course of study in fire prevention for use in the public schools, dealing with the protection of lives and property against loss or damage as a result of preventable fires, and transmit the same by the first day of August in each year to the department of education.
Effective date note
NOTE: Par. (c) is shown as amended eff. 1-1-96 by
1995 Wis. Act 27. The treatment by Act 27 was held unconstitutional and declared void by the Supreme Court in Thompson v. Craney, case no.
95-2168-OA. Prior to Act 27 it read:
Effective date text
(c) The department is hereby empowered and directed to provide the form of a course of study in fire prevention for use in the public schools, dealing with the protection of lives and property against loss or damage as a result of preventable fires, and transmit the same by the first day of August in each year to the state superintendent of public instruction.
101.14(1)(d)
(d) The department may prepare and provide suitable forms for distribution to the school systems in the state, for the purpose of providing uniform reports on fire drills conducted during the year in accordance with
s. 118.07 (2).
101.14(2)(a)(a) The chief of the fire department in every city, village or town, except cities of the 1st class, is constituted a deputy of the department, subject to the right of the department to relieve any such chief from duties as such deputy for cause, and upon such suspension to appoint some other person to perform the duty imposed upon such deputy. The department may appoint either the chief of the fire department or the building inspector as its deputy in cities of the 1st class.
101.14(2)(b)
(b) The chief of every fire department shall provide for the inspection of every public building and place of employment to determine and cause to be eliminated any fire hazard or any violation of any law relating to fire hazards or to the prevention of fires.
101.14(2)(c)1.1. Except as provided under
subd. 2., the chief of every fire department shall provide that the inspections required under
par. (b) be made at least once in each nonoverlapping 6-month period per calendar year in all of the territory served by his or her fire department. The chief of a fire department may require more frequent inspections than required under this subdivision. The department by rule shall provide for general exceptions, based on the type of occupancy or use of the premises, where less frequent inspections are required. Upon written request by the chief of a fire department, the department by special order may grant an exception to a city, village or town to conduct less frequent inspections than required under this subdivision.
101.14(2)(c)2.
2. In 1st class cities, the fire chief may establish the schedule of fire inspections in that city. The fire chief shall base the frequency of the inspections on hazardous classification, the proportion of public area, the record of fire code violations, the ratio of occupancy to size and any other factor the chief deems significant. Property other than residential property with 4 dwelling units or less shall be inspected at least once annually.
101.14(2)(cm)
(cm) In addition to the requirements of
pars. (b) and
(c), a fire department shall provide public fire education services, in consultation with the department and the fire prevention council.
101.14(2)(d)
(d) The chief of every fire department, or, in 1st class cities, the building inspector appointed by the department under
par. (a), shall designate a sufficient number of inspectors to make the inspections required under
pars. (b) and
(c).
101.14(2)(e)
(e) Written reports of inspection shall be made and kept on file by the authority having jurisdiction to conduct inspections, or its designee, in the manner and form required by the department.
101.14(2)(f)
(f) Every inspection required under
pars. (b) and
(c) is subject to the supervision and direction of the department, which shall, after audit, certify to the commissioner of insurance after the expiration of each calendar year each city, village or town where the inspections for the year have been made, and where records have been made and kept on file as required under
par. (e).
101.14(3)
(3) The department shall annually conduct training sessions and provide manuals and other materials and services to assist deputies and inspectors in the fulfillment of their duties under
sub. (2).
101.14(4)(a)(a) The department shall make rules, pursuant to
ch. 227, requiring owners of places of employment and public buildings to install such fire detection, prevention or suppression devices as will protect the health, welfare and safety of all employers, employes and frequenters of places of employment and public buildings.
101.14(4)(b)1.1. Except as provided in
subd. 2., the rules of the department shall require all such places and buildings over 60 feet in height, the construction of which is begun after July 3, 1974, to contain an automatic fire sprinkler system on each floor.
101.14(4)(b)2.a.a. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any open parking structure, as defined by the department.
101.14(4)(b)2.b.
b. If the department determines that water would cause irreparable damage and undue economic loss if discharged in such places or buildings, it shall require a suppression device which has a substance other than water.
101.14(4)(b)2.c.
c. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any building over 60 feet in height the construction of which is completed or is begun prior to July 3, 1974.
101.14(4)(c)1.1. The rules of the department governing such places and buildings under 60 feet in height shall be based upon but may vary from those provisions in the building officials and code administrators international, inc., building code which relate to fire detection, prevention and suppression in public buildings and places of employment.
101.14(4)(c)2.a.
a. Consults with the chief of the fire department having authority over the place of employment or public building.
101.14(4)(c)2.b.
b. Determines that the variance provides protection, substantially equivalent to that of the rules mandated by
chapter 320, laws of 1981, of the health, safety and welfare of employers, employes and frequenters of the place of employment or public building.
101.14(4)(d)
(d) To the extent that the historic building code applies to the subject matter of this subsection, each qualified historic building, as defined under
s. 101.121 (2) (c), is exempt from this subsection if the owner elects to be subject to
s. 101.121.
101.14(4)(dm)
(dm) Each building required by rule under this subsection to contain fire detection, prevention and suppression devices shall have the necessary devices installed at the time of its construction.
101.14(4)(e)
(e) Whoever violates this subsection may be fined not less than $100 but not more than $500 for each day of violation.
101.14(4)(f)
(f) The department may inspect all buildings covered by this subsection and may issue such orders as may be necessary to assure compliance with it.
101.14(4)(g)2.
2. "Fire detection, prevention and suppression devices" include but are not limited to manual fire alarm systems, smoke and heat detection devices, fire extinguishers, standpipes, automatic fire suppression systems and automatic fire sprinkler systems.
101.14(4m)(a)4.
4. "Nondwelling unit portions" means the common use areas of a multifamily dwelling, including corridors, stairways, basements, cellars, vestibules, atriums, community rooms, laundry rooms or swimming pool rooms.
101.14(4m)(a)5.
5. "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village or town.
101.14(4m)(a)5m.
5m. "Two-hour fire resistance" means 2-hour fire separations for all walls that separate dwelling units, exit corridors and exit stair enclosures and for all floors and ceilings, so that the specified walls, floors and ceilings are capable of resisting fire for a period not shorter than 2 hours.
101.14(4m)(am)
(am) A political subdivision may enact ordinances, as provided in this paragraph, that require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling. Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall meet the standards established under
pars. (b) and
(c) or under
pars. (d) and
(e).
101.14(4m)(b)
(b) The department shall require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling that contains any of the following:
101.14(4m)(b)1.
1. Total floor area, for all individual dwelling units, exceeding 16,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(b)3.
3. Total floor area of its nondwelling unit portions exceeding the limits established in
par. (c).
101.14(4m)(c)
(c) An automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance is required under
par. (b) in a multifamily dwelling constructed by any of the following types of construction if the total floor area of the nondwelling unit portions in the multifamily dwelling exceeds the following:
101.14(4m)(c)3.
3. Type 3 metal frame protected construction, 8,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(c)6.
6. Type 5B exterior masonry unprotected, 5,600 square feet.
101.14(4m)(c)8.
8. Type 7 wood frame protected construction, 5,600 square feet.
101.14(4m)(c)9.
9. Type 8 wood frame unprotected construction, 4,800 square feet.
101.14(4m)(d)
(d) A political subdivision's ordinances, enacted to meet the requirements of this paragraph and
par. (e), shall require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling that contains any of the following:
101.14(4m)(d)1.
1. Total floor area, for all individual dwelling units, exceeding 8,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(d)3.
3. Total floor area of its nondwelling unit portions exceeding the limits established in
par. (e).
101.14(4m)(e)
(e) A political subdivision's ordinances, enacted to meet the standards established in
par. (d) and this paragraph, shall require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling that is constructed by any of the following types of construction if the total floor area of the nondwelling unit portions in the multifamily dwelling exceeds the following:
101.14(4m)(e)3.
3. Type 3 metal frame protected construction, 8,000 square feet.
