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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

By-laws made by Napier Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th February, 1921.

THE following by-laws, made by the Napier Fire Board,
are published in accordance with the Fire Brigades
Act, 1908.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

NAPIER FIRE BOARD BY-LAWS.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in it by
the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and of all and each and every
other power in that behalf enabling it, the Napier Fire Board
makes these by-laws.

INTERPRETATION CLAUSES.

In these by-laws, except where inconsistent with the con-
text or when otherwise expressly provided,—
“Board” means the Napier Fire Board:
“Brigade” means the Napier Fire Brigade:
“Corps” means the Napier Fire Police and Salvage
Corps:
“District” means the Napier Fire District as defined in
New Zealand Gazette of the 8th day of April, 1920:
“Secretary” means the Secretary appointed by the
Napier Fire Board:
“Superintendent” and “Deputy Superintendent” means
respectively the Superintendent and Deputy Superin-
tendent of Napier Fire Brigade appointed by the
Napier Fire Board:
“Street” means any public or private street, and in-
cludes public places or public and private right-of-
ways:
“Central Station” means the Napier Fire-brigade
Station, Napier:
“Substation” means the Port Ahuriri Fire-brigade
Station, Port Ahuriri:
“The Act” means the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and any
amendment thereof:
“Explosives” shall mean gunpowder, nitro-glycerine,
dynamite, guncotton, blasting-powders, fulminate of
mercury or of other metals, coloured fires, and every
other substance, whether similar to those mentioned
above or not, used or manufactured with a view to
produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyro-
technic effect; and includes fog-signals, fireworks,
fuses, rockets, percussion-caps, detonators, cartridges,
ammunition of all descriptions, and adaption or pre-
paration of explosives as above defined:
“Petroleum” shall mean and include all such rock oil,
Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, and any product of them,
and any oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale,
peat, or other bituminous substance, and any pro-
duct of them, that gives off an inflammable vapour at
a temperature of less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit;
and shall also include kerosene and every other dis-
tillate or product of petroleum, notwithstanding that
it does not give off an inflammable vapour at less than
110 degrees Fahrenheit:
“Dangerous goods” shall mean and include nitro-
glycerine, glonoine oil, painters’ spirits, eupione,
benzine, gasolene, light naphtha, and all light mineral
oils the specific gravity of which is less than 0·733 at
a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit; and shall
also include any liquid stored in cylinders and liable
to sudden expansion under heat.

STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE AND EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES.

1. No person shall store in any premises in the district any
   crates, cases, boxes, or other packages, either empty or con-
   taining paper or other inflammable materials, within 20 ft.
   from any adjoining land, building, or right-of-way.

2. No person shall store within the district any wood
   shavings or other inflammable substance in any building
   situate at a less distance than 20 ft. from any adjoining land,
   building, street, or right-of-way.

3. No person shall store any stack of hay, straw, or other
   inflammable substance on any premises within the district in
   the open air at a distance of less than 30 ft. from any building,
   fence, street, public place, railway-line, or adjacent land.

4. No person shall store any hay, straw, or other inflam-
   able substance in any building attached or at a less distance
   than 20 ft. from any other building within the district, unless
   the roof of such first-mentioned building is covered with 26-
   gauge corrugated iron, or best-quality slates, or concrete, or a
   combination of such materials; provided always that this
   clause shall not apply to the case of any agricultural produce
   required for keeping horses and stored in any building used
   only for keeping horses, and stored in any building used only
   for the bona fide purpose of or in connection with a stable, the
   storing of which does not exceed 3,000 cubic feet.

5. No person shall store in the district any explosives, unless
   such explosives be in a properly constructed fireproof maga-
   zine erected outside his premises, and (if in a building) in a
   case covered externally with iron and mounted on four wheels
   and stationed not more than 10 ft. from a doorway with an
   exit to the street, and shall not have on his premises at any
   one time more than 300 lb. in all of the explosive material
   hereinafter mentioned without the previous consent in writing
   of the Superintendent.

6. No person shall store in the district any carbide of
   calcium, or any preparation thereof, unless he shall have
   obtained a license as hereinafter mentioned and provided.

7. In the event of an application for a license as hereinafter
   mentioned being made for any premises within the district
   wherein other goods of any description are kept, the quantity
   of petroleum which shall be allowed to be kept in terms of the
   said license shall not exceed 250 gallons, unless stored in a
   properly constructed fireproof magazine approved of by the
   Superintendent, when a maximum quantity of 1,600 gallons
   may be kept.

8. No person shall store any petroleum in the district
   except he shall have first obtained a license; provided always
   that it shall be lawful to keep in any private dwellinghouse
   any quantity of petroleum not exceeding eight gallons for
   private use.

9. Any person desirous of storing any petroleum, carbide
   of calcium, explosives, dangerous goods, or other inflammable
   substances in or upon his premises in the district shall first
   obtain in writing a license from the Napier Borough Council
   to store such goods.

INSPECTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The fee to be paid by the owner or occupier of any buildings
for inspection of such buildings under the provisions of sec-
tion 51 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, shall be according to
the following scale:—
Building to seat not more than two hundred per- s. d.
persons .. .. .. .. .. 5 0
Building to seat more than two hundred but not
more than three hundred persons .. .. 7 6
Building to seat more than three hundred persons 10 0
The owner or occupier of any such building shall be sever-
ally liable for the payment of the proper fees according to the
above scale.

PAYMENT OF FEES.

All fees payable under these by-laws shall be payable to the
Secretary of the Board on demand.

ESTABLISHMENT.

1. The brigade shall consist of not less than twenty-two
   officers and men and two messengers at the Central Station,
   and twelve officers and men and two messengers at the sub-
   station.

ENROLMENT OF MEMBERS.

2. Candidates for enrolment as members of the brigade
   must be physically strong men, free from any defect in limb,
   hearing, or sight. They must not be less than twenty-one
   years of age nor more than thirty-five years, unless they have
   previously and recently engaged as active and efficient firemen
   or are otherwise thoroughly competent. In such cases the
   limit may be extended to forty years. They must be able to
   read and write, and may be required to produce testimonials
   as to character and ability. They may also be required to
   produce certificate of birth or other satisfactory proof of
   age. They will be required to undergo a medical examination
   by such legally qualified medical practitioner as the Board
   may appoint. Members of the brigade acting in that capacity
   on the coming into force of this by-law to be exempt from
   these requirements.

2A. Messengers may be admitted not under the age of
twelve years, who must be physically fit, and shall be eligible
to become a fireman at the age of eighteen years.

APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT.

3. Applications for enrolment must be made in writing,
   and applicants shall only be enrolled as members of the
   brigade on the recommendation of the Superintendent being
   approved by the Board.

TERM OF PROBATION.

4. Candidates when approved will be accepted as members
   of the brigade on probation only, the terms of which shall
   be three months. If at the end of such a term the proba-
   tioner shall have given satisfaction to the Superintendent,
   and have proved himself suitable, his acceptance as an en-
   rolled member may be confirmed by the Board.

PERIOD OF SERVICE.

5. Members of the brigade are, subject to the provisions
   of clause 4 hereof, enrolled for service from year to year,
   subject to three months’ notice in writing on either side,
   except as hereinafter provided.