Permits & Inspections
Duties & Responsibilities
The Adams Fire Department is responsible for uniform compliance with fire prevention and safety laws and regulations the town is charged to enforce. Many of these are covered by MGL Chapter 148 (Mass General Laws, Chapter 148, Fire Prevention) or 527 CMR (527 CMR Board of Fire Prevention Regulations).
The Adams Fire Department is responsible for uniform compliance with fire prevention and safety laws and regulations the town is charged to enforce. Many of these are covered by MGL Chapter 148 (Mass General Laws, Chapter 148, Fire Prevention) or 527 CMR (527 CMR Board of Fire Prevention Regulations).
Permits & Inspections
The Inspection Division issues permits and conducts inspections for the following:
Certificates of Inspection
The Inspection Division works directly with the Adams Building Inspector conducting annual inspections required to maintain an approved Certificate of Inspection. Facilities that receive these inspections include restaurants, nightclubs, private clubs, schools and day care facilities.
Smoke/CO Detector Inspection for Certificate of Compliance
The Adams Fire Department will issue a Certificate of Compliance after a successful inspection for smoke and CO detector compliance in accordance with Massachusetts General Law, chapter 148, section 26F.
Nicole's Law
As of March 2006 when a home is transferred you need to have working carbon monoxide detectors.
Carbon Monoxide detectors are required in any residence that has fossil-fuel burning equipment including, but not limited to, a furnace, boiler, water heater, fireplace or any other apparatus, appliance or device; or has enclosed parking within its structure.
Unfortunately, the law is named for 7-year-old Nicole Garofalo who died in January 2005 when a heating vent in her house was blocked by snow drifts, allowing carbon monoxide to accumulate in the home.
According to the carbon monoxide regulations, you need to have a detector on each finished level of the home. Further there must be a detector placed within ten feet of all the bedroom doors.
CO detectors that were purchased when Nicole's Law went into effect are now reaching their 7 year end-of-life status. Please look at the back of the detector to check the date and familiarize your family with its audible battery or device replacement signal. These signals most often are simple beeps with a long break in between.
** For more information on when an inspection is needed and where these devices need to be installed, please see this online consumer's guide to the Massachusetts Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detector Requirements.
The Inspection Division issues permits and conducts inspections for the following:
- Firework displays
- Fixed extinguishing system installations
- Flammable and combustible liquid storage
- Flammable gas storage
- Kitchen hood and duct system installations
- Liquid petroleum gas storage
- Oil burner installations
- Residential / commercial / industrial fire alarm installations
- Smoke detector for certificates of compliance
- Sprinkler system installations
Certificates of Inspection
The Inspection Division works directly with the Adams Building Inspector conducting annual inspections required to maintain an approved Certificate of Inspection. Facilities that receive these inspections include restaurants, nightclubs, private clubs, schools and day care facilities.
Smoke/CO Detector Inspection for Certificate of Compliance
The Adams Fire Department will issue a Certificate of Compliance after a successful inspection for smoke and CO detector compliance in accordance with Massachusetts General Law, chapter 148, section 26F.
Nicole's Law
As of March 2006 when a home is transferred you need to have working carbon monoxide detectors.
Carbon Monoxide detectors are required in any residence that has fossil-fuel burning equipment including, but not limited to, a furnace, boiler, water heater, fireplace or any other apparatus, appliance or device; or has enclosed parking within its structure.
Unfortunately, the law is named for 7-year-old Nicole Garofalo who died in January 2005 when a heating vent in her house was blocked by snow drifts, allowing carbon monoxide to accumulate in the home.
According to the carbon monoxide regulations, you need to have a detector on each finished level of the home. Further there must be a detector placed within ten feet of all the bedroom doors.
CO detectors that were purchased when Nicole's Law went into effect are now reaching their 7 year end-of-life status. Please look at the back of the detector to check the date and familiarize your family with its audible battery or device replacement signal. These signals most often are simple beeps with a long break in between.
** For more information on when an inspection is needed and where these devices need to be installed, please see this online consumer's guide to the Massachusetts Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detector Requirements.
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