2001 Minnesota Statutes

     299F.361 Fire extinguisher; multiple unit residential 
  building. 

    Subdivision 1.    Standards.  There shall be provided 
 and installed in each apartment of a multiple unit residence 
 building containing four or more apartments, at least one fire 
 extinguisher complying with the standards prescribed by the 
 State Fire Code and with a rating of not less than 1A-10BC, as 
 defined by the National Fire Protection Pamphlet No. 10, or 
 there shall be provided and installed within 50 feet of each 
 apartment entrance at least one fire extinguisher complying with 
 the standards prescribed by the State Fire Code and with a 
 rating of not less than 2A-10BC as defined by the National Fire 
 Protection Pamphlet No. 10. 

    Subd. 2.    Compliance.  Owners of multiple unit 
 residence buildings heretofore constructed shall have 180 days 
 to comply with the provisions of subdivision 1, except that 
 those multiple unit residence buildings providing 2A type fire 
 extinguishers and meeting the standards prescribed by the 
 National Fire Protection Pamphlet No. 10 shall have three years 
 to comply with the provisions of subdivision 1.  

    Subd. 3.    Authority of local government.  Nothing in 
 this section shall prohibit a local unit of government from 
 adopting standards more stringent than those provided in 
 subdivision 1.  

    HIST: 1974 c 63 s 1-3; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 23