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Connecticut General Statutes Title 29. Public Safety and State Police § 29-293. Codes to specify minimum fire safety requirements.  Establishment of fire zones

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(a) The Fire Safety Code   1 and the State Fire Prevention Code   2 shall specify reasonable minimum requirements for fire safety in new and existing buildings and facilities.

(b) The State Fire Prevention Code shall, and any municipality may, by ordinance, require the establishment of one or more fire zones for the orderly access of fire and other emergency equipment to buildings or facilities open to the public.  Any such ordinance may be in accordance with the (1) size, type of construction and nature of use or occupancy of such buildings or facilities, and (2) the fire suppression equipment and method of attack utilized by the fire department.

1  Regs. Conn. State Agencies, § 29-292-1e et seq.
2  C.G.S.A. § 29-291 et seq.

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