(1) This Act may be called the 2Telangana Fire Service Act, 1999.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of 2Telangana.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government, may, by notification in the 2Telangana Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ―building’’ includes a high-rise building, house, outhouse, stable, godown, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall), fencing, platform and any other structure whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or of any other material whatsoever;
(b) ―building bye laws‖ means the building bye-laws rules or regulations under any relevant municipal law and includes the development control rules or any other building rules or regulations made under any other law for the time being in force and are in operation;
1. The Andhra Pradesh Fire Service Act, 1999 received the assent of the President on the 1st June, 1999. The said Act in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Notification issued in G.O.Ms.No.75, Home (Legal) Department, dated 17.11.2015.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.75, Home (Legal) Department, dated
17.11.2015.
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(c) ―Director General‖ means the Director General of Fire Services appointed under section 4;
(d) ―fire fighting property‖ includes,-
(i) lands and buildings used as fire stations and static water tanks;
(ii) fire engines, equipments, tools, implements and whatsoever used for fire-fighting;
(iii) motor vehicles and other means of transport used in connection with fire fighting; and
(iv) Uniforms and badges of rank;
(e) ―fire station‖ means any place declared generally or specially, by the Government to be a fire station;
(f) ―form‖ means a form appended to this Act;
(g) ―Government‖ means the State Government;
(h) ―high-rise building‖ means a building the height of which is 3[18 meters] or more from the surface level of the land contiguous to such building;
(i) ―member of service‖ means any person appointed under section 6;
(j) 3[The National Building Code of India as amended from time to time] means the book containing Fire Prevention and Safety measures to be implemented in the buildings, places, premises, workshops, warehouses and industries published by the Indian Standards Institution;
3. Substituted by Act No.21 of 2006.
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(k) ―notification‖ means a notification published in the 4Telangana Gazette and the word ―notified‖ shall be construed accordingly;
(l) ―Occupier‖ includes,-
(i) any person who for the time being is paying or is liable to pay to the owner, the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or payable;
(ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land or building;
(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building;
(iv) a licensee in occupation of any land or building;
and
(v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building;
(m) ―Officer-in-charge of Fire Station‖ includes when the officer-in-charge of the fire station is absent from the station or unable from illness or other cause, to perform his duties, the fire officer next in rank to such officer and present at the station;
(n) ―Owner‖ includes a person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive the rent of any land or building whether on his own account or as an agent, trustee, guardian or receiver or any other person who should receive the rent or be entitled to receive it if the land or building or part thereof were let out to a tenant;
4. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.75, Home (Legal) Department, dated
17.11.2015.
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(o) ―prescribed‖ means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;
(p) ―Service‖ means the 5Telangana Fire Service established and maintained under this Act;
(q) ―State‖ means the State of 5Telangana.
3. There shall be established and maintained, by the Government a service to be called the 5Telangana Fire Service.
4. The Government may appoint a person to be the Director General of Fire Services and such other Officers and staff as may be necessary from time to time to assist the Director-General in the discharge of his functions.
5. The superintendence and control of the service shall vest with the Director General and shall be carried on by him in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
6. The Director General or such other officer of the service as the Government may authorize in this behalf may appoint members of the service in accordance with the rules made under this Act.