16 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

1. 219 OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
   1. Chapter 22: CHIMNEYS, FIREPLACES, VENTS AND SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES

SUMMARY: This rule is an agency incorporation by reference to the National Fire Protection Association Standard #211, Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances, 2019 edition. The primary focus of this standard is the removal of waste gases, the reduction of fire hazards associated with construction and installation of chimneys, fireplaces and venting systems for residential, commercial and industrial appliances and the installation of solid fuel burning appliances.

1. This rule incorporates by reference, the National Fire Protection Association Standard #211, Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances, 2019 edition. All rights reserved by the National Fire Protection Association. Copies of NFPA Standards are available through the National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269.

1. All references to circumstances requiring a level II inspection of existing chimneys upon sale and transfer of property shall be excluded from this rule. Therefore, the following section and identified language of a table contained in the National Fire Protection Association Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances, 2019 edition shall not be included in this incorporation by reference:

Section 15.4.1(3)

1. Table 15.2.1. Delete language “upon sale and transfer of property;” only.
   1. STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

      25 M.R.S. §§ 2452, 2465

EFFECTIVE DATE:

December 22, 1977 (1972 edition) (filed September 27, 1978)

AMENDED:

October 24, 1982 (1980 edition)

September 14, 1986 (1984 edition)

August 22, 1988 (1987 edition)

EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):

May 15, 1996

1. REPEALED AND REPLACED:

August 7, 2001 - (1996 edition) formerly Chapter 31

AMENDED:

August 17, 2002 - filing 2002-315 (2000 edition)

September 1, 2003 - filing 2003-303 (2003 edition)

September 3, 2007 – filing 2007-372 (2006 edition)

August 23, 2022 – filing 2022-174 (2019 edition)