An act relating to public safety, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1809                    By: Newton

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to public safety; directing fire

    departments to designate an individual to monitor

8   fire site for flare ups and hot spots; clarifying

    that designee shall be responsible for observing and

9   ensuring the safety of the affected area; clarifying

    designee does not need to be a fire fighter;

10  requiring designee to monitor sight for certain

    amount of time; permitting responsibility to be

11  shared; prohibiting fire department from leaving

    before having a designee; providing for codification;

12  and providing an effective date.

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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

16  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 170 of Title 63, unless there is

18 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

19  A. Any fire department operating within the State of Oklahoma

20 shall, upon concluding extinguishment efforts at the scene of a

21 fire, designate an individual to monitor the site for potential

22 flare-ups or residual hot spots.

23  B. The designee shall assume responsibility for observing and

24 ensuring the safety of the affected area.

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1   C. The designated individual is not required to be a

2 professional or volunteer firefighter; however, they must have the

3 ability to conduct site inspections at intervals not exceeding one

4 (1) hour for a minimum period of twelve (12) hours following the

5 fire's extinguishment.

6   D. The responsibility for monitoring may be shared among

7 multiple individuals, provided the requirements of subsection C are

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9   E. The fire department shall leave at least one firefighter at

10 the sight until a designee has been designated.

11  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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13  60-1-10366      MJ    01/07/25

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