Fire code compliance in Cresskill, New Jersey
The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code is enforced in Cresskill by the town's own local enforcing agency, the Borough of Cresskill Fire Department Division of Fire Prevention. This page names that agency and the chapters of the borough code our code book lists for Cresskill.
Who enforces the fire code in Cresskill, and under which chapters
- Local enforcing agency
- Borough of Cresskill Fire Department Division of Fire Prevention
- Municipality
- Borough of Cresskill, Bergen County
The Borough of Cresskill code chapters
- Chapter 128, Fire PreventionBorough of Cresskill codeRelated, not from this chapter: non-life-hazard uses are registered with the municipality under its local fire-prevention ordinance and inspected by the local fire official on the local cycle.
- Chapter 207, Rental Business and Commercial PropertiesBorough of Cresskill codeRelated, not from this chapter: many towns inspect a rental unit at each turnover for a certificate of occupancy or a rental certificate, and check the fire items on the same visit.
- Chapter 69, Alarm SystemsBorough of Cresskill codeRelated, not from this chapter: the NFPA 72 alarm inspection is a separate licensed trade. We do not do it. We track its date, make sure the visit happens, and file the report.
From our code book, word for word: “Borough of Cresskill Fire Department Division of Fire Prevention. Code: Chapter 128, Fire Prevention; Chapter 207, Rental Business and Commercial Properties; Chapter 69, Alarm Systems.”
Chapter numbers and titles are from the Borough of Cresskill code. General information about published codes, not legal advice. The fire official's word controls, so ask the Borough of Cresskill Fire Department Division of Fire Prevention when a question is close.
The state fire code comes first. The local chapters sit beside it.
The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70) governs a building in use and applies to every building except owner-occupied one- and two-family homes. Life Hazard Uses are registered with the state Division of Fire Safety and inspected on the state's schedule. Every other use the fire code applies to is registered with the municipality under its local fire-prevention ordinance and inspected by the local fire official. The use decides which list a building goes on. The owner does not choose.
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