Fines For Exceeding Room Capacity?

Scarlet

Does anyone know what the penalties would be if an organization that is open to the public exceeded room capacity as designated by fire code? It is obviously a huge liability if there were an emergency and a customer (or employee!) was injured as a result, but what about fines and such? If no one knows, do they have any suggestions on how to find out without raising red flags?

Jane Reddin AZ

If there are fines for this, it would be detailed in your City or Town's code, charter, or fire ordinances. Most cities and towns now have these things available on-line. For example, if you are in the City of Phoenix, you can go to [url]http://phoenix.gov/FIRE/[/url]

Good luck!
Jane Reddin

Scarlet

Thanks! I'm in a newer suburb of Tucson. The web site is, well, extremely lacking. Any other ideas? Even examples of horror stories I can share would help drive home my point...

Thanks for the ideas!!

JKlink

Contact your State Fire Marshall.