§ 807-a. Fire inspections. 1. It shall be the duty of the school\nauthorities in general charge of the operation of any public or private\nschool to cause the buildings of such school containing classroom,\ndormitory, laboratory, physical education, dining or recreational\nfacilities for student use to be inspected at least annually for fire\nhazards which might endanger the lives of students, teachers and\nemployees therein.\n 2. The annual fire inspection shall be made prior to the first day of\nDecember of every school year and the report thereof shall be filed by\nthe school authorities in the places required by subdivision five of\nthis section no later than the sixteenth day of December of every such\nyear.\n 3. a. The school authorities shall cause any fire inspection pursuant\nto this section to be made by one of the following methods, or any\ncombination of such methods:\n (1) Requesting inspection by the fire department of any city, town,\nvillage or fire district in which the building is located.\n (2) Requesting inspection by a fire corporation which is subject to\nthe provisions of section fourteen hundred two of the not-for-profit\ncorporation law, if such building is located within the area described\nin the certificate of incorporation of any such corporation.\n (3) Requesting inspection by the county fire coordinator, or the\nofficer performing the powers and duties of a county fire coordinator\npursuant to a local law, of the county in which the building is located,\nor by any deputy county fire coordinator or deputy of such other officer\nso performing the powers and duties of a county fire coordinator\ndesignated to make the inspection by the county fire coordinator or such\nother officer so performing the powers and duties of a county fire\ncoordinator, if the building is located outside a city, town, village,\nor fire district, which has its own fire department and outside the area\ndescribed in the certificate of incorporation of any fire corporation\nwhich is subject to the provisions of section fourteen hundred two of\nthe not-for-profit corporation law.\n (4) Requesting inspection by a fire inspector, who holds a valid\ncertification.\n b. If any fire department, certified fire inspector or fire\ncorporation described in subparagraphs one, two, and four of paragraph a\nof this subdivision shall fail or refuse to make a fire inspection\npromptly after having been requested to do so by the school authorities,\nthe request shall be denied in writing to the school authorities with an\nexplanation of why such request was denied. In no event may an authority\nwho is otherwise required by law to conduct fire inspections in such\nmunicipality or a county fire coordinator refuse a request by a school\nauthority for such inspection.\n c. Regardless of the method or methods used to accomplish the\ninspection required by this section, the authority making the inspection\nshall file the report thereof with the school authorities no later than\nthe first day of December.\n 4. The state fire administrator shall prescribe the form of the fire\ninspection report and the commissioner shall furnish a supply of such\nform to school authorities annually, either by mail or electronically.\nIn prescribing such form the state fire administrator shall consider\nstandards for fire safety set forth in the state building construction\ncode, the state building conservation and fire prevention code, the\nregulations of the commissioner and other safety standards.\n 5. a. The report of any fire inspection shall be filed in the office\nof the school authorities and with the commissioner. All such reports\nfiled in any public office shall be kept as public records for at least\nthree years after which period they may be destroyed.\n b. Within twenty days after the report is filed with the school\nauthorities, the school authorities shall cause public notice of the\nfiling of such report to be given in substantially the fol
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