Los Angeles Municipal Code § 57.328 General Duties of Persons

No person shall permit any fire to spread so as to endanger the person or property of another, or use or operate a welding torch, tar pot, internal combustion engine, or any other device which may cause a fire unless proper removal of flammable material surrounding the operation is accomplished or such other reasonable precautions are taken which are necessary to insure against the starting and spreading of fires.

Whenever a fire occurs in any building, or on any premises, vessel or aircraft, or in any vehicle, apparatus, process, or equipment, it shall be the duty of the owner, manager, operator, or person in control, upon notification or discovery of such fire and/or smoke, to immediately notify the Department and furnish all required information relative to the incident. This requirement shall not be construed to forbid the owner, manager, operator, or person in control of the building, premises, vessel, aircraft, vehicle, apparatus, process, or equipment from using all diligence necessary to extinguish such fire prior to the arrival of the Department.

Any person upon discovering evidence of spontaneous heating or other abnormal heating of any merchandise, commodity, cargo, shipment, or other material of any kind in any building, vessel, aircraft, vehicle, appliance, apparatus, tank, or open stack or pile, or any person upon discovering or being apprised of an uncontrolled hazardous gas leak or hazardous material or substance spill shall immediately notify the Department.

No person owning, operating, or having charge or control of any device, appliance, apparatus, equipment, tank, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, building, structure, business, premises or other place or thing shall:

1. Release or transfer any flammable liquid, combustible liquid, liquefied flammable gas, or any other hazardous material or substance in such a manner as to give rise to a fire, explosion, panic, or other

hazardous condition.

2. Use any tank, tank vehicle, cargo tank, tank trailer, tank car, and any device, appliance, apparatus, or equipment used in conjunction therewith, when leaking or in such state of disrepair as to cause a leak.

When the transfer of any flammable liquid, combustible liquid, liquefied flammable gas, or any other hazardous material or substance is deemed necessary by the Department to safeguard life and property from fire, explosion, panic, or other hazardous condition, the transfer shall be performed under Special Permit obtained from the Department pursuant to Section 57.105.8.

Whenever alarm signals initiated by manual pull stations, smoke or heat detectors, automatic fire extinguishing systems, or other fire protection systems are transmitted to any location on or off the premises, they shall be treated as a fire alarm and the owner, operator, or person in charge or control of the building or premises shall immediately relay the alarm signal to the Fire Department.