Public Safety
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power, the City of Chicago may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs, including promoting the quality of life, health, safety, and the welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, earlier this year the St. Louis Fire Department announced that it was using federal grant funds to provide firefighters with technology to improve their response times; and
WHEREAS, the pre-incident plan technology to be utilized in St. Louis is intended to better serve firefighters for the collective safety of building occupants and the public; and
WHEREAS, electronic pre-incident plans have the ability to provide first responders with instant en-route and on-site access to site plans, floor plans, hazardous material details, utility shut-off locations, geographical maps, fire hydrants locations, lists of persons with special and other critical building and infrastructure information;
WHEREAS, several buildings in Chicago have been electronically pre-planned, including Loyola University Chicago, which in 2009 became the first university in the United States to implement a fully electronic pre-incident plan lo help lessen property damage and prevent loss of lives as a result of campus fires; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Sections 13-78-010, 13-78-040, and 13-78-080 of the Municipal Code of Chicago are hereby amended.by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
13-78-010 Definitions.
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"Electronic pre-incident plan" is an electronic emergency evacuation plan for occupant emergency evacuation and drill, prepared and maintained in compliance with this Chapter.
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