NY S09038

Fire chiefs must notify the office of fire prevention and control immediately upon discovery of any fatalities at fire or explosion scenes, and fire scenes cannot be released prior to such notification.

Fire chiefs must include all fatality information in reports filed with the office of fire prevention and control regarding fires and explosions they respond to.

Physicians, hospital managers, and county medical examiners or coroners must report burn injuries involving second or third degree burns to 5% or more of the body, or any burns to the upper respiratory tract, to the office of fire prevention and control at once and in writing within 72 hours.

The reporting requirement for burn injuries is expanded to include cases that may result in death, not just those likely to result in death.

Intentional failure to report burn injuries remains a class A misdemeanor.