N.D. Cent. Code § 25-01.1-15: Supervising department to provide protection against fire - Means of escape

The supervising department under advisement of the state fire marshal shall compel the superintendent of each of the institutions under its control to:

1.Provide at each institution adequate and ready means of protection against fire.

2.Construct proper means of escape for the patients and attendants where the same are not already constructed.

3.Establish and enforce rigid rules and regulations by which the danger of fire shall be minimized.

4.Prevent, as far as possible, injury to the patients or pupils and loss or destruction, by any cause, of the property of the state.