N.Y. Correction Law § 142: Fire in facility

§ 142. Fire in facility. Whenever by reason of any correctional

facility, or any building contiguous to such facility, being on fire,

there shall be reason to apprehend that the incarcerated individuals may

be injured or endangered by such fire, or may escape, it shall be the

duty of the superintendent of such facility to remove such incarcerated

individuals to some safe and convenient place, and there confine them

until the necessity of such removal shall have ceased.