City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2015-1469

• File #: 2015-1469
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 3/23/2015
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• On agenda: 5/6/2015
• Final action: 5/12/2015
• Enactment date: 5/12/2015
• Enactment #: 22
• Effective date: 5/14/2015
• Title: Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 8-Fire Prevention Code-Chapter 4-Emergency Management and Preparedness to add a new Section 410, "Safe and Security Building Act," to prohibit security officers and other building service workers from working in certain covered properties within the City of Pittsburgh without adequate safety and security training.
• Sponsors: Reverend Ricky V. Burgess

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/14/2015	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
5/12/2015	3	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
5/12/2015	3	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
5/12/2015	2		Passed Finally
5/6/2015	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
5/6/2015	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
5/6/2015	2		Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
4/22/2015	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/15/2015	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/1/2015	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/24/2015	1	City Council	Read and referred

SPONSORED BY REV. RICKY V. BURGESS


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Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 8-Fire Prevention Code-Chapter 4-Emergency Management and Preparedness to add a new Section 410, "Safe and Security Building Act," to prohibit security officers and other building service workers from working in certain covered properties within the City of Pittsburgh without adequate safety and security training.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 8, Chapter 4 of the Pittsburgh Code is hereby supplemented by adding the following Section 410:

Section 410.1 TITLE

This Section shall be known as the "Safe and Secure Building Act."

Section 410.2 PURPOSE

The purpose of this Section is to enhance the safety requirements and standards currently in the Emergency Management and Preparedness chapter of the Fire Prevention Code for the benefit of the public by ensuring that buildings are staffed with workers who receive the training necessary to protect its occupants and property. In enacting this Section, the City is not intending to supplant or replace the All Hazards Plan requirement.

A prohibition on an untrained workforce, and a rigorous training program implemented in conjunction with an All Hazard Plan, will ensure that security officers and other building service workers are trained in a range of essential skills including counterterrorism, crime prevention, fire and other building safety, disaster recovery, first aid, and coordination with police, fire, and emergency personnel during an emergency.


The City has the authority to enact this ordinance pursuant to its police powers, the Pennsylvania Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 2, the Home Rule Charter & Optional Plan Law, 53 Pa.C.S.A. ?? 2961 & 2962(c)(4), the City of Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, the Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa.C.S. ? 7501 et. seq., and the Second Class City Code, 53 P.S. ? 25092.

SECTION 410.3 DEFINITIONS

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