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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71181</law_id><section_number>45.2-771</section_number><catch_line> Fire prevention and fire control</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Underground Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Mine Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="9">Surface Areas</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of Article 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Firefighting equipment; duties in case of fire; fire precaution in transportation of mining equipment; fire prevention generally" href="/45.2-912/">45.2-912</a> et seq.) of Chapter 9 shall apply with respect to any requirement for firefighting equipment, duties in the event of a fire, or fire precautions at any surface area of an underground coal mine.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-14.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-89; 1974, c. 323; 1978, c. 118; 1984, c. 590; 1985, c. 500; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.243; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
