Section
General Provisions
92.01 Fire Department duties
92.02 Interfering with firefighters; loitering around Fire Department
92.03 Riding on Fire Department vehicles prohibited
92.04 Damaging, removing or interfering with Fire Department equipment prohibited
92.05 Fire protection outside town limits
92.06 False fire alarms, damage to fire alarm or response equipment prohibited
92.07 Annual fire inspections required
92.08 Fees and charges
Fire Prevention and Protection
92.15 NC Fire Prevention Code adopted by reference
92.16 Design of automatic sprinkler, standpipe, fire alarm and fixed fire extinguishing systems
92.17 Building permit plan review
92.18 Fire lanes
92.19 Display of address numbers
92.20 Fire hydrant protection policy
92.21 Knox Box requirements
Permit Requirements
92.35 Open burning
92.36 Fire safety special use permits
92.37 Fire safety user permits
92.38 Fire protection systems
92.39 Appeals
92.99 Enforcement; penalties
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The duties of the Fire Department are to preserve and care for fire apparatus and equipment; to have charge of fighting and extinguishing fires and responding to other emergencies; to investigate fires and other hazardous situations; to seek out and have corrected all places and conditions dangerous to the safety of the town and its citizens from fire and related hazards; to enforce the NC Fire Prevention Code; and to make annual reports to the Town Council concerning these duties. The Chief of the Fire Department may adopt such rules, regulations and organization of personnel, job titles and job duties as are necessary and proper for the operation of the Department.
(Ord. passed 9-19-2019)
No person shall obstruct or interfere with any Fire Department personnel engaged in the performance of their duties, nor loiter about a Fire Department station. It shall be unlawful for persons to congregate in the streets, lanes, alleys or squares adjacent to a fire so as to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department. Fire Department personnel engaged in a firefighting operation may declare a safety zone around the fire within which no unauthorized person may enter.
(Ord. passed 9-19-2019) Penalty, see § 92.99
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