The Fire Bureau shall have as its objectives:
(A) To prevent uncontrolled fires from starting;
(B) To prevent the loss of life and property because of fires;
(C) To confine fires to their places of origin;
(D) To extinguish uncontrolled fires;
(E) To prevent loss of life from asphyxiation or drowning; and
(F) To perform the rescue work as its equipment and/or the training of its personnel makes practicable.
(1989 Code, § 7-302)