The Fire Department shall have the following powers:
(A) The Fire Chief or designated agent is hereby empowered to enter any and all buildings and premises at any reasonable hour for the purpose of making inspections and to serve written notice upon the owner or occupant to abate, within a specified time, any and all fire hazards that may be found.
(B) The officer in command shall have authority to summon aid, and no citizen so summoned may refuse to help in extinguishing a fire or in protecting exposed property.
(C) During the continuance of a fire, the Fire Chief or designated command officer shall have authority to call upon citizens to render assistance in pulling down or demolishing any building or in removing goods or furniture from a building on fire or in danger of fire, but not without the consent of the officer of the Fire Department or the Police Department who may be in charge.
(1989 Code, § 5-30) (Am. Ord. passed 8-19-03; Am. Ord. passed 4-19-05)