In the event of a fire in the city, all inhabitants shall observe the following rules and regulations:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, not a member of the fire department or who has not been requested to act in that capacity, to follow any fire truck or apparatus after a fire alarm has been sounded.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person driving a vehicle of any description to proceed along any portion of the highway after a fire alarm has been sounded. Any person upon said highway shall immediately, upon the sounding of the fire alarm, move their said vehicles to the curb and remain in said position until said fire truck or other fire apparatus has passed, if the same shall proceed in their direction.
C. It shall be the duty of all pedestrians, after the sounding of any fire alarm, to remain upon the sidewalks of any streets within the city and not to enter upon that portion of said highway used for vehicular traffic until after said fire apparatus has passed, if the same proceeds in their direction.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person to either go nearer or drive a vehicle nearer than one block of any fire that is being attended by a fire truck or other firefighting apparatus.
E. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle of any kind over any fire hose laid for the purpose of combating a fire.
F. The chief of the fire department, or in his absence the person in command of such department, may block any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk or other place, if, in his judgment, it is necessary to ensure efficient working of the firefighters or the fire apparatus, or to protect the hose or equipment from injury.
G. The chief of the fire department, or in his absence the person in command thereof, may and is hereby authorized to request the chief of police or other officer in charge of the police department, and it shall be the duty of such officer to furnish a detail of police officers to assist in handling the traffic and to protect the fire department from interference. (1949 Code § 11-0-15)