It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department, the Assistant Chief, or the firefighters of any fire company lawfully acting in his or her stead, in all cases of fire, to take and have control of all members of the Fire Department and of all proper means for the extinguishment of fires, the protection of property, the preservation of order at and in the vicinity of fires, and to secure the observance of all laws and regulations respecting fires.
(Prior Code, § 32.42)