(A) The Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief shall, at and during the time of all fires, have the powers of the Chief of Police, and any person who shall resist any such officer in the lawful discharge of his or her duty at such time shall be subject to like penalty as for resisting a peace officer.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to wilfully offer any hindrance to any officer or firefighter in the performance of his or her duty at a fire, or injure wilfully any fire engine or fire-fighting apparatus while going to or at a fire, or remove any parts of the apparatus, or shall give any false alarms or shall willingly drive any vehicle over any hose or other fire equipment belonging to the Fire Department, or to wilfully disobey any command of the Fire Chief relating to the fighting of any fire.
(Prior Code, § 2.20.060) (Ord. 78, passed - -1986) Penalty, see § 10.99