The Mayor, Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and all members of the Fire Department shall, during the process of any fire, arrest any person or persons found trespassing or stealing any property or wilfully injuring or breaking any fire apparatus or hindering or interfering with any member of the Fire Department in the performance of his or her duties, at, going to, or returning from any fire, or while attending to his or her respective duties connected with the Fire Department, or negligently driving any vehicle across or upon any hose of the Fire Department.
(1963 Code, § 4-1-12) Penalty, see § 33.99