(A) The Fire Chief or the Incident Commander at any incident, under the authority of the Department, is vested with full and complete police power and authority at the scene of such incident. Such power and authority shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following.
(1) Any officer of the Department may cause the arrest of any person failing to give the right- of-way to Fire Department vehicles in responding to an incident.
(2) The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits at the scene of an incident within which no persons except firefighters and police officers, and those admitted by order of any officer of the Department, shall be permitted to enter.
(3) The Fire Chief shall have the power to cause the removal of any property from fire, to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect adjoining property, and during the progress of any fire, the Chief shall have the power to order the removal or destruction of any property necessary to cause the removal of all wires or other facilities, and the turning off of all electricity or other services where the same impede the work of the Department during a fire or hazard abatement.
(4) Any firefighter, while acting under the direction of the Fire Chief or other officer in command, may enter upon the premises adjacent to or in the vicinity of any burning structure or hazardous situation, and other property then on fire, for the purpose of extinguishing such fire.
(B) Any person who shall hinder, resist, or obstruct any firefighter in the discharge of his or her duty as herein above provided shall be deemed guilty of resisting a firefighter in the discharge of his or her duty.
(C) Every person who shall be present at an incident such as a fire shall be subject to the orders of the Fire Chief or other officer in command and may be required to render assistance in fighting such fire or in removing or guarding property. The Fire Chief or other officer in command shall have the authority to cause the arrest of any person refusing to obey such orders.
(Prior Code, § 250.05)