(A) Police authority at fires. The Chief and his or her assistants or officers in command at any fire are hereby vested with full and complete police authority. Any officer of the Department may cause the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way to the Fire Department in responding to a fire.
(B) Control of fires. The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in the vicinity of any fire 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. The Chief may cause the removal of any property whenever it shall become necessary for the preservation of such property from fire or to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect the adjoining property, and during the progress of any fire he or she may order the removal or destruction of any property necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire. He or she may also cause the removal of all wires or other facilities and the turning off of all electricity or other services where the same impedes the work of the Department during the progress of a fire.
(C) Entering premises. 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 building or other property then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing such fire; and if any person shall hinder, resist, or obstruct any firefighter in the discharge of his or her duty, as is hereinbefore provided, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firefighters in the discharge of their duties.
(D) Duties of bystanders. Every person who shall be present at a fire shall be subject to the orders of the Fire Chief or officer in command and may be required to render assistance in fighting the fire or removing or guarding property. Such officer may cause the arrest of any person refusing to obey said orders.
(E) Injury to equipment prohibited. No person shall willfully injure in any manner any hose, hydrant, or fire apparatus belonging to the village and no vehicle or railroad equipment shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private driveway, track, or other place to be used at any fire or alarm of fire without the consent of the fire department official in command.
(Prior Code, § 5.02) Penalty, see § 30.99