[Amended 12-3-1975 by Ord. No. 51-1975; 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
The Fire Chief or, in his absence, the next First Deputy Fire Chief, shall have control over all fire apparatus and members of the Department of Fire and Rescue Services while in service at fires, and may, for insubordination thereat, suspend any company from service for such period as he exclude from interference with the function of the regularly organized Department of Fire and Rescue Services, while on duty at all fires, all persons not members thereof, except owners of properties in the immediate neighborhood of such fires, and persons having a pecuniary interest therein, or their agents, and to take into custody any person or persons who may persist in such unauthorized interference.