Section
General Provisions
94.01 Fire Chief to investigate cause of every fire
94.02 Record of fires to be kept
94.03 Fire apparatus to have right-of-way
94.04 Establishment of fire limits
94.05 Restrictions within fire limits
94.06 Certain acts prohibited
94.07 Fire prevention code enforcement
94.08 Knox box installation
Flammable Fluids and Explosives
94.15 Purpose
94.16 Definitions
94.17 Handling of flammable fluids and explosives
94.18 Storage of flammable fluids and explosives
94.19 Transit of flammable fluids
94.20 Oil plants
94.99 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Fire Department, see Ch. 33
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Immediately after the occurrence of any fire, the Fire Chief shall investigate, or shall cause to be investigated, the cause, origin and circumstances thereof, and, as far as possible, shall determine whether the fire was the result of accident, carelessness or design. If he or she has reason to believe that the fire was of suspicious origin, he or she shall notify the proper authorities designated by law to pursue the investigation of the matter, and shall further cooperate with the authorities in the collecting of evidence and in the prosecution of the case when properly instituted.
(1985 Code, § 94.01)
Statutory reference:
Duty of firefighters generally, see G.S. § 160A-29l
The Fire Chief shall keep, or cause to be kept, an accurate record of all fires occurring in the town. For each fire the following information shall be secured and kept:
(A) Location of premises;
(B) Owner;
(C) Brief description of premises, whether of brick, stone, concrete, iron or wood;
(D) How occupied, whether as dwelling, storehouse, factory, workshop or otherwise;
(E) Amount and nature of damages as to both real and personal property;
(F) Amount of insurance;
(G) Cause of fire;
(H) Date.
(1985 Code, § 94.02)
(A) When the fire alarm sounds, every automobile, truck or other vehicle is required immediately to come to a full stop at the curb until the fire truck has passed, and pedestrians are required to clear the streets at once when the operator of the fire truck is giving a warning signal by appropriate light and by bell, siren or exhaust whistle audible under normal conditions from a distance not less than 1,000 feet.
(B) (1) In event of an alarm of fire, the apparatus of the Fire Department shall have the right-of-way in and on the streets, lanes, alleys, squares and railroad crossings in going to any fire, or being on any street, lanes, alleys, squares or railroad crossings provided that the operator of the Fire Department vehicle is giving a warning signal by appropriate light and by bell, siren or exhaust whistle audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or willfully fail or refuse to make way for any of the apparatus.
(1985 Code, § 94.03) Penalty, see § 94.99
Statutory reference:
Emergency apparatus to have right-of-way, see G.S. § 20-156
Pursuant to G.S. § 160A-435 the primary fire limits of the town shall be, and are hereby defined as follows:
Bounded on the north by a line running parallel with Sycamore Street located 168.666 feet in a northerly direction along the centerline of Arendell Avenue from the intersection of the centerline of Arendell Avenue and the centerline of Sycamore Street; on the south by Barbee Street; on the east by a line running parallel with Arendell Avenue and being located 200 feet east from the centerline of Arendell Avenue; and on the west by a line running parallel with Arendell Avenue and being located 200 feet west from the centerline of Arendell Avenue.
(1985 Code, § 94.04)
Editor’s note:
G.S. § 160A-435 was repealed by Session Laws 2019 111, s. 2.3
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