[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Siren 1-8-1988 as Title 3, Ch. 2 and Sec. 3-3-1 of the 1988 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall impede the progress of a fire
engine, fire truck or other fire apparatus of the Siren Fire Department
along the streets or alleys of such Village at the time of a fire
or when the Fire Department of the Village is using such streets or
alleys in response to a fire alarm or for practice.
A.
Police authority at fires.
(1)
The Chief and assistants or officers in command at
any fire are hereby vested with full and complete police authority
at fires. 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.
(2)
The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in the
vicinity of any fire within which no persons, excepting fire fighters
and police officers and those admitted by order of any officer of
the Department, shall be permitted to come.
(3)
The Chief shall have the power to 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 shall have the power 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 the progress
of a fire.
B.
Fire inspection duties.
(1)
The Fire Chief shall be the Fire Inspector of the
Village of Siren and shall have the power to appoint one or more Deputy
Fire Inspectors and shall perform all duties required of the Fire
Inspectors by the laws of the state and rules of the Department of
Commerce, particularly § 101.14, Wis. Stats.[1]
(2)
While acting as Fire Inspector pursuant to § 101.14(2),
Wis. Stats., the Fire Chief, or any officer of the Fire Department
designated by the Fire Chief, shall have the right and authority to
enter any building or upon any premises in the Village of Siren at
all reasonable hours for the purpose of making inspections or investigations
which, under the provisions of this Code of Ordinances, he may deem
necessary. Should the Fire Inspector find that any provisions of this
Code relating to fire hazards and prevention of fires are being violated,
or that a fire hazard exists which should be eliminated, it shall
be his duty to give such directions for the abatement of such conditions
as he shall deem necessary and, if such directions are not complied
with, to report such noncompliance to the Village Board for further
action.
(3)
The Chief of the Fire Department is required, by himself
or by officers or members of the Fire Department designated by him
as Fire Inspectors, to inspect all buildings, premises and public
thoroughfares, except the interiors of private dwellings, for the
purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions
liable to cause fire or any violations of any law or ordinance relating
to the fire hazard or to the prevention of fires. Such inspections
shall be made at least once in six months in all of the territory
served by the Fire Department and not less than once in three months
in such territory as the Village Board has designated or thereafter
designates as within the fire limits or as a congested district subject
to conflagration, and more often as the Chief of the Fire Department
orders. Each six-month period shall begin on January 1 and July 1
and each three-month period on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October
1 of each year.
A.
Driving over fire hose. No person shall willfully
injure in any manner any hose, hydrant or fire apparatus belonging
to the Village, and no vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected
hose of the Fire Department when laid down on any street, private
driveway or other place, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire,
without the consent of the Fire Department official in command.
B.
Parking vehicles near hydrants. It shall be unlawful
for any person to park any vehicle or leave any object within 10 feet
of any fire hydrant at any time.
C.
No parking near fire. It shall be unlawful for any
person, in case of fire, to drive or park any vehicle within one block
from the place of fire without the consent and authority of the Fire
Chief or any police officer.
A.
Entering adjacent property. It shall be lawful for
any fire fighter while acting under the direction of the Fire Chief
or any other officer in command to enter upon the premises adjacent
to or in the vicinity of a building or other property then on fire
for the purpose of extinguishing such fire, and in case any person
shall hinder, resist or obstruct any fire fighter in the discharge
of his duty as is hereinbefore provided, the person so offending shall
be deemed guilty of resisting fire fighters in the discharge of their
duty.
B.
Destruction of property to prevent the spread of fire.
During the progress of any fire, the Fire Chief or his assistant shall
have the power to order the removal or destruction of any property
necessary to prevent the further spread of fire, provided that it
is inevitable that, unless such property is removed, other property
is in danger of being destroyed by fire.
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 in
removing or guarding property. Such officer shall have the power to
cause the arrest of any person or persons refusing to obey said orders.
Whenever there shall be a fire or fire alarm
or the Fire Department shall be out for practice, every person driving
or riding in a motorized or other vehicle shall move and remain to
the side of the street until the fire engine and fire truck and other
fire apparatus shall have passed.
No person shall occupy any portion of such streets
or alleys with a motorized or other vehicle between such fire engine
or fire truck or other fire apparatus and any hydrant to which a fire
hose may be, or may be about to be, attached.
[Amended 6-6-2002]
A.
Open burning prohibited. No person, firm, or corporation shall build any outdoor fire within the corporate limits of the Village of Siren except as set forth in Subsection B of this section.
B.
(1)
Outdoor cooking over a fire contained in a device
or structure designed for such use.
(2)
Controlled burning of grass or similar vegetation
for environmental management purposes, with the prior written approval
of the Fire Chief or designee in his absence.
(3)
Ceremonial campfire or bonfires, with prior written
approval of the Fire Chief or designee in his absence.
(4)
Controlled burning of dry leaves and other nonoffensive
dry yard debris, provided that buckets, shovels, or water shall be
readily available if needed and such burning is:
(a)
Monitored by a responsible person until the
fire has extinguished itself completely and is manageable by such
person(s).
(b)
Conducted on days when excessive wind or atmospheric
conditions will not result in danger to public health or safety.
(c)
Located off the public street pavement or street
gutter.
(d)
Located at least 30 feet from any neighboring
residence.
(e)
Not used for covert incineration of offensive
substances or materials.
(5)
Recreational campfires, provided that they meet the
following guidelines:
(a)
Only unpainted and untreated wood shall be burned.
Coal or charcoal is allowed.
(b)
The fire shall be located at least 30 feet from
any structure or other combustible material unless contained in a
pit or fire-ring-type container.
(c)
Material to be burned must be limited to no
larger than three feet in diameter and no more than three feet high.
(d)
Buckets, shovels, or water shall be readily
available if needed.
(e)
The fire must be monitored by a responsible
person(s) until extinguished.
(f)
The fire shall be conducted on days when excessive
wind or atmospheric conditions will not result in danger to public
health or safety.
E.
Burning on streets. No materials may be burned upon
any street, curb, gutter, or sidewalk.
F.
Liability. Persons utilizing and maintaining outdoor
fires shall be responsible for any liability resulting from damage
caused by their fire.
G.
Hours. Any open burning permitted under Subsection B(4) shall be conducted between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight, Monday through Saturday. Such burning is prohibited at any time on Sunday and the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Open burning is permitted at any time when the ground is completely snow covered.[3]
H.
Rubbish burner or incinerator. Burning of combustible
materials in a rubbish burner, barrel, or incinerator is prohibited
at any time. No person shall burn any plastic, tires, garbage, or
other materials likely to produce toxic or objectionable smoke and/or
odors when burned.
The following orders, rules and regulations
of the Department of Commerce, all of which are set forth in the Wisconsin
Administrative Code, as from time to amended, are incorporated herein
by reference and adopted as part of this chapter:
A.
Chapter Comm 7, Explosives and Fireworks.
B.
Chapter Comm 10, Flammable, Combustible and Hazardous
Liquids.
C.
Chapter Comm 14, Fire Prevention.
D.
Chapter Comm 32, Public Employee Safety and Health.
E.
Chapter Comm 40, Gas Systems.
F.
Chapter Comm 43, Anhydrous Ammonia.
G.
Chapters
Comm 61 to 65, Wisconsin Commercial Building Code.
H.
Wisconsin Electrical Code.
