[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rome as Sec. 3.01 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
General authority.
(1) 
The Town Board shall provide fire protection for the Town by establishing a Town fire department.
(2) 
The Town Board shall appropriate money to pay for fire protection in the Town.
B. 
Organization.
(1) 
The Town of Rome Fire Department is hereby officially recognized.
(2) 
New members of the Department shall serve a one-year probationary period.
A. 
The Chief and Assistants or officers in command of the Fire Department are hereby vested with full and complete police authority at emergency situations. Any officer of a Fire Department may cause the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way to a Fire Department in responding to an emergency call.
B. 
The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in the vicinity of any fire within which no persons, excepting firemen, law enforcement officers and those admitted by order, shall be permitted to come.
C. 
The Fire 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 impedes the work of the Department during the progress of a fire.
D. 
Members of a Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire or other emergency, or when Fire Department vehicles are upon the street pursuant to an emergency call, shall have the authority of traffic officers to direct traffic, as conditions require, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter.
E. 
It shall be lawful for any firefighter while acting under the direction of a Fire Chief or any officer 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 firefighter in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firemen in the discharge of their duty.
F. 
Every person who shall be present at a fire shall be subject to the orders of the Fire Chief and may be required to render assistance in fighting the fire or in removing or guarding property. The Fire Chief shall have the power to cause the arrest of any person or persons refusing to obey said orders.
A. 
No person shall willfully injure in any manner any hose, hydrant or fire apparatus belonging to a Fire Department, and no vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a 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 Incident Commander.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or leave any object within 20 feet of any fire hydrant at any time.
C. 
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 Incident Commander.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. If not defined herein, the word, term or phrase shall have the definition commonly accepted including a relevant definition contained in the Wisconsin Statutes. When not inconsistent with the context, the words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory:
PERSON
Includes a corporation, firm partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals, including a personal representative, receiver or other representative appointed according to law. Whenever the term "person" is used in any section of this chapter prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the work shall include the partners or members thereof, and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section.
STREET
Any public highway or alley and shall mean the entire width between the boundary lines of any public way where any part thereof is open to the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
TOWN
The Town of Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin, or any duly appointed designate thereof, including, but not limited to, the Town Board and Town committees.
TOWN BOARD or BOARD
The present governing body of the Town or any successors to the legislative power of said body, or any duly appointed designate thereof.
VEHICLE
A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home, whether or not such vehicle is registered under Wisconsin Law.