[Adopted 1-14-1980 by Ord. No. 5-79
as Title 3, Ch. 2, Art. A of the 1980 Code]
The Taneytown Volunteer Fire Department is hereby
recognized as the fire protection unit of the City for the prevention
and suppression of fire.
[Amended 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99; 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 9-99]
The Chief of the Fire Department shall have
general control of the Department and the personnel, apparatus and
fire alarm system and fire sites of the City.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The following original sections,
which immediately followed this section, were deleted 8-9-1999 by
Ord. No. 8-99 and 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 9-99: Sec. 3-2-3, Duty of
chief in case of fire; Sec. 3-2-4, Chief to investigate cause of every
fire; Sec. 3-2-5, Inspection to be made upon complaint; Sec. 3-2-6,
Chief to order fire hazards remedied; Sec. 3-2-7, Failure to comply
with order unlawful; and Sec. 3-2-8, Right to enter a building or
premises.
No person shall be in any street, alley or square
near where a fire is in progress in such a way as to interfere with
the activities of the Fire Department.
No person shall interfere with a fire fighter
in the discharge of his or her duty, nor shall any person, other than
a member of the Fire Department, loiter about any fire station or
change, handle or meddle in any manner with any fire engine or other
fire apparatus.
No person, other than a bona fide member of
the Fire Department, shall mount any fire engine, wagon or apparatus
while on its way to or from a fire, or at any other time, unless by
permission of the driver or officer in command of that engine or other
fire apparatus.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly
give a false alarm or remove any fire apparatus or equipment belonging
to the City or the Fire Department of the city from its proper place
except in the case of fire or other public necessity.
