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Town of Hillsville, VA
Carroll County
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New Laws (1) Index
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Hillsville 10-11-1978 as Ch. 6 of the 1978 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 48.
Outdoor burning — See Ch. 56.
Nuisances — See Ch. 97.
The town shall provide fire protection by contract with a fire company or by the establishment of a town fire company.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 6-2, Authority to pull down buildings to prevent spread of fire, and Sec. 6-3, Authority to enter building and break down doors, etc., during time of fire, which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
A. 
No equipment of any kind belonging to the town for the purpose of fighting fires shall be at any time taken to any other town or locality, even when requested by that other town or locality, except by the express directions of the Fire Chief or some other person acting in his stead.
B. 
Whenever any such equipment shall be taken to any other town or locality by orders of the Fire Chief, it shall be the duty of a sufficient number of firemen constituting the fire company to accompany the Fire Chief for the purpose of returning or seeing that the equipment so taken is returned.