Article I. In General.
Sec. 12-1. Driving through streets occupied by fire
department.
It shall be unlawful, without the authority of the officer in
command, for any person to drive a vehicle or ride through any
block of any street in which the fire department is assembled for
the purpose of extinguishing a fire. (Code 1959, § 12-11.)
Sec. 12-2. Vehicles construed as part of apparatus of fire
department; vehicle impressed by chief.
No vehicle shall be construed as part of the apparatus of the
fire department which is not driven by a driver in the employ of
the department; provided, that the chief of the fire department, in
an emergency, may impress a vehicle for his own personal use in
going to a fire, in which case the speed of such vehicle shall not
exceed that of the other apparatus of the department. (Code 1959,
§ 12-10.)
Sec. 12-3. Obstructing access to fire hydrants.[134]
No person shall place or cause to be placed around or near any
fire hydrant of the city any goods or other thing in such manner
as to obstruct the free access to such hydrant. (Code 1959, §
12-12.)
Sec. 12-4. Crossing fire hose.
Whenever any hose of the fire department is laid upon any
street, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to pass over the same.
(Code 1959, § 12-13.)
Sec. 12-5. Publishing information with respect to fire alarm
boxes.
It shall be unlawful to publish for sale or for distribution to the
general public in any manner, or as a part of any other
publication designed for general distribution, any list showing the
numbers and location of fire alarm boxes within the city, but this
section shall not be construed to prohibit the publication of such a
list and the delivery of copies thereof to the chief of the fire
department for distribution to members of the fire department
and other authorized persons. (Code 1959, § 12-14.)
Sec. 12-6. False fire or ambulance alarms.
No person shall, without just cause therefor, call or summon,
by telephone or otherwise, any ambulance or fire fighting
apparatus. (Code 1959, § 12-15; 9-8-64.)
Sec. 12-7. Excluding persons from fires; interference with fire
company.
The officers of the fire department and the police officers of the
city shall exclude all persons from buildings and grounds adjacent
thereto during a fire, and no person, except city officials and
employees in the discharge of their duties, shall have the right to
enter within the ropes surrounding such fire, except owners of
property thereat or such other persons as may obtain permission
of the chief or his assistant. Such officers shall have authority to
take into custody all persons persisting in any interference with
the work of the fire company. (Code 1959, § 12-7; 9-28-64.)
Sec. 12-8. Inspection of buildings, etc., by chief; abatement of
fire hazards; refusal to permit inspection.
It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department or his
assistants designated by him to make such inspections of all
buildings (except one and two-family dwellings), premises, streets
and alleys as the city manager may direct, for the purpose of
determining whether or not the laws and ordinances for
protection against fires or fire hazards are obeyed.
Whenever, in their opinion, the laws or ordinances for
protection against fires or fire hazards are not being obeyed or
when, in their opinion, any combustible materials are collected
and deposited, or any other condition exists which may endanger
the security of the city from fires, they shall direct the tenant,
occupant or owner of the premises, or in case of such deposits
being found in streets or alleys, the tenant, occupant or owner of
the building or premises adjacent thereto, to comply with such
laws and ordinances or to remove such combustible materials. In
case of the refusal of such tenants, occupants or owners so to do,
the city manager shall cause the same to be removed at the
expense of such tenant, occupant or owner who shall, in addition,
be punished as provided in section 1-5 for such neglect or refusal.
It shall be unlawful for the occupant or owner of any such
building or premises to fail or refuse to permit such inspection to
be made. Each day of such refusal shall constitute a separate
offense. (Code 1959, § 12-8; 9-28-64.)
