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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.)