[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Tyrone 7-7-1958 by Ord. No. 568 as part of Ch. 6 of the revised 1958
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Without the consent of the Fire Chief or the person acting as
such or of the Fire Committee of the Borough Council, no person not
an active member of the Tyrone Fire Department shall at any time ride
upon any of the fire apparatus of the Borough or of any of the companies
belonging to such Fire Department. Nor shall any person make use of
any fire apparatus, hose or other equipment of the Fire Department,
other than for the purpose for which the same is intended, without
such consent.
No person shall actually engage in the extinguishment of a fire
or the saving of property endangered thereby or shall enter any building
in which a fire is being fought by the Fire Department, either during
or after such fire, without the consent of the owner or occupant of
such building.
No person not an active member of the Tyrone Fire Department
shall at any time enter within the fire lines, being the roped-off
areas around or in the vicinity of any fire, or interfere with or
attempt to operate any of the apparatus or equipment of such Fire
Department or any fire hydrant or interfere by giving orders, unless
requested to do so by the Fire Chief or the person acting as such
with proper authority; provided, however, that the Mayor or any member
of the Borough Council, any policeman or fire policeman or any other
law enforcement officer or the owner or occupant of any property within
the fire lines and such other persons as may specifically be passed
by the Fire Chief or the person acting as such may enter within such
fire lines.
The Mayor and any policemen of the Borough, including any member
of the fire police, shall have the power in case of fire to disperse
all collections of idle, disorderly and suspicious persons and of
persons hindering the fighting of fire by their presence or by commission
of offenses on such occasions. Any person interfering with or refusing
to obey any such officer in the discharge of such duty shall be guilty
of a violation of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any
automobile, truck, wagon or any vehicle whatsoever over, upon or across
any hose of any of the fire companies of the Borough of Tyrone when
such hose is laid in or upon any of the streets or alleys of this
Borough for the purpose of extinguishing fire.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $20 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in
default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not
more than 30 days.
