A vehicle must not be driven so as to impede or obstruct the
progress of the apparatus of a Fire Department or of any official
or employee of the Town in the discharge of his duty at a fire. The
operator of a vehicle not a part of the municipal fire apparatus shall
not operate in, through or within the established fire lines. Upon
the approach of fire apparatus, as evidenced by suitable and continuous
warning, the operator of a vehicle which is not a part of the fire
apparatus must immediately draw up such vehicle as near as practicable
to the right-hand curb and parallel thereto and bring it to a standstill
until the fire apparatus has passed.
No vehicle of any kind, except fire apparatus or other emergency
vehicle, shall at any time be parked or stopped within the fire line
established by the Fire Department at any building which is on fire.
Any vehicle which shall be parked in violation of this section may
be removed to a safe location by the Police Department at the request
of the Fire Chief and subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
No vehicle of any kind, except fire apparatus or other emergency
vehicle, shall at any time park, stand or stop in a fire lane or fire
zone, which is so marked and designated in accordance with the vehicle
and traffic laws, at any building at which the Fire Department is
engaged in firefighting or other emergency operations. Any vehicle
which shall be parked in violation of this section may be removed
to a safe location by the Police Department at the request of the
Fire Chief and subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
No vehicle of any kind not a part of the municipal fire apparatus
shall at any time be driven over a fire hose or other fire equipment
unless directed to do so by police or fire personnel. Said action
causing damage or disruption of fire apparatus shall be subject to
the penalties set forth in this chapter.
No person or persons shall willfully or designedly make or raise
a false cry of fire or cause a false alarm to be sounded.
A.
No person or persons shall at any time interfere with the work of
a Fire Department at any fire or in the course of any work incidental
thereto.
B.
No person or persons shall at any time interfere with any Fire Marshal
or CEO in the performance of his duties or in carrying out an inspection
or in the performance of any other duties as such representative.
C.
No person shall reset a fire alarm in a commercial or multifamily
building without approval from the Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Fire
Department Officer in Charge, or Code Enforcement Official.
[Added 12-19-2023 by L.L.
No. 28-2023]
(1)
A sign shall be posted by the fire alarm panel stating that the fire
alarm shall not be reset without the approval of the Fire Chief.
D.
Single- and two-family dwellings shall be excluded from the requirements
of this section.
[Added 12-19-2023 by L.L.
No. 28-2023]
