No person shall willfully give or cause to be given any false alarm of fire in this Village.
The Fire Chief or any of his assistants may, at any fire when it is deemed necessary by him to ensure the efficient working of the men or apparatus under his control, blockade any street, avenue, lane, alley or part thereof.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No person, firm or corporation, except members of the Fire Company, police officers of the Village, or employees of the Municipal Commission or the Department of Public Works, while performing their duty as such, or any person lawfully extinguishing a fire, shall open or make any connections, with hose or otherwise, with any fire hydrant or other public hydrant in said Village without the written authority of the Public Works Superintendent of said Village.
[Amended 12-29-1971]
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, willfully or intentionally, or offer any hindrance to any apparatus of the Fire Company while proceeding to a fire, or to any fireman in the performance of his duty. It is also prohibited to block any fire lane in the Village of Boonville.
A. 
The Chief of the Fire Company or police force, or any of his assistants having charge of or who are at any fire, shall have authority to establish fire lines whenever in their opinion it shall be necessary to facilitate the extinguishing of any fire.
B. 
Any person, except the owner, lessee or one having some interest in the burning property, who enters into the limits fixed by such fire lines, shall pay a penalty as stated in § 201-14 below.
Nothing contained in § 201-5 shall operate to exclude any member of the Fire Company or police force, any official of the Village, or any person who shall have obtained a written permit from the Fire Chief from entering the said fire lines. The firemen or policemen shall take charge of such lines, with full power to make arrests and prosecute any person violating this section.