[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of Trustees 10-4-1993 (Secs. 5-2-2, 5-2-4 through
5-2-8 and 5-3-1 of the 1993 Code of Ordinances), as amended through 2-17-2015. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
No person shall impede the progress of a fire engine, fire truck
or other fire apparatus of the Spencer Fire Department along the streets
or alleys of such Village at the time of a fire or when the Fire Department
of the Village is using such streets or alleys in response to a fire
alarm or for practice.
A.
Driving over fire hose. No person shall willfully injure in any manner
any hose, hydrant or fire apparatus belonging to the Spencer Fire
Department, and no vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose
of the Fire Department when laid down on any street, private driveway
or other place, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the
consent of the Fire Department official in command.
B.
Parking vehicles near hydrants. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park any vehicle or leave any object within 10 feet of any fire
hydrant at any time.
C.
No parking near fire. It shall be unlawful for any person, in case
of fire, to drive or park any vehicle within one block from the place
of fire without the consent and authority of the Fire Chief or any
police officer.
A.
Entering adjacent property. It shall be lawful for any firefighter
while acting under the direction of the Fire Chief or any other officer
in command to enter upon the premises adjacent to or in the vicinity
of a building or other property then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing
such fire and, in case any person shall hinder, resist or obstruct
any firefighter in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided,
the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firefighters
in the discharge of their duty.
B.
Destruction of property to prevent the spread of fire. During the
progress of any fire, the Fire Chief or his assistant shall have the
power to order the removal or destruction of any property necessary
to prevent the further spread of fire; provided that it is inevitable
that, unless such property is removed, other property is in danger
of being destroyed by fire.
Every person who shall be present at a fire shall be subject
to the orders of the Fire Chief or officer in command and may be required
to render assistance in fighting the fire or in removing or guarding
property. Such officer shall have the power to cause the arrest of
any person or persons refusing to obey said orders.
Whenever there shall be a fire or fire alarm or the Fire Department
shall be out for practice, every person driving or riding in a motorized
or other vehicle shall move and remain to the side of the street until
the fire engine and fire truck and other fire apparatus shall have
passed.
No person shall occupy any portion of such streets or alleys
with a motorized or other vehicle between such fire engine or fire
truck or other fire apparatus or any hydrant to which a fire hose
may be, or may be about to be, attached.
The following orders, rules and regulations of the Department
of Safety and Professional Services, all of which are set forth in
the Wisconsin Administrative Code as from time to amended, are incorporated
herein by reference and adopted as part of this Fire Prevention Chapter:
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Ch. SPS 332, Public Employee Safety and Health
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Ch. SPS 307, Explosives and Fireworks
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Ch. SPS 310, Flammable and Combustible Liquids
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Ch. SPS 340, Gas Systems
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Ch. SPS 314, Fire Prevention
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Ch. SPS 343, Anhydrous Ammonia
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Chapters SPS 361 to 365, Commercial Building Code
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Wisconsin Electrical Code
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