The Fire Chief and his assistants or officers in command are
hereby vested with full and complete police authority at fires and
may cause the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way
to the Denmark Volunteer Fire Department responding to a fire call.
The Fire Chief, or his designee, shall have the power to cause
the removal of any property whenever it shall become necessary for
the preservation of such property from fire or to prevent the spread
of fire or protect adjoining property, and during the progress of
any fire the Fire Chief, or his designee, may order the removal or
destruction of any property necessary to prevent the further spread
of the fire. The Fire Chief, or his designee, shall also have the
power to cause the removal of all wires or other facilities and the
turning off of all electricity or other services where the same impede
the work of the Denmark Volunteer Fire Department during the progress
of a fire.
It shall be lawful for any firefighter acting under the direction
of the Fire Chief or any officer in command to enter upon the premises
adjacent to or in the vicinity of any building or other property then
on fire for the purpose of extinguishing such fire, and no person
shall hinder, resist or obstruct any firefighter in the discharge
of his duty as hereinbefore provided; the person so offending shall
be deemed guilty of resisting firefighters in the discharge of their
duty.
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 refusing to obey said orders.
No person shall give or send, or cause to be given or sent,
in any manner any alarm of fire which he knows to be false.
No person shall willfully injure in any manner any hose, hydrant
or fire apparatus belonging to the Denmark Fire Department, or its
contract provider, and no vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected
fire hose 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 official in command.
No person shall occupy any portion of such streets or alleys
with a motor or other vehicle between such fire engine or fire truck
or other fire apparatus and any hydrant to which a fire hose may be,
or may be about to be, attached.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code. In addition to any penalty imposed for violation of § 943.01(1), Wis. Stats., any person who shall cause physical damage to or destroy any public property shall be liable for the costs or replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property. The parent or parents of any unemancipated minor child who violates § 943.01(1), Wis. Stats., may also be held liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property in accordance with § 895.035, Wis. Stats.