[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Park Falls as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Secs. 5-2-2 and 5-2-4 through 5-2-8 of the 1997 Code]
No person shall impede the progress of a fire engine, fire truck or other fire apparatus of the Park Falls Fire Department along the streets or alleys of such City at the time of a fire or when the Fire Department of the City 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 City, 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 fireman 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 fireman in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firemen 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 the officer in charge 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. Vehicles shall not follow within 500 feet of any fire engine.
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.
[Adopted as Sec. 5-3-1 of the 1997 Code]
The following orders, rules and regulations of the Department of Safety and Professional Services and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 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:
Ch. ATCP 93, Flammable, Combustible and Hazardous Liquids
Ch. SPS 307, Explosives and Fireworks
Ch. SPS 314, Fire Prevention
Ch. SPS 316, Electrical; Wisconsin Electrical Code
Chs. SPS 320 to SPS 325, Uniform Dwelling Code
Ch. SPS 328, Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Ch. SPS 330, Fire Department Safety and Health Standards
Ch. SPS 343, Anhydrous Ammonia
Chs. SPS 361 to SPS 366, Commercial Building Code
Chs. SPS 375 to SPS 379, Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914