[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Roseville 2-28-1984
by Ord. No. 895 as Ch. 144 of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 7, Sec. 7.10.
There are hereby adopted by the City of Roseville the fire control measures
and regulations as herein set forth for the purpose of controlling conditions
which could impede or interfere with fire suppression forces.
The Fire Chief or duly authorized representatives, as may be in charge
at the scene of a fire or other emergency involving the protection of life
and/or property, are empowered to direct such operations as may be necessary
to extinguish or control any suspected or reported fires, gas leaks or other
hazardous conditions or situations or to take any other action necessary in
the reasonable performance of their duty. The Fire Chief may prohibit any
person, vehicle or object from approaching the scene and may remove or cause
to be removed from the scene any person, vehicle or object which may impede
or interfere with the operations of the Fire Department. The Fire Chief may
remove or cause to be removed any person, vehicle or object from hazardous
areas. All persons ordered to leave a hazardous area shall do so immediately
and shall not reenter the area until authorized to do so by the Fire Chief.
It shall be unlawful to interfere with, attempt to interfere with, conspire
to interfere with, obstruct or restrict the mobility of or block the path
of travel of any Fire Department emergency vehicle in any way, or to interfere
with, attempt to interfere with, conspire to interfere with, obstruct or hamper
any Fire Department operation.
Any person who, while in the vicinity of any fire, willfully disobeys
any reasonable order or rule of the officer commanding any Fire Department
at such fire, when such order or rule is given by the commanding officer or
a fire fighter there present, is guilty of a misdemeanor (MSA § 28.438).
A vehicle shall not be driven or propelled over any unprotected fire
hose of the Fire Department, when laid down on any street, alleyway, private
drive or any other vehicular roadway, without the consent of the Fire Chief
in command of said operation.
Authorized emergency vehicles shall be restricted to those which are
defined and authorized under the laws of the State of Michigan.
Upon the approach of any authorized emergency vehicle giving audible
and visual signal, the operator of every other vehicle shall immediately drive
the same to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right-hand
edge or curb of the street or roadway, clear of any intersection, and shall
stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle or
vehicles shall have passed, unless otherwise directed by the Fire Chief or
a police officer.[1]
A person shall not, without proper authorization from the Fire Chief
in charge of said Fire Department emergency equipment, cling to, attach himself
to, climb upon or into, board or swing upon any Fire Department emergency
vehicle, whether the same is in motion or at rest, or sound the siren, horn,
bell or other sound-producing device thereon or manipulate or tamper with
or attempt to manipulate or tamper with any levers, valves, switches, starting
devices, brakes, pumps or any equipment or protective clothing on or a part
of any Fire Department emergency vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage or deface or attempt or
conspire to damage or deface any Fire Department emergency vehicle at any
time or to injure or attempt to injure or conspire to injure Fire Department
personnel while performing departmental duties.
A.
The driver of any emergency vehicle, as defined in § 144-6 of this chapter, shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights on or disobey any existing traffic regulations, except when said vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire. Tactical strategies, such as but not restricted to move-ups, do not constitute an emergency call. The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
(1)
Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of existing
traffic regulations.
(2)
Proceed past a red or stop signal or other sign, but
only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.
(3)
Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as he does
not endanger life or property.
(4)
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement
or turning in specified directions.
B.
The exemptions herein granted to an emergency vehicle
shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds
audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary
and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying
a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of
500 feet to the front of such vehicle.
A.
It shall be unlawful to obscure from view, damage, deface,
obstruct or restrict the access to any fire hydrant or any Fire Department
connection for the pressurization of fire suppression systems, including fire
hydrants and Fire Department connections that are located on public or private
streets and access lanes or on private property.
B.
If, upon the expiration of the time mentioned in a notice
of violation, obstructions or encroachments are not removed, the Fire Chief
shall proceed to remove the same. Cost incurred in the performance of necessary
work shall be paid from the municipal treasury on certificate of the Fire
Chief and with the approval of the chief administrative official, and the
legal authority of the municipality shall institute appropriate action for
the recovery of such costs.[2]
