§ 2675. Penalties for disobedience of order or bylaw
§ 2675. Penalties for disobedience of order or bylaw A person who refuses to obey a lawful order or direction of an engineer or the official highest in rank present at a fire or other emergency or disobeys a bylaw of the district shall be fined not more than $250.00. (Amended 1961, No. 52, § […]
§ 2607. Actions and claims
§ 2607. Actions and claims The committee may commence and prosecute actions in the name of the district, defend and adjust actions commenced against it, and settle claims in favor of and against the district.
§ 2671. Duties generally
§ 2671. Duties generally The chief engineer, or, in his or her absence, the assistants in the order of their rank, under the supervision of the prudential committee, shall have charge of the apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and shall keep the same in serviceable order. When on duty, an engineer shall […]
§ 2672. Enforcement of bylaws; alteration and repair of fireplaces, furnaces, and stoves
§ 2672. Enforcement of bylaws; alteration and repair of fireplaces, furnaces, and stoves The chief engineer may carry into effect any bylaw or rule of the district and may direct alterations in the position and repairs of fireplaces, furnaces, stoves, and other things from which damage from fire is apprehended. If the directions are not […]
§ 2673. Powers and duties during hazardous chemical or substance incident, fires; threat of fires or explosions
§ 2673. Powers and duties during hazardous chemical or substance incident, fires; threat of fires or explosions (a) The chief engineer, or in the chief’s absence, the assistant highest in rank present at a hazardous chemical or substance incident or fire, shall have charge of the fire apparatus and of the companies and persons attending […]
§ 2674. Assistance outside district
§ 2674. Assistance outside district When a fire occurs in a fire district or town and application for assistance is made to an officer or inhabitant of another organized fire district by an officer or inhabitant of such district or town, if in his or her judgment assistance should be granted, the chief engineer may […]
§ 2602. Matters subject to regulation by bylaws
§ 2602. Matters subject to regulation by bylaws A fire district at its meetings may regulate by bylaws the manufacture and safekeeping of ashes, gunpowder, and combustibles, and the preservation of buildings from fire by precautionary measures and by inspection.
§ 2603. Sprinkling and oiling streets
§ 2603. Sprinkling and oiling streets If it so votes at its annual meeting, a fire district may empower its prudential committee to cause the streets of such district to be sprinkled or oiled to the extent deemed necessary by the committee.
§ 2604. Preservation of property
§ 2604. Preservation of property In the name of the district, the prudential committee may make contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in the district from damage by fire as they deem necessary and draw orders on the treasury for that purpose. However, the committee shall not bind the district for a greater […]
§ 2605. Purchase of property
§ 2605. Purchase of property A fire district, through its prudential committee, may purchase and hold, in addition to the apparatus for extinguishing fires, such real and personal estate as is necessary for the preservation of the fire apparatus. (Amended 1967, No. 17.)