The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 7, § 22)
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§ 22. Board of Fire Wardens
The Board of Fire Wardens, or any one of them who may be present at a fire, shall
have power at such fire to suppress all tumults and riots by force if necessary, to
direct the labor of all persons present during the continuance of such fire, to remove
goods and effects endangered by such fire and protect the same from waste and depredation,
and to pull down, remove, or destroy any house, store, or other building when they
or any of them present at such fire shall deem it necessary for the better preservation
of any property. Said Board of Fire Wardens may inspect the manner of manufacturing
and keeping gun powder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fire works, or combustibles,
and the construction and repairs of fireplaces, stoves, flues, and chimneys in said
City. Said Board of Fire Wardens may, by vote of a majority thereof, direct all persons
manufacturing or keeping such gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks,
combustibles, kerosene oil, petroleum, naptha, gasoline, oils, or burning fluid, in
what manner and quantities to manufacture and keep the same, and the owners or occupants
of buildings with such fire places, stoves, flues, or chimneys, how to repair the
same. Every person refusing or neglecting to obey such order shall forfeit and pay
to the use of said City a fine not exceeding $25.00 for each period of 20 days after
notice of such order that such person shall neglect or refuse to obey the same. Such
order shall not be inconsistent with any ordinance or bylaw of the City. The Board
of Fire Wardens shall have full power to regulate their own proceedings and to form
new hose or hook and ladder companies, subject to the approval of the City Council,
and to organize and govern the Fire Department, and, subject to the approval of the
City Council, to purchase necessary fire apparatus and have the general care and custody
of the property pertaining to the Fire Department.