The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
005
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 251, § 501)
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§ 501. Fire Chief and firefighters
(a) The Chief of the Fire Department, or in the absence of the Chief, the assistant engineer
next in authority shall have power at fires to suppress tumults and riots, by force
if necessary, to remove all effects endangered by such fire and protect the same from
waste and depredation, to pull down or remove any building when the Chief deems it
necessary to prevent the spreading of such fire, and for such acts the Fire Chief
and those acting under the Chief’s authority shall not be held personally responsible.
(b) It shall be the Chief’s duty, under the direction of the Board of Trustees, to inspect
the manufacture or keeping of gun powder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, gasoline,
fireworks, and other combustibles, and the construction and repairs of fireplaces,
chimneys, and stoves within the Village, and if the Chief deems the same dangerous
to the safety of the inhabitants, the Chief shall by order in writing approved by
the Board of Trustees and recorded by the Clerk and delivered to the person so conducting
such manufacturing, keeping, construction, or repairs direct in what way to construct
the same, and any person neglecting or refusing to obey any such order so made, recorded,
and delivered shall be punished by a fine as established by ordinance or bylaw with
costs of prosecution.
(c) The duties of the Chief may also include ex-officio Fire Warden and Emergency Management
Director. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)