Vermont § 10 - Fire Department

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 10 — Fire Department, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 10. Fire Department

  • ; Chief Engineer The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief’s assistants shall be ex officio
    fire wardens of the Village, and the duties of the Engineer shall be those as may
    be prescribed by the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations of the Village. The Chief
    Engineer, and in the Chief’s absence the acting chief designated by the Trustees,
    shall have charge of all machines and apparatus within the Village for the prevention
    and extinguishment of fires. On the occasion of any fire in the Village, the Chief
    Engineer shall have control of both the regular Fire Department and all volunteer
    fire companies, and may demand the assistance of any person present in order to extinguish
    the fire; the Chief Engineer shall have the power to cause to be pulled down, blown
    up, or removed any building that the Chief Engineer may deem necessary for the suppression,
    or to prevent the extension, of the fire, and neither the Chief Engineer, nor anyone
    obeying the Chief Engineer’s orders, shall be liable personally for any property damage
    done thereby. The Chief Engineer may work in conjunction with the Building Inspector,
    as the Trustees may direct, and may have the authority of the Building Inspector in
    the discretion of the trustees. The engineers when on duty shall wear conspicuously
    on their person a badge of office, with their respective rank inscribed thereon, without
    which no person shall be bound to obey their directions. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 10.)

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