Vermont § 26 - Fire Marshal

§ 26. Fire Marshal

• (a) The Fire Marshal may by writing recorded by the Clerk appoint one or more deputy fire
  marshals. (b) The Fire Marshal or in the Fire Marshal’s absence the deputy fire marshal next in
  authority shall have power at fires to suppress tumults and riots, by force if necessary,
  to direct the labor of all persons present at times of the fire, to remove all effects
  endangered by the fire and protect the same from waste and depredation, to pull down
  or remove any building when the Fire Marshal deems it necessary to prevent the spreading
  of the fire, and to require the assistance of any and all inhabitants of the corporation
  for the several purposes described in this section, and for any such acts, the Fire
  Marshal and those acting under the Fire Marshal’s authority shall not be held personally
  responsible. (c) The Fire Marshal shall inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gunpowder,
  lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, and other combustibles and the construction
  and repairs of fireplaces, chimneys, and stoves within the Village, and if the Fire
  Marshal deems the same dangerous shall by the Fire Marshal’s order in writing recorded
  by the Clerk and delivered to the person conducting such manufacturing, keeping, construction,
  or repairs direct in what way to conduct the same, and any person refusing or neglecting
  to obey any such order of the Fire Marshal or in the Fire Marshal’s absence of the
  Fire Marshal’s deputy next in authority, so made and recorded and delivered, shall
  be punished by a fine of not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 290, eff. July 1, 2023.)