§ 16-21. Police power of the department.

(a)

The chief, assistant chief or designee or officers in command at any fire are hereby vested with the following police authority:

(1)

Suppress any disorder and order all individuals or companies to leave the neighborhood of any fire or first aid scene.

(2)

Command from the inhabitants of the village all necessary assistance for the suppression of fires and the preservation of property exposed to fire.

(3)

Enter any property or premises to do whatever may reasonably be necessary in the performance of the officer's duties while engaged in the work of extinguishing any fire or performing any duties incidental thereto.

(4)

Enter any property or premises to do whatever may reasonably be necessary in the performance of the officer's duties while engaged in the work of aiding persons or minimizing the loss to property at a first aid scene.

(b)

The fire chief may prescribe certain limits in the vicinity of any fire within which no persons, excepting firefighters and police officers and those admitted by order of any officer of the fire department, shall be permitted to come. The chief shall have the power to cause the removal of any property whenever it shall become necessary for the preservation of such property from fire or to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect the adjoining property. During the progress of any fire he shall have the power to cause the removal of all wires or other facilities and the turning off of all electricity or other services where the same impedes the work of the department during the progress of a fire.

(Code 1984, § 3-2-3)

State law reference

Police power of the fire department, Wis. Stats. § 213.095.