§ 16-23. Firefighters may enter adjacent property.

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It shall be lawful for any firefighter while acting under the direction of the fire chief or other officer in command to enter upon the premises adjacent to or in the vicinity of any building or other property then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing such fire and in case any person shall hinder, resist or obstruct any fireman in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firemen in the discharge of their duty.

(Code 1984, § 3-2-5)

State law reference

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

                    
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