§ 6-28. General authority.  


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  • The fire department shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to enforce, when applicable, rules and regulations promulgated and state laws and local ordinances relating to the suppression or prevention of fires. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully refuse to obey the lawful order or directive of the fire department in the carrying out of its duties under the authority vested in it by virtue of its directives, rules and fire regulations and local ordinances, or any other ordinance of the city or under any applicable state law, rule or regulation adopted by the city.

(Code 1972, § 8-3)