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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-2 Control of persons and property at fires.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-2" heading="Control of persons and property at fires.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Chief of the Fire Department shall, during the occurrence of fires or alarm of fires, have authority for himself, and the power to delegate to his assistants, the authority to control all persons and property in the vicinity of a fire, during the continuance thereof; provided, that the exercise of such authority does not conflict with any law of the United States, or of the State of Maryland.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Establishment of emergency scene.">When responding to an emergency, the Chief or the Chief’s designee shall:<para num="(1)">identify the emergency scene, as defined in &lt;cite data-path="19|§25-5|(a)"&gt;City Code, Article 19, § 25-5(a)&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
      <para num="(2)">establish the boundaries of the emergency scene using:<para num="(i)">a barricade;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">posted personnel; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">another reasonable method; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">after the Fire Department completes the investigation of the emergency, remove any boundaries marking the emergency scene, unless the Chief makes a determination that a public safety hazard remains.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Persons present.">Only an authorized person, as defined in &lt;cite data-path="19|§25-5|(a)"&gt;City Code, Article 19, § 25-5(a)&lt;/cite&gt;, may be present within the boundaries of an emergency scene.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1879, art. 20, §4</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1893, art. 20, §5</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 13, §6</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 9, § 2</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 9, § 2</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 9, §2</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1877-024</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
