67Fires in built-up area

67 Fires in built-up area (1) This section applies in relation to a fire in a built-up area. (2) For the purpose of extinguishing or preventing the spread of the fire, or responding to the consequences of the fire, the chief officer (fire and rescue service) may— (a) control and direct members of an emergency service; and (b) direct a person to leave any land or premises on fire, near the fire, or affected by the consequences of the fire; and (c) remove to any place the chief officer considers appropriate anything that the chief officer considers is interfering with, or may interfere with, the fire control operation; and (d) do anything else the chief officer considers appropriate. Examples—par (d) 1 severing or pulling down a fence 2 burning grass or other vegetation (3) Subsection (2) is in addition to anything the chief officer (fire and rescue service) may do under section 34 (1) (General powers of chief officers) or another territory law. Note Under s 34 (1), the chief officer has a number of general powers including to enter land, shut off a power or water supply, demolish or destroy a structure or remove or destroy an animal. (4) The chief officer (fire and rescue service) may do anything mentioned in subsection (2) at, immediately after, or in anticipation of the spread of, the fire.

Fire response and control Part 5.2 (5) For the protection of life or property or to control or extinguish the fire, a member of the fire and rescue service or a police officer may do anything the chief officer (fire and rescue service) may do under an applicable provision or another territory law without being directed or given authority by the chief officer if— (a) the thing is done in accordance with the commissioner’s guidelines for the fire and rescue service; or (b) it is not practicable for a direction or authority to be obtained. (6) For the application of subsection (5) to a member of the fire and rescue service or a police officer in relation to an applicable provision or another territory law, the law applies to the member or police officer as if a reference to the chief officer (fire and rescue service) were a reference to the member or police officer. applicable provision means— (a) this section; or (b) section 34 (1) (General powers of chief officers); or (c) section 69 (Securing area at or after fire). fire includes a fire the chief officer (fire and rescue service) has reasonable grounds for believing may exist.