69Securing area at or after fire

69 Securing area at or after fire (1) The chief officer (fire and rescue service) may do anything the chief officer considers necessary to make premises safe at or immediately after a fire. shoring up, pulling down or destroying a wall or structure that is damaged or made insecure (2) The chief officer (rural fire service) may do anything the chief officer considers necessary to make premises safe at or immediately after a fire in a rural area, other than a fire that is in a building if a member of the fire and rescue service is present. Note The rural fire service may assist the fire and rescue service in the exercise of its functions in relation to fires in buildings in rural areas. (3) An amount of expenses incurred by the chief officer in doing anything mentioned in subsection (1) may be recovered by the Territory as a debt owing to the Territory by the owner of the premises. owner, of a wall or structure, includes the occupier of the land on which the wall or structure is situated.o