11Brigades to proceed with speed to suspected fires or hazardous material incidents

11 Brigades to proceed with speed to suspected fires or hazardous material incidents

11 Brigades to proceed with speed to suspected fires or hazardous material incidents

(1) When there is an alarm of fire, a fire brigade must, despite anything to the contrary in any Act, proceed with all speed to the fire and try by all possible means to extinguish it and save any lives and property that are in danger.

(2) When there is a report of a hazardous material incident, a fire brigade must, despite anything to the contrary in any Act—

(a) proceed with all speed to the site of the incident, and

(b) try by all possible means to render the site of the incident safe and save any lives and property that are in danger.

s 11: Am 1993 No 110, Sch 1 (8).