The State Government may appoint a person to be the Director of Fire Service for the State.

Powers of members of Fire Service on occasion of fire Powers of members of Fire Service on occasion of fire.—(1) On the occasion of a fire in any area, any member of the Fire Service who is in charge of fire-fighting operations on the spot may—

1. (a) remove, or order any other member of the Fire Service to remove, any persons who by their presence interfere with or impede the operations for extinguishing the fire or for saving life or property;
2. (b) close any street or passage in or near which a fire is burning;
3. (c) by himself or those acting under his orders, break into or through, or pull down, any premises for the passage of hose or appliances or cause them to be broken into or through, or pulled down, for the purpose of extinguishing the fire;
4. (d) require the authority incharge of water mains and pipes in any area to regulate the water mains and pipes so as to provide water at a specified pressure at the place where the fire has broken out and utilize the water of any stream, cistern, well or tank;
5. (e) exercise the same powers for dispersing an assembly of persons likely to obstruct the fire-fighting operations as if he were an officer-in-charge of a police station and as if such an assembly were an unlawful assembly and shall be entitled to the same immunities and protection as such an officer, in respect of the exercise of such powers;
6. (f) generally take such measures as may appear to him to be necessary for extinguishing the fire or for the protection of life or property.

1. (2) Any damage done on the occasion of fire by members of the Fire Service in the due discharge of their duties shall be deemed to be damage by fire within the meaning of any policy of insurance against fire.