Powers of members of the services on the occasion of fire.

In the event of fire in any area, any member of the service who is in charge of fire fighting operations on the spot may -

1. (a) remove, detain or order any other member of the service to remove any person who by his presence interferes with or impedes the operation 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 or raging;
3. (c) for the purpose of extinguishing fire, break into or through or pull down, any premises for the passage of those engaged in fire fighting or appliances or cause them to be broken into or through or pulled down causing as little damage as possible;
4. (d) require the authority in charge of water supply in the area to regulate the water-machine so as to provide water at a specified pressure at the place where fire has broken out and utilize the water of any stream, cistern, well or tank or any available source of water, public or private, for the purpose of extinguishing or limiting the spread of such fire;
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. He shall be entitled to the same immunities and protection as an officer in-charge of a Police Station shall be in exercise of such powers; and
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 and for which no Officer in-charge or any member of the service working under his order or instructions will be civilly or criminally prosecuted in the court of law