Section 10: Control of fire fighting operations
consolidated text (as at 1995). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
10. Control of fire fighting operations
At any fire, the senior officer of the Fire Services present shall have full
charge and control of all operations for the extinction of the fire, including
the fixing of the position of fire engine and apparatus, the attaching of hose
to any water supplying device, and the selection of the parts of the building
on fire or of adjoining buildings against which water is to be directed, and
may cause the water to be shut off from the mains and pipes in any area in
order to give a greater supply and pressure of water for extinguishing the fire
and the Fire Services shall not be liable to any claim by reason of the interruption of the supply of water occasioned only by compliance with such a
requirement.