§ 11-104. Prohibited acts; interfering with or obstructing officials during fire or other emergency.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to interfere with or obstruct the operations of the Fire/EMS Department, or any member thereof, or any fire official, while extinguishing a fire or proceeding to a fire or other emergency. Such interference or obstruction shall include disobeying the lawful command of a police officer assisting the Fire/EMS Department at a fire or other emergency.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to make, issue, post, or maintain any regulation or order, written or verbal, requiring any other person who discovers evidence of an actual, impending or extinguished, dangerous or destructive, or potentially dangerous or destructive, fire to delay reporting the existence of such evidence to Public Safety Communications.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful for any person that is not a current member of the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department or an authorized public safety official to participate in any Fire/EMS Department emergency operations.

(CB-107-1979; CB-80-2006; CB-47-2010)