Section 18 — FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988

(a)

take such measures as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for the protection of life and property;

(b)

remove any person interfering by his presence or actions with the operations of the Fire and Rescue Department;

(c)

enter, break into or through, and take possession of or demolish, or cause to be taken possession of or demolished, any premises, place or thing for the purpose of putting an end to the fire or protecting the premises, place or thing from the fire, or for rescuing any person or thing;

(d)

close any street near the site of the fire or control the traffic or crowd in any such street;

(e)

use any convenient supply of water;

(f)

remove or direct the transfer of flammable, explosive or hazardous material within or in the vicinity of the premises;

(g)

shut off or disconnect or direct any person having the control thereof to shut off or disconnect any energy supply including gas supply, fuel supply or electricity supply within or in the vicinity of the premises; and

(h)

remove, by force if necessary, any vehicles or objects obstructing the operations of the Fire and Rescue

Department.

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(2)

The powers conferred by subsection (1) may, to such extent as may be necessary, be exercised where a fire is reasonably believed to have broken out or to have occurred.

(3)

For the purpose of paragraph (1)(e), no payment shall be imposed by any person or water authority on the Fire and

Rescue Department for the use of water in carrying out their duties under this Act.

Power to obtain information 18a. (1) For the purpose of paragraph 5(1)(b), a Fire Officer may, by notice in writing served on a person, require the person—

(a)

to provide all information relating to the fire; and

(b)

to appear before a Fire Officer to give an oral statement and a Fire Officer shall, as soon as practicable, reduce the oral statement into writing.

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.

Powers of Fire Officers in emergencies not involving fire