40A:14-54.1 - Authority at scene of fire of fire official in charge of supervision or direction of operations - New Jersey Statutes

40A:14-54.1.  Authority at scene of fire of fire official in charge of supervision or direction of operations
    The chief or other superior officer of any municipal paid or part-paid fire  department or volunteer fire company, or a State fire warden, who is charged  with the duty of supervising or directing operations at the scene of any fire  shall be the sole authority within fire lines established by said fire chief or  other superior fire officer, or State fire warden, at the scene of such fire  with respect to all firefighting operations relating to the protection of lives  and property endangered by such fire, and within said fire lines such authority  shall supersede that of any municipal police authority.  The authority hereby  invested in the chief or other superior officer, or State fire warden, shall  terminate at such time as he shall declare the fire out.  Nothing in this act  shall affect the powers possessed by the Governor under the various emergency  acts nor the powers possessed by any State agency to protect the public health,  welfare and safety.

     L.1981, c. 435, s. 1, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.