Members and employees of county, municipal corporation, fire protection district, sanitary district or privately incorporated fire departments shall have authority to do all acts reasonably necessary to extinguish fires and protect life and property from fire. Any person, including the owner of property which is burning, who shall willfully interfere in any manner with firemen engaged in the performance of their duties shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-82-1
Authority of firemen; penalty for willful interference with firemen
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Spruill v. Lake Phelps Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (1999)
Most recently applied in Spruill v. Lake Phelps Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (January 1999)
1965, c. 648; 1993, c. 539, s. 476; 1994, Ex
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