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A person commits the offense of refusing to assist in fire-fighting operations if.

(a) Upon command by a person known by the person to be a firefighter the person unreasonably refuses or fails to assist in extinguishing a fire or protecting property threatened thereby; or

(b) Upon command by a person known by the person to be a firefighter or peace officer the person intentionally and unreasonably disobeys a lawful order relating to the conduct of the person in the vicinity of a fire.

(c) subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a person working for a news organization if the person is reporting on the fire and the person does not unreasonably interfere with fire-fighting operations.

(Section 4.940 amended by Ordinance No. 19462, enacted April 13, 1987; and Ordinance No. 20358, enacted January 23, 2006, effective January 25, 2006.)