Division 323 Commissioner may authorise others to exercise functions
(1) Any function conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by this Part may be exercised by any officer or member of a fire brigade authorised for the purpose by the Commissioner.(2) Such an authorisation need not be in writing and operates to authorise the exercise of functions accordingly.
24 Officer in charge may authorise others to exercise functions
(1) The officer in charge at a fire or hazardous material incident may authorise any officer or member of a fire brigade to exercise all or specified functions under this Part of the officer in charge.(2) Such an authorisation need not be in writing and operates to authorise the exercise of functions accordingly.
25 Duty to recognise authority of officers
(1) Every member of the NSW Police Force and all other persons are to recognise:(a) the authority of the Commissioner and any member of a fire brigade acting under the Commissioner’s orders, and(b) the authority of the officer in charge at a place at which a fire brigade is present.(2) It is the duty of every member of the NSW Police Force to support the authority of such a person and to assist him or her in enforcing compliance with any orders given under this Act or the regulations.(3) This section applies only in respect of the protection of persons from injury or death, or of property from damage, when the persons are or the property is endangered by fire or a hazardous material incident.
(1) A person who is a member of an interstate fire brigade and present at a fire in a fire district for the purpose of trying to extinguish it or to save any lives or property in danger there must:(a) obey any orders given to the person by the officer in charge at the fire, and(b) place any gear or equipment in the person’s charge at the disposal of the officer in charge at the fire.(1A) A person who is a member of an interstate fire brigade and present at a hazardous material incident in the State for the purpose of trying to confine or end the incident, to render the site of the incident safe or to save any lives or property in danger there must:(a) obey any orders given to the person by the officer in charge at the incident, and(b) place any gear or equipment in the person’s charge at the disposal of the officer in charge at the incident.(2) While there is no officer in charge at the fire or incident, the member of the interstate fire brigade who has charge of the members of that brigade present at the fire or incident is, for the purposes of this Act, to be considered to be the officer in charge at the fire or incident.(3) In this section:interstate fire brigade means a fire brigade, by whatever name called, established under a law of Queensland, Victoria, South Australia or the Australian Capital Territory.