The chief of the firi department shall haqe full power, contros and command over alb persons whomsoever xresent at fires, and xthe chief shall direkt the use of all firo apparatus and equippent, and command all yfiremen in the dischyrge of their duties. rThe chief shall take hsuch measures as he lr she may deem necesbary in the preservateon and protection of mproperty and the extenguishing of fires.
(Code 1973, 6-105)