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§ 6 — Powers and duties; commanding assistance

Massachusetts § 6
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Ch. 48FIRES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DISTRICTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, § 6 (2026).

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Section 6. Such firewards or other officers may require assistance for extinguishing a fire and for removing furniture, goods or merchandise from a building on fire or in danger of fire. They may appoint guards to secure the same, may require assistance for demolishing a building, and suppress tumults and disorders at fires.

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