{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-710-1012","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 710-1012","heading":"Refusing to assist in fire control.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist in fire control when:\n\n(a) Upon a reasonable command by a person known to him to be a firefighter, he intentionally refuses to aid in extinguishing a fire or in protecting property at the scene of a fire; or\n\n(b) Upon command by a person known to him to be a firefighter or law enforcement officer, he intentionally disobeys an order or regulation relating to the conduct of persons in the vicinity of a fire.\n\n(2) \"Firefighter\" means any officer of a fire department or any other person vested by law with the duty to extinguish fires.\n\n(3) Refusing to assist in fire control is a petty misdemeanor.\n\n(4) A person who complies with this section by assisting in fire control shall not be held liable to any person for damages resulting therefrom, provided he acted reasonably under the circumstances known to him at the time. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1977, c 191, §2; am L 1983, c 124, §15; am L 2001, c 91, §4]\n\nCOMMENTARY ON §710-1012\n\nSubsection (1)(a) of this section is intended to place obligations upon the citizen in aiding fire control similar to those which §710-1011 places upon the citizen with regard to law enforcement. Again, the request for aid need not be obeyed unless it is reasonable under the circumstances.\n\nSubsection (1)(b) is related to the control of crowds and vehicles in the vicinity of a fire, under circumstances where disorderly conduct and riot-dispersal statutes would not apply.\n\nThe waiver of civil liability in subsection (4) is explained in the commentary to §710-1011.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 710"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0710/HRS_0710-1012.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"c4b575ed4e099fff253e7a1623361e1a3db790a9f257bda17a235f342486e625","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-710-1011","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-710-1013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}