New York Consolidated Laws, Village Law - VIL § 10-1002 Rules and regulations

(a) To protect and preserve the village property and apparatus of the fire department.

(b) To prevent danger from fires and to protect property exposed to destruction or injury by fire.

(c) To provide for pulling down, blowing up and the removal of buildings and property to arrest the progress of fires or extinguish the same.

(d) To provide for the installation of yard hydrant systems connected with the public water supply system in accessible locations on private property for the protection of multiple residences enumerated in the multiple residence law where the possibility of a serious fire hazard is determined by the board to exist.