There are times to cut through the red tape and act.
cut the tape: I was on Oahu when hurricane Ewa hit. It blew huge Iron wood trees across one of our roads. The road wasn’t getting cleared and apparently I was the only guy on the island with a chain saw powerful enough to hack thru the trunks. I didn’t ask anybody. Just gassed up the Big Guy and sawed up the iron woods. Then I told the county road guy all he needed to do was push the logs out of the way. Next day the road was open. A few months later I got a “good guy” letter from the mayor.
Sometimes you just don’t stop to ask permission.