The Fire Department and any intergovernmental fire agency in which the city participates, shall be charged with the prevention and extinguishment of fires, as a protection of life and property against fire, the removal of fire hazards in conjunction with City Commission civil infraction enforcement procedures, the performance of other public services of an emergency nature assigned to it, and the conducting of an educational fire prevention program.
(1991 Code, § 1.91) (2012 amendment)