(A) Election. The Fire Chief shall be elected for a two-year term by members of the Fire Department under rules and regulations of the Fire Department; these rules and regulations shall be approved by the Town Manager and the Board of Commissioners. Election of the Fire Chief before the same is valid shall be approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(Ord.
89-90-9, passed 1-8-90)
(B) Authority. The Chief or, in his absence, the Assistant Chief, shall command the Fire Department, and his orders shall be obeyed. For any willful disobedience of the orders of the officer in command, the offending member shall be dismissed from the Department. The Chief and Assistant Chief are hereby vested with all the powers of police officers of the town insofar as to make arrests during the existence of a fire.
('70 Code, Ch. C, Art. I § 4)
(C) Duties. It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief to:
(1) Supervise and direct the extinguishing of fires.
(2) Preserve and keep all fire engines, hose, and other apparatus used by the Department.
(3) Keep all idle, disorderly, and suspicious persons out of the vicinity of fires.
(4) Compel, when necessary, all persons to aid in the extinguishing of fires; in the preservation of property exposed to fire; and the prevention of the theft of any goods during a fire.
(5) Enforce such regulations for the prevention and extinguishing of fires as may be enacted by the Board of Commissioners.
(6) Report all violations of any fire prevention ordinances.
(7) Inspect all equipment of the Department and report all needed repairs to the Town Manager.
(8) Annually report to the Board of Commissioners through the Town Manager the names, residences, and occupations of all firefighters; the number and locality of all fires which have occurred during the year; the cause of each if such can be ascertained; the names of the owners and the value of all property destroyed by fires; the insurance coverage on such property; and such other matters pertaining to the Fire Department, its organization, and operation, as may be required.
(9) Act as Fire Inspector. As such, the Fire Chief shall have authority to enter all buildings at any reasonable time, with reasonable notice given to the owners or occupants of private residences, for the purposes of inspection. He shall make a quarterly inspection of all boarding houses and all buildings which are two or more stories in height, and an annual inspection of all other buildings within the fire district.
(10) Perform such other and further duties as may be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the Fire Department and the prevention of fires.
(11) Under the direction of the Fire Chief or the Assistant Fire Chief, the Ayden Fire Department will provide extrication for victims of vehicle accidents and other life- threatening situations.
('70 Code, Ch. C, Art. I § 5) (Ord. 98-99-10, passed 2-8-99)
Cross-reference:
For Charter provisions concerning the Fire Chief, see Charter § 7.5