CHAPTER 36
FIRE DEPARTMENT

36.01 Establishment and Purpose	36.09 Accidental Injury Insurance
36.02 Organization	36.10 Liability Insurance
36.03 Department Appointments	36.11 Calls Outside City
36.04 Training	36.12 Mutual Aid
36.05 Compensation	36.13 Authority to Cite Violations
36.06 Fire Chief: Duties	36.14 Collection of Fees for Response to Vehicle Fires or Extractions for Owners Who Reside Outside the Fire Department’s First Response Jurisdiction
36.07 Obedience to Fire Chief
36.08 Constitution

 

36.01 ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.

   A Fire Department is hereby established to prevent and extinguish fires, to protect lives and property against fires, to promote fire prevention and fire safety, and to answer all emergency calls for which there is no other established agency within the City.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.16)

36.02 ORGANIZATION.

   The Fire Department shall be a separate division of the Public Safety Department and consist of a full-time division and a volunteer paid-on-call division.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])

   1.   Full-time Division. The full-time division consists of the Fire Chief and such other officers and personnel as may be authorized by resolution of the Council upon recommendation of the Public Safety Director and Fire Chief.

   2.   Volunteer Paid-on-Call Division. The volunteer paid-on-call division consists of such volunteer paid-on-call personnel as may be authorized by resolution of the Council upon recommendation of the Public Safety Director and Fire Chief.

(Ord. 2150 – Sep. 09 Supp.)