TITLE 7
FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS
FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
SECTION:
7-1-1: Fire Department Created; Officers And Personnel
7-1-2: Chief Of Fire Department
7-1-3: Duties Of Officers And Employees Of The Department
7-1-4: Meetings Of Officers And Members
7-1-5: Fire Department Equipment
7-1-6: Duty Of Police At Fires Or Other Emergencies
7-1-7: Procedure At Fires Or Other Emergencies
There is hereby organized a fire department of the city to deliver the services appropriate to prevent and/or minimize the loss of life and property threatened by the hazards of fires, medical and rescue emergencies, hazardous materials incidents and disaster situations in our community.
The officers and employees of the fire department shall consist of a chief of the fire department, an assistant chief of the fire department and such officers and members as shall be authorized by the mayor and council.
The chief and the assistant chief of the fire department shall be appointed by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the council. All other officers and employees of the department and the call men shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council upon the recommendation of the chief of the fire department. (Ord. 1189, 12-21-2004)
(A) Duties: The chief of the fire department shall at all times, except in case of absence or inability to act, have full charge of the entire fire department and shall at all times be subject to such rules as the mayor and council shall prescribe. It shall be his duty to see that all officers and employees of the fire department perform the necessary services and that the department is in continuous efficient working service.
At a fire or other emergency, the chief will have full charge of the matters pertaining to the department and all things to be done in or about such fire or other emergency, and he shall in case of necessity arising at a fire or other emergency, employ aside from his regular call men such other men as may in his judgment be necessary for the purpose of extinguishing the fire or mitigating the emergency.
(B) Reports: It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department to make out and submit annual reports relating to the condition of the department and all matters of interest relating thereto to the mayor and council. He shall also report the number of fires that have taken place during the past year, giving the location of, date of and other particulars of such fires or incidents. He shall incorporate in said reports such suggestions in regard to the government of the fire department and the efficiency thereof as may in his judgment seem proper and necessary. After each fire the chief shall make prompt and thorough investigation of the cause of the fire, the amount of loss and insurance carried, time of breaking out, description of building and all necessary particulars and record the same in the record book kept for that purpose in the department. (Ord. 1189, 12-21-2004)
It shall be the duty of all officers and employees of the fire department to attend to the duties of their respective positions under the orders of the chief of the fire department, or, in case of his absence or inability to serve, under the assistant chief of the fire department.
They shall strictly carry out all orders given them as above set out, and shall at all times be under the direct supervision or management of the chief of the fire department or the officer acting in place of the chief, by reason of the absence or the inability of said chief. (Ord. 456, 9-4-1951; amd. 1981 Code)
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