The primary duties of the Fire Department shall be the preservation of life and property through fire prevention and fire suppression. Additional duties as authorized by the City Manager and City Council may be performed in relation to the all-hazards mission of the department. Specific examples of duties include:
(A) To prevent uncontrolled fire from starting.
(B) To prevent the loss of life and property because of fires.
(C) To confine fire to their places of origin.
(D) To extinguish uncontrolled fires.
(E) To determine cause and origin of fire within such limitations of available equipment and training of personnel.
(F) To perform such rescue work as its equipment and /or the training of its personnel makes practicable.
(G) To provide emergency medical care at the highest level that the equipment and training of the personnel makes practicable.
(H) To protect the health and safety of the citizens from the transportation, storage, or manufacture of hazardous materials to the extent possible that the level of equipment and training will allow.
(I) To provide administration, interpretation, enforcement and such inspections that may be required related to the adopted codes and ordinances relative to the Fire Department.
(J) To work with the water department to insure that adequate water supplies for fire protection are available.
(K) o provide public education materials and information, relative to the mission of the department, to the citizens so they may protection themselves from harm.
(L) To maintain all assigned facilities and equipment.
(Ord. 2016-33, passed 7-18-16)