(a) The Division of Fire shall consist of a Fire Chief and such other officers of various grades and firemen of various classes and volunteer firemen as the Mayor deems necessary to properly protect the City. The Fire Chief shall have control of the stationing and transfer of all regular and volunteer officers, firemen and employees of the Division of Fire subject to applicable provisions of the Charter, Codified Ordinances, rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, and the duly promulgated rules and regulations of the Department of Public Safety and the divisions thereof. The Fire Chief shall schedule all vacation and holiday leave for officers, firefighters and members of the Division.
(b) The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be located in the Department of Public Safety within the Division of Fire and shall be operated under the supervision of the Fire Chief. The Director of Public Safety shall appoint a Fire Warden and Inspectors as deemed necessary. The members of the Fire Prevention Bureau need not be members of the classified service.
(c) Subject to the provisions of the Charter, the Codified Ordinances and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the members of the Division shall have all the powers provided by the laws of the City and Ohio for the protection of lives and property in case of fire or prevention of fire, and shall exercise the same in such manner as may be provided by the rules of the Department of Public Safety and the orders of the Director of Public Safety, Fire Chief and other officers of the Division.
(d) Members of the Division shall provide emergency medical service treatment and transport as may be provided pursuant to rules of the Department of Public Safety and the orders of the Director of Public Safety, Fire Chief and other officers of the Division.
(Ord. 74-1981. Passed 8-3-81; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)