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It shall be the duty of the Assistant Chief of the Fire Department to assist the Chief in matters pertaining to the Fire Department, and he or she shall coordinate all fire practice and training activities and shall chair the Fire Department Safety Committee.
(Prior Code, § 33.08) (Ord. 89-13, passed 5-1-1989; Ord. 21-04, passed 2-1-2021; Ord. 22-18, passed 7-18-2022)
(A) The city, through its Fire Department, will answer all calls for fire protection and will provide fire protection to the property included in the area known as the city’s industrial site subdivision, provided that the owner of such property has paid the amount due for such fire protection as provided for in § 33.09 of this code.
(B) The fire protection will be provided insofar as possible with the water and fire prevention facilities now available, or hereafter to be made available by the owners of the subdivision on their respective premises therein, and in like manner to that in which calls for fire protection are now answered, and in which fire protection is now provided and is to be provided to property situated in the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 33.09) (Ord. 03-23, passed 7-7-2003)
The Finance Director, at a date subsequent to the levy and assessment of property taxes in each year, and at least one month prior to the date in each year when the property taxes fall due, shall by examination of the tax list of the county determine the assessed valuation of the property in the city’s industrial site subdivision belonging to each owner of property situated therein, and from the determination and the levy made on property within the city limits for the purpose of providing fire protection, shall determine the amount due from each owner of property situated in the city’s industrial site subdivision as though a similar levy were being made on the property situated in the subdivision and shall notify each of the owners of the amount due from that owner in payment for the protection hereby provided. For protection furnished to any owner for a part of a year only, the Finance Director shall prorate the fee on the basis of the number of months during which the protection was actually furnished to the owner.
(Prior Code, § 33.10) (Ord. 666, passed 5-18-1949)
(A) The Fire Department shall forthwith move its fire and other emergency equipment and personnel outside the city limits and place them in immediate operation whenever ordered to do so by the state’s Emergency Management Agency and to such place as it shall direct, either in the event of an emergency as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.36 or in connection with any program for practice and training.
(B) The Legislative Bill 310 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.36, enacted with the emergency clause by the sixty-eighth session of the legislature and now duly approved shall insofar as applicable be a part of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 33.11) (Ord. 853, passed 8-21-1957)
REGULATIONS
(A) All rules and regulations applying to the Fire Department, when adopted by the Mayor and City Council, shall have the same force and effect as ordinances. Any such rules and regulations shall be printed and copies thereof shall be available at the fire station.
(B) Any firefighter not complying with the rules and regulations of the Department or a directive of any of the officers is subject to appropriate disciplinary action, including removal.
(Prior Code, § 33.25) (Ord. 89-3A, passed 3-6-1989; Ord. 22-18, passed 7-18-2022)
(A) The motor vehicles of the Fire Department shall have the right-of-way on all of the streets, avenues and alleys of the city when responding to a fire alarm, and upon the approach of any Fire Department vehicle giving audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle, the driver of every other vehicle within 500 feet ahead of the Fire Department vehicle shall immediately drive same to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right-hand edge or curb of the street or highway upon which that driver is driving, clear of any intersection of streets or highways and shall stop and remain in such position unless otherwise directed by police or traffic officers or firefighters until the Fire Department vehicle shall have passed.
(B) No driver of any vehicle other than one on official business in response to a fire alarm shall follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to or returning from a fire alarm closer than 500 feet from the rear of the fire apparatus.
(C) No motor vehicle other than those of the Fire Department or called on official business in response to a fire alarm shall be parked or driven within 300 feet of the outer boundaries of the property upon which the fire is located, unless the vehicle was so parked prior to the sounding of the fire alarm.
(D) No person shall willfully, intentionally or carelessly hinder or otherwise interfere with any officer or firefighter in the performance of that officer or firefighter’s duty at or while going to or from a fire, or other person or vehicle on official business in connection with a fire alarm, or in any way interfere with, or intentionally or carelessly injure any fire apparatus, or drive any vehicle over any fire hose, or to approach within 100 feet of the property wherein a fire is located which firefighters have been called to extinguish.
(Prior Code, § 33.26) (Ord. 580, passed 12-20-1939) Penalty, see § 33.99
The Fire Chief may command the assistance and services of any person present at a fire to help in extinguishing the fire or in the removal and protection of property.
(Prior Code, § 33.27) Penalty, see § 33.99
FIREFIGHTER PENSION PLAN
The city’s Firefighter Retirement Plan has been created as required by state law. The city will administer this Plan per the requirements of state statutes.
(Prior Code, § 33.40)
Statutory reference:
Firefighter Pension Plan, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 16-1020 through 16-1038
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