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§ 31.21 DUTIES OF CHIEF.
   The Chief shall have control of all fire fighting apparatuses and shall be responsible for their care and condition. The Chief shall make a report semi-annually to the City Council at its meeting in March and in September as to the condition of the equipment and needs of the Fire Department. The Chief may submit additional reports and recommendations at any meeting of the City Council, and he or she shall report each suspension by him or her of a member of the Fire Department at the first meeting of the City Council following the suspension. The Chief shall be responsible for the proper training and discipline of the members of the Fire Department, and may suspend any member for refusal or neglect to obey orders pending final action by the City Council on his or her discharge or retention.
§ 31.22 [RESERVED]
§ 31.23 RECORDS.
   The Chief shall keep in convenient form a record of all fires. The record shall include the time of the alarm, location of fire, cause of fire, if known, type of building, name of owner or tenant, purpose for which occupied, value of building and contents, members of the Fire Department responding to the alarm and other information as he or she may deem advisable or as may be required from time to time by the City Council or state law or regulation.
§ 31.24 PRACTICE DRILLS.
   It shall be the duty of the Chief, when the weather permits, to hold practice drills for the Fire Department and to give the firefighters instruction in approved methods of fire fighting and fire prevention.
§ 31.25 ASSISTANT CHIEF.
   In the absence or disability of the Chief of the Fire Department, the Assistant Chief shall perform all functions and exercise all of the authority of the Chief.
§ 31.26 FIREFIGHTERS.
   Firefighters shall not be less than 18 years of age and able bodied. They shall become members of the Fire Department only after a 12-month probationary period. The City Council may require that each candidate, before he or she may become a probationary firefighter, must possess certain minimum height, weight, education, mental and physical health requirements, and any other qualifications which may be specified by the City Council.
§ 31.27 [RESERVED]
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