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(A) The volunteer fire company which is entitled to select the Borough Fire Chief and the volunteer fire company entitled to select the Assistant Fire Chief shall have the sole right to make the election from the membership of said volunteer fire company.
(B) The Borough Fire Chief and the Assistant Fire Chief chosen by the volunteer fire company shall be subject to the approval of the Borough Council.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-524) (Ord. 6-99, passed 9-7-1999, § 4)
In the event the Borough Council rejects the candidate nominated for the position of Borough Fire Chief or Assistant Fire Chief, the nominating company shall have until November 1 to nominate another candidate that meets all relevant requirements and is accepted by the borough. There is no limit on the number of candidates that the nominating company can submit. If the nominating company fails to put forth a nominee acceptable to the Borough Council by November 1, the other fire company shall have until December 31 to provide Borough Council with its own nominee and all documentation substantiating his or her fitness and qualifications.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-525) (Ord. 07-2023, passed 8-7-2023)
(A) The qualifications that are required for an individual to be elected by volunteer fire companies to be the Borough Fire Chief are as follows:
(1) Resident of Borough of Cressona;
(2) Five years service in the Cressona Fire Department;
(3) Completion and certificate for basic firefighting training;
(4) Completion and certificate for advanced firefighting training; and
(5) Completion and certificate of hazardous material training.
(B) The qualifications that are required for an individual to be elected by volunteer fire companies to be Assistant Fire Chief are as follows:
(1) Resident of Borough of Cressona;
(2) Three years service in the Cressona Fire Department; and
(3) Completion and certificate required above for the Borough Fire Chief.
(C) (1) Both local level or state provided training is, sufficient to meet the above course requirements.
(2) Written certification of training courses must be furnished by the respective fire companies at the time an individual selected by election of the fire companies is submitted to Borough Council for its approval.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-526) (Ord. 6-99, passed 9-7-1999, § 6)
(A) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the Borough Fire Chief or Assistant Fire Chief the volunteer fire company who lost the officer in question through death, resignation or removal from office shall elect a new officer to fill the vacancy created for the balance of the two-year period.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-527) (Ord. 6-99, passed 9-7-1999, § 7; Ord. 07-2023, passed 8-7-2023)
Before assuming office as such, the Borough Fire Chief and/or Assistant Fire Chief shall take an oath to be administered by the Mayor to faithfully perform the duties of their respective offices.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-528) (Ord. 6-99, passed 9-7-1999, § 8)
The Borough Council shall have the authority to remove the Borough Fire Chief and/or Assistant Fire Chief for neglect of duty or for any other cause touching upon or relating to the duties and powers of such officer and his or her relations to the Fire Department.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-529) (Ord. 6-99, passed 9-7-1999, § 9)
The Borough Fire Chief shall have the following duties and responsibilities.
(A) (1) He or she shall have complete charge of the handling of all firefighters and equipment in the fighting of fires.
(2) He or she shall also have supervision over firefighters and firefighting equipment with the approval of the Mayor, during the parades in and out of the borough.
(B) He or she shall make careful inspection of all buildings and other property in the borough and report all violations of all state laws and borough ordinances relating to fire hazards.
(C) He or she shall furnish an annual itemized inventory before September 1 every year to the Borough Council of all borough-owned and company-owned firefighting equipment.
(D) He or she shall exhibit a monthly report to the Borough Council of all fires and fire losses. The report shall include a list of all firefighting equipment destroyed, damaged, lost or stolen.
(E) He or she shall conduct periodic fire drills or tests in accordance with the rules and regulations established from time to time by the Borough Council or the Mayor as required by state and local law.
(F) The Borough Fire Chief shall not permit any borough firefighting equipment to attend out of town parades, fires or other purposes or functions without his or her approval.
(G) He or she shall be responsible for providing the borough a list of any expenses that need to be recouped for the fire companies in regard to hazardous clean up or chemicals.
(H) The Borough Fire Chief shall assume all functions of the Borough Fire Marshal, which position was abolished by Borough Council by resolution on June 7, 1999, and which existed by virtue of the ordinance of the borough or by custom.
(I) All equipment purchased by the borough for the Fire Chief shall be the property of the borough. Upon assuming office, or upon receiving any equipment paid for by the borough, the Fire Chief must sign out all borough-owned equipment. The Mayor shall keep this sign-out sheet and shall require the Fire Chief to return all borough-owned property when he or she leaves office.
(Ord. 07-2023, passed 8-7-2023)
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