The fire force of the city shall be a separate division of the Department of Public Safety under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works and Safety. It shall not be a separate executive department, but for historical and practical reasons shall continue to be referred to and be named as the Fire Department. The Fire Department shall consist of a Chief of the Fire Department and other offices, positions, ranks, and bureaus enumerated in this chapter of which may be authorized, from time to time, by the Board of Public Works and Safety or the Common Council.
(Prior Code, § 35.002)