EDITOR’S NOTE: The City enters into Agreements with the I.A.F.F. providing for benefits and other incidents of employment for members of the Division of Fire. Such Agreements are negotiated every two years and copies of the same and all relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk of Council.
137.01 Personnel; bonds.
137.02 Executive head of Division; powers and duties.
137.03 Division to be maintained under civil service.
137.04 Salaries paid for service in accordance with rules.
137.05 Temporary firemen.
137.06 Three platoon system.
137.07 Work week.
137.08 Days off in lieu of holidays.
137.081 Vacations.
137.082 Compensatory time off.
137.09 Unauthorized wearing of uniform.
137.10 Fire calls outside corporate limits.
137.11 College incentive program.
137.12 Bureau of Arson and Fire.
137.13 Sick leave.
137.14 Age requirements. (Repealed)
137.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Department of Safety and Service jurisdiction - see CHTR. § 10.04
Original appointment, probationary period and age - see Ohio R.C. 124.27, 124.30, 124.42
Promotions - see Ohio R.C. 124.31, 124.45 et seq.
Reductions, suspensions and removals - see Ohio R.C. 124.34 et seq., 737.12
Civil service application - see Ohio R.C. 737.10, 737.11
Volunteer Firemen's Dependents Fund - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 146
Fire protection contracts - see Ohio R.C. 307.05, 505.44, 717.02
Schooling, building and equipment - see Ohio R.C. 715.05, 737.23 et seq.
Emergency firemen - see Ohio R.C. 737.10
Gas masks for firemen, requirements - see Ohio R.C. 3737.31
Parking near fire - see TRAF. 331.37
Fireworks permit - see GEN. OFF. 549.11
Review of building plans by Arson and Fire Prevention Bureau - see BLDG. 1319.02
Enforcement of Fire Prevention Code - see FIRE PREV. 1502.03 et seq.
The Fire Division shall be composed of the following officers and other members each of whom shall be bonded under the blanket surety bond in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500), provided by the City:
(a) A Fire Chief,
(b) Not more than four Assistant Fire Chiefs;
(c) Not more than six Captains;
(d) Not more than seven Lieutenants;
(e) An aggregate of not more than 70 firemen in Class A and B, with an additional fireman authorized when a vacancy in the officer ranks occurs. In no case shall the total strength of the Division exceed the sum of all officers and firemen enumerated in subsections (a) through (e), or an aggregate of 88. Class A shall consist of those persons who have served twelve months or more in the Division; Class B shall consist of those persons who have served less than twelve months in the Division.
(Ord. 79-130. Passed 5-7-79; Ord. 2009-62. Passed 2-11-09.)
Under the direction of the Mayor, the Director of Safety-Service shall be the executive head of the Fire Division as constituted herein. The Director of Safety-Service shall classify the service in the Division, as required by law, and shall make all necessary and proper rules for the regulation and discipline of the Division.
(R.O. 1946, C. 14, Sec. 2.)
(a) The Fire Division shall be divided into three working divisions, commonly known as the three platoon system.
(Ord. 67-228. Passed 11-6-67.)
(b) Each of the platoons, with the exception of the Fire Chief, shall be on duty twenty- four hours alternately; one platoon shall go on duty at 8:00 a.m. and be relieved by the alternate platoon at 8:00 a. m. twenty-four hours later and shall continue to so alternate as herein provided.
(c) In the event of any great conflagration or emergency fire that requires the service of additional men, the Fire Chief may call the platoon shift not then on duty to serve in the extinguishment of such fire.
(R.O. 1946, C. 14, Sacs. 7 and 8. )
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