The Chief shall supervise and direct said Department and all members of said Department shall have the duty of extinguishing fires within the limits of the city or elsewhere as provided by law, this code or agreement, and shall enforce or aid in enforcing all laws pertaining to the prevention of fires, the storage and use of explosives and flammables, the installation and maintenance of fire alarm systems and fire extinguishment equipment, the installation and regulation of fire escapes, the maintenance of protection from fire and elimination of fire hazards in buildings and elsewhere, the means and adequacy of exit in case of fire from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, sanitariums, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters and all other places in which numbers of persons work, live or congregate for any purpose, the investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of fires and such other and further duties as may be prescribed by the provisions of this code.
(Ord. A-18, passed 12-28-1953)