(A) There is established for the town a Volunteer Fire Department under the provisions of the Oklahoma Volunteer Fireman’s Act.
(B) The Granite Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department shall consist of not less than eight and not more than 20 members. The Department shall not employ more than two full-time, salaried firefighters. Members of the Granite Fire Department may continue as members of the Volunteer Fire Department established under this code of ordinances without probation but shall be subject to the by-laws authorized under this code of ordinances.
(C) All new members shall be on probation for one year after their appointment to the Department and shall not become regular members of the Department and shall not become regular members of the Department, upon completion of their probation period, until the approval by the majority of the regular members of the Granite Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department. Members must live within ten miles of the Granite town limits.
(D) The Granite Volunteer Fire Department shall adopt by-laws (a copy of which shall be deposited with the Town Clerk), which shall include the following:
(1) All volunteer firefighters are required, when notified, to respond to alarms of fire and other emergencies;
(2) All volunteer firefighters are required to be present at all regular meetings, call meetings and schools presented for the benefit of the firefighter;
(3) There shall be at least one regular business meeting each month;
(4) Any volunteer firefighter having two unexcused absences in a period of three months will be dropped from the Department rolls;
(5) Volunteer firefighters leaving town for an extended period of time shall notify the Fire Chief in advance;
(6) Any volunteer firefighter refusing to attend training classes provided for him or her will be dropped; and
(7) Any volunteer of the Fire Department shall be dropped from the rolls for any of the following offenses:
(a) Conduct unbecoming a firefighter;
(b) Insubordination;
(c) Neglect of duty;
(d) Violation of rules and regulations governing the Department; or
(e) Conviction of a felony.
(E) All volunteer firefighters, when responding to a fire, must observe all traffic laws, including speed limits, stop signs and signals unless operating Fire Department equipment.
(F) Copies of this code of ordinances and any amendments thereto relating to the Volunteer Fire Department of the town shall be submitted to the State Insurance Commission.
(G) Volunteer firefighters are authorized pay, in the amount of $20, for every fire call to which they respond.
(H) The Fire Chief shall submit to the Town Clerk a certificate designating the names of the volunteer firefighter who responded to a call and the dates, place and nature of the fire call. The Clerk shall prepare the claims for the firefighter’s pay, to be signed by the firefighter and submitted to the Town Board.
(`85 Code, § 8-1)