(A) Nomination of Fire Chief. As soon as it is practical after the organization of the City Council each May, the Fire Department members of the city shall nominate a Fire Chief, who, on being confirmed by the City Council, shall hold such office until the election and confirmation of his or her successor.
(Prior Code, § 2.20.010)
(B) Duties of Fire Chief.
(1) The Fire Chief shall, in all cases of fire, have charge of all the members of the Fire Department, and of all persons present at the fire, and shall take the proper means of extinguishing the fires, protecting the property endangered as a result of fire. It shall also be the Fire Chief's duty to help secure the observance of all city ordinances and regulations respecting fires. After the fire trucks have been withdrawn from the fire, he or she shall see that all precautions reasonably necessary to keep the fire from flaring up again are taken.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief or a representative of him or her to report to the Mayor or City Council, the condition of the fire engines and other Fire Department equipment, and to make such recommendations for additional alterations and improvements of the same as he or she may deem expedient at least once a year.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief, along with the City Council and the other Fire Department members, to promote a yearly program to eliminate any fire hazards within the city, and the Fire Chief himself or herself may notify the owner or occupant of any building which he or she deems unsafe and a fire hazard of the conditions and order him or her to repair the same or remove it from the city within a week from the time of receiving the notice; and if the owner or occupant shall refuse to comply with the notice, then the Fire Chief shall report the same to the City Council, and if the order be approved by the Council, he or she shall proceed to carry out the same to be done and the expense thereof shall be paid by the person or persons so failing to comply.
(Prior Code, § 2.20.020)
(C) Fire Chief subject to direction of Council. The Fire Chief shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the City Council in matters pertaining to the Fire Department.
(Prior Code, § 2.20.030)