A. It shall be the duty of all members of the fire department to obey all commands of their officers while on duty.
B. On the alarm of fire, it shall be the duty of every member to report to the engine house without delay and assist in conveying the engine and apparatus to the fire. When answering an alarm, no engine shall leave the engine house unless manned by a driver and two (2) other members of the department.
C. The members shall assist in taking up the hose, placing it in the engine and returning the same to the engine house. No member shall leave a fire without the permission of the chief.
D. The member who may first arrive at the engine house shall be obeyed as the chief until the chief or assistant chief arrives.
E. Every member shall be required to attend the meetings of the department regularly and observe strict decorum thereat. Any member of the department who shall fail to attend the regular meetings for three (3) consecutive months shall be immediately notified by letter from the secretary to appear at the next regular meeting, at which time he must explain his absenteeism. The question of his expulsion shall then be acted upon by the department by secret ballot and adopted by a three-fourths (3/4) majority vote of the members present.
F. Every member shall be required to answer all fire alarms. Any member who absents himself from forty percent (40%) of the fires without valid excuse shall automatically lose his membership in the department. This question shall be considered on a yearly basis at the annual meeting in December. An excuse for failure to attend sixty percent (60%) of the fires shall be considered valid only if due to one of the following circumstances:
1. Illness of the member or of his immediate family.
2. Member absent from city.
3. Conflicting hours of employment that results in member being unable to attend. (Revised Code 1958)