CHAPTER 2
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
SECTION:
3-2-1: Establishment
3-2-2: Organization
3-2-3: Compensation
3-2-4: Appointments
3-2-5: Suspension
3-2-6: Reduction Of Force
3-2-7: Qualifications Of Firefighters
3-2-8: Duties Of Chief And Assistant Chief
3-2-9: Tax Levy For Firefighters' Retirement Fund
3-2-10: Annual Report Of Clerk-Treasurer (Rep. by Ord. 819, 2-18-1997)
3-2-11: Hours Of Work (Rep. by Ord. 819, 2-18-1997)
3-2-12: Rules And Regulations
3-2-13: Liability Of Persons Transmitting Fire Reports
3-2-14: False Alarms
3-2-15: Promotion Program (Rep. by Ord. 736, 4-21-1986)
3-2-16: Mutual Aid Agreement
The fire department is hereby established under the provisions of sections 7-33-4101 to 7-33-4132, Montana Code Annotated, 1979, as from time to time amended, and all other provisions of law giving the city the power to establish and maintain a fire department. (Ord. 703, 4-19-1982)
(A) Each appointment shall be first made for a probationary term and the mayor may nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the council, may appoint such chief and assistant chief or chiefs of the fire department and firefighters, who shall thereafter hold their respective appointments during good behavior and while they have the physical ability to perform their duties. (Ord. 855, 3-20-2006)
(A) The mayor may suspend the chief or any member of the fire department for neglect of duty or a violation of any of the rules and regulations of the fire department; and the chief of the fire department may suspend the assistant chief or any firefighters and the assistant chief may suspend any firefighter for a like cause.
(B) In all cases of suspension, the person suspended must be furnished with a copy of the charge against him, in writing, setting forth reasons for the suspension. Such charges must be presented to the next meeting of the council and a hearing had thereon, when the suspended member may appear in person or by counsel and make his defense to said charges.
(C) If the charges are found proven by the council, it may, by majority vote of the whole council, impose such penalty as it shall determine the offense warrants, either in the continuation of the suspension for a limited time or in the removal of the suspended person from the fire department.
(D) Should the charges not be presented to the next meeting of the council after suspension, or should the charges be found not proven by the council, the suspended person shall be reinstated and be entitled to his usual compensation for the time so suspended. (Ord. 703, 4-19-1982)
Should the council at any time reduce the number of firefighters in the fire department, those most recently appointed shall be selected for retirement from the fire department. The city clerk- treasurer shall keep a list of the retired firefighters. Should the number of firefighters be increased again by the council, the persons on the list shall be called into service, the longest service firefighter being the first selected. (Ord. 703, 4-19-1982)
The qualifications of firefighters shall be that they:
(A) Shall meet all qualifications required by the state of Montana as set forth in Montana Code Annotated § 7-33-4107, entitled "Qualifications of Firefighters," and
(B) Shall be qualified voters of the City provided, however, that the City Council of the City may, on an individual case by case basis, allow firefighters to live outside the boundaries of the city limits of the City but within the boundaries of that certain governmental entity known as Hill County Rural Fire District No. 1, such fire district being immediately adjacent to the city limits of the City. (Ord. 703, 4-19-1982; amd. Ord. 909, 11-4-2019)
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