(A) The members of the Fire Department, at the time of each annual meeting of the Department, shall recommend some person for the office of Chief of the Fire Department and some person for the office of Assistant Chief, who on being confirmed by the Mayor and City Council shall hold such office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Such officers shall be subject to removal by the Mayor and a three-fourths vote of the City Council at any time.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department, the Assistant Chief or the foreperson of any fire company lawfully acting in his or her stead, in all cases of fire, to take and have control of all members of the Fire Department and of all proper means of the extinguishment of fires, the protection of property, the preservation of order at and in the vicinity of fires to secure the observance of all provisions of this code and other ordinances and regulations of the city respecting fires.
(C) The Chief of the Fire Department shall keep a list of all members of the Fire Department, showing the nativity, age and occupation of each, the date he or she entered the service and such other data as the City Council may require. He or she shall also keep a record of all fires and fire alarms, of their location, of the class of building or structure damaged or destroyed, of the purpose for which it was used, of the cause of the fire, the amount of loss, the amount of insurance and such other information as to him or her or the City Council is important. He or she shall include in such a report a record of any injury that may be sustained by any person on account thereof. Such record shall at all times be available for the inspection of the Mayor and City Council. He or she shall report to the City Council, at its first meeting in May of each year, the operations of the Fire Department for the preceding year, and shall include therewith an inventory of the property of the Department. He or she shall file with the City Clerk and the Clerk of the District Court of the County, on the first Monday of April and October of each year, a certified copy of the rolls of all members in good standing in their respective companies in order to obtain the exemption provided by law. The service records of all firefighters shall accompany their application for honorable discharge when the same are submitted to the Mayor and City Council for approval and signature.
(2005 Code, § 3-302)