Section
General Provisions
35.01 Department established
35.02 Fire Chief; duties
35.03 Deputy Fire Chief
35.04 Firefighters
35.05 Fire Chief to establish rules
35.06 Working conditions
35.07 Personnel to have telephones
35.08 Holiday pay
35.09 Fees and charges to non-residents
Scene of Fire
35.20 Authority at scene of fire
35.21 Property saved at fire
35.22 Trespassing at scene of fire
Emergency Ambulance Service
35.35 Provision of service; area of jurisdiction
35.36 Permissible points of transportation
35.37 Fees; fire rescue ambulance services
35.38 Obligation of service
Cross-reference:
Police officers to aid Fire Department during scene of fire, see § 34.13
GENERAL PROVISIONS
There is hereby established an executive department of the Municipal government of the city which shall be known as the Fire Department. This Department shall be under the supervision and control of the City Manager, and shall consist of one Fire Chief, one Deputy Fire Chief and such other employees as the City Council, from time to time provide.
(‘71 Code, § 3-7-1) (Am. Ord. 4220, passed 12-9-24)
(A) There hereby is created the office of Fire Chief. He or she shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Code pertaining to the Civil Service status of said office, and shall hold the office pursuant to said provisions.
(B) Before entering upon the duties of his or her office he or she shall take the oath prescribed by law for all city officers, with sureties to be approved by the City Council, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office.
(C) The Fire Chief shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) He or she shall be the head of the Fire Department and shall have full control over the same and over all members thereof while in the line of their duty, subject to the control and supervision of the City Manager.
(2) He or she shall have the custody of the fire trucks, ladders, and all buildings belonging or appertaining to said Fire Department, and all other property and equipment belonging or appertaining to the Fire Department, subject to the supervision of the City Manager.
(3) He or she shall at least once every month examine into the condition of the fire engines, hooks and ladders, fire trucks and all other fire apparatus, and engine house, and report the same to the City Manager immediately after said examination, together with any recommendations that he or she may deem proper to make for the good of the Department, which report shall be communicated to the Council by said City Manager.
(4) He or she shall keep himself or herself fully informed on the condition and efficiency of all property or apparatus belonging to the Department. Whenever any of said apparatus shall require alterations or repairs, he or she shall report the same to the City Manager and shall cause the same to be done under his or her supervision and direction, subject however, to the operating procedures of the city for the purchase of materials and supplies and to the laws of the state and the provisions of this Code.
(5) He or she shall attend whenever possible all fires occurring within the city, and take command of the Department at such fire, and see that the members of the Fire Department faithfully perform their respective duties.
(6) He or she shall, either upon his or her own knowledge or upon information communicated to him or her by others, proffer written charges to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of said city against any member of the Fire Department for a violation of the rules of said Board.
(7) He or she shall keep a record of all the members of the Department, showing the day of their appointment and discharge, together with their rate of pay and amount due them, and shall report, upon request, the same to the Director of Finance.
(8) He or she shall keep an accurate record of all fires occurring in the city, the date and location of each fire, the name of the owner of the property destroyed, the cause of the fire, if known, the loss incurred thereby, the amount of insurance, and such other information as he or she may deem important to the city.
(9) He or she shall have power, when he or she deems it necessary, to check the progress of any fire, and to order the demolition of any building or structure.
(10) He or she shall cause all provisions of this Code regarding the prevention of fires, and all other ordinances and regulations in reference to the Fire Department, to be strictly enforced.
(11) It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief or designee to examine while in course of construction, all churches, school houses, hotels, halls, theaters, rinks or other public buildings and whenever he or she is of the opinion that such building is being unsafely constructed, he or she shall at once report the same to the City Manager and the Director of Community Development. He or she shall at least twice each year carefully inspect all hotels, church buildings, school houses, halls, theaters, rinks and other public buildings in the city limits and if in his or her opinion any such building is dangerous to public safety, he or she shall at once report the same to the City Manager.
(D) The Fire Chief shall provide himself or herself with a suitable uniform, indicative of his or her ranks, as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Department, and upon the expiration of his or her term of office, or his or her resignation or removal therefrom, he or she shall deliver to his or her successor in office all books, records, equipment and property of every description in his or her possession belonging to the city or appertaining to his or her office.
(‘71 Code, § 3-7-2) (Ord. 1324, passed 6-27-53; Am. Ord. 4220, passed 12-9-24)
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