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§ 37.04 QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS.
   Each member of the Fire Department shall meet the minimum requirements and qualifications as provided by the statutes of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and such other qualifications as the Department may establish.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77)
§ 37.05 NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
   The Fire Department shall consist of up to 49 members and such other members as shall from time to time be authorized by the City Council by ordinance.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77; Am. Ord. 2014-01, passed 3-3-14)
§ 37.06 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBMISSION OF RECORDS TO CITY CLERK/TREASURER.
   Each nominee for membership in the Fire Department shall submit to a physical examination, prior to being accepted in to the Department, to be performed by a medical doctor chosen by the Fire Chief. Each member's name, address, social security number, age and copy of his application for membership shall be given to the City Clerk/Treasurer, and such member shall be carried as an active member until certification is received by the Clerk/Treasurer from the Department that said member is no longer active; no person shall be considered a member until such information be received by the Clerk/Treasurer, provided further that members of the Department as of the effective date of this chapter are not required to submit applications.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77)
§ 37.07 MEMBERS TO NOTIFY CITY CLERK/TREASURER OF DEPENDENTS.
   Each member of the Fire Department shall immediately provide the City Clerk/Treasurer with the name and relationship of each spouse, child or parent who is dependent upon the member for support, and shall immediately notify the Clerk/Treasurer of any change in such dependency.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77)
§ 37.08 POSITIONS CREATED BY DEPARTMENT MEMBERS; ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
   The members shall provide for such other officers as are required by the Fire Department's need and shall elect or select such members from the ranks of the Department to fill the positions created by the Department; nothing in this section shall affect the command of the Fire Chief over the Department in the exercise of its primary duties.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77)
§ 37.09 DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   The Fire Department shall engage in fighting fires within the corporate limits of the city and such other places as directed by the Fire Chief or as emergency dictates; the Department shall engage in training under its Chief or officers to keep it at its present level of effectiveness or for its improvement; the Department may engage in activities conducive to fire prevention and detection and such other activities of a civic and characterable nature.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77)
§ 37.10 OPERATION.
   The Leitchfield Fire Department shall operate under the Leitchfiled Fire Department Standard Operating Procedures which shall establish the governing and procedures of the Department, the providing of a Fire Chief, two Assistant Fire Chiefs, all other officers, qualifications of members, and methods of electing or selecting officers and members.
(Ord. 2020-02, passed 2-17-20)
§ 37.11 OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS OF COMMANDING OFFICERS.
   No member of the Fire Department or members of the other fire departments within the corporate limits of the city in attendance at a fire shall neglect or refuse to obey the orders of the officer in command at such fire or any Fire Chief of a fire department present and assisting.
(Ord. passed 10-3-77) Penalty, see § 37.99
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