The Board of Commissioners shall appoint a Fire Marshall, whose appointment shall be by a majority vote of the Board. The first appointee to the office of Fire Marshall shall serve until the first Monday in January, 1994. All succeeding appointees to the office of Fire Marshall shall be appointed for and shall serve for a term of one year until the first Monday in January of each succeeding year. The Fire Marshall shall have the authority to appoint, with confirmation of the Board of Commissioners, a Deputy Fire Marshall, as deemed necessary, whose appointment shall be for a period of one year. The Fire Marshall shall investigate and keep a permanent record of the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire and the damage resulting therefrom occurring within the Township immediately after the occurrence of such fire. These records shall be open to public inspection. The Fire Marshall shall also submit to the Board of Commissioners an annual report consolidating such information, which is to be submitted at the first meeting of the Board in January of each year.
The Fire Marshall and the Deputy Fire Marshall shall serve without compensation, except such as may be fixed by the Board of Commissioners.
(Ord. 92-19. Passed 12-21-92.)