(A) The Fire Department shall consist of the Chief of the Fire Department, and a sufficient number of firefighters, voluntary, part- or full-time, to maintain and operate the Department. The Town Manager shall appoint the Fire Chief, and approve the appointment to the Department of all members.
(B) The Department may, from time to time, adopt its own rules and regulations governing the Department, subject to the approval of the Town Council.
(C) However, any such rules and regulations may include provisions for at least one training period each month, and that any member who is absent for two consecutive meetings without a bona fide reason be dropped from the Department.
(Code 1976, § 4.1)
Statutory reference:
Authority to appoint Fire Chief and firefighters, G.S. § 160A-291.