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141.02 APPOINTMENT OF FULL-TIME CHIEF; DUTIES.
(a) Commencing January 1, 1975, the office of the Chief of the Fire Department shall become a full time position.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to name and appoint the Chief of the Fire Department.
(c) The Chief of the Fire Department shall have the supervision and charge of the operations and all other members of the Fire Department.
(Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)
141.03 USE OF FIRE APPARATUS.
The Fire Department is authorized to act and use the fire apparatus of the Municipality in times of emergency to safeguard life, limb, property, and public safety and health subject to the direction and control of the Fire Chief.
(Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)
141.04 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S DEPENDENTS FUND BOARD.
There is hereby established a Voluntary Firemen's Dependents Fund Board for the Municipality to consist of such members and having the powers and duties as provided under Ohio R. C. Chapter 146. (Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)
141.05 CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED.
The Constitution, By-laws, and Rules and Regulations of the Fire Department revised March 1, 1956, a copy of which is attached to original Ordinance 539, passed March 19, 1956 marked "Exhibit A" and made part of this section, are hereby approved.
(Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)
141.06 PARAMEDICS.
(a) For purposes of this section a "paramedic" (Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic) shall be as defined in Ohio R.C. 4765.30, as the same shall be amended from time-to-time.
(b) All original appointees to the Fire Department, from and after the effective date of this section, except for the Chief and the Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal, shall maintain their status as a State certified paramedic during their tenure of employment with the Municipality in accordance with the aforesaid provisions of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)
141.07 APPOINTEES AND HIREES TERMINATED WITHIN YEAR; TRAINING EXPENSES REIMBURSED.
Contemporaneous with their original appointments to the Fire Department, all original appointees or part-time hirees from and after the effective date of this section shall execute an agreement, as approved by the Director of Law, with the Municipality such that in the event the appointee or hiree voluntarily terminates his employment with the Municipality within one year following the date of his appointment such appointee or hiree shall reimburse the Municipality for all sums paid to provide the appointee or hiree with the instruction and training required by the Ohio Revised Code to attain the status of firefighter. In the event the appointee or hiree fails to reimburse the Municipality as required herein, the Director is hereby authorized to commence a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect any sums due the Municipality. The agreement to be executed by and between the Municipality and the appointees or hirees as required in this section shall not abrogate any rights accorded such appointees or hirees by the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission.
(Ord. 2014-21. Passed 9-15-14.)
141.08 FIRE/ARSON INVESTIGATION.
(a) An Employee or employees within the Fire Department may be designated by the Fire Chief as "Fire Investigators" pursuant to Ohio R.C. 737.27.
(b) Such Fire Investigators shall investigate, or cause to be investigated, every fire or explosion occurring within the jurisdiction of Mayfield Village that is of suspicious nature or which involves the loss of life or serious injury or causes destruction or damage to property. Such investigations may go outside the jurisdiction of Mayfield Village by mutual agreements with adjoining or regional communities.
(c) Such fire investigators must receive the required training, and be duly sworn as a law enforcement officer, and shall have the power and duty to investigate the cause of all fires, examine witnesses, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books and papers and to do and perform all other acts necessary to the effective discharge of such duties.
(d) Any member of the Fire Department of the Village who has received the required training and been duly sworn in accordance with this section, and designated by the Fire Chief to perform such duties, shall be permitted to administer oaths, make arrests, bear firearms, and enter, for the purpose of examination, any building which, in his or her opinion, is in danger from fire.
(Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)
141.09 EFFECTIVE DATE.
For enforcement purposes, this Chapter shall be construed as having the same effective date and any dates listed in this Chapter are for historical purposes. (Ord. 2020-36. Passed 2-15-21.)