The Fire Chief shall:
(a) Assume supervision of the operation of the Fire Department and perform such other duties or functions as may be required or authorized by State law or by resolution or ordinance of Council or by the Mayor;
(b) Be the head of the Fire Department and have authority, management and control over all members and employees of the Department while they are engaged in the performance of their duties;
(c) Have exclusive management and control over all Fire Department equipment and have authority to assign, station and deploy such equipment as he or she deems appropriate for the efficient operation of the Department as well as for the health, safety and welfare of the Municipality;
(d) Have exclusive management and control of the assignment, stationing, transfer and deployment of all personnel under his or her command;
(e) Establish standards of dress for the Department and standards pertaining to uniforms for all employees of the Department;
(f) When present at fires or scenes of other emergencies, direct the operations of the fire-fighting forces at such fires or emergencies as may be required, investigate the cause of such fires and, if necessary, examine witnesses, compel their attendance at a place of examination, compel the examination or production of books and papers material to such investigation and perform all such other acts as may be necessary to the effective discharge of his or her duties;
(g) Establish necessary orders for the management of the Fire Department when, in his or her judgment, such orders will be beneficial to the efficient operation of the Department as well as beneficial to the health, safety and welfare of the Municipality; and
(h) Have authority to administer oaths, make arrests for a violation of any law or ordinance relating to fires or the prevention thereof, and enter and investigate any building, structure, dwelling or other place of habitation or assembly which he or she believes to constitute a fire hazard.
(Ord. 92-290. Passed 12-15-92.)