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The officers of such Fire Department shall embrace a Chief, a First Assistant Chief, a Second Assistant Chief, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the said Fire Department shall deem necessary. The Fire Department shall be governed by the Constitution and bylaws thereof heretofore approved.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-3)
The Fire Chief shall be responsible for the discipline and proper conduct of the Fire Department, the enforcement of all laws and regulations pertaining thereto, and for the care and condition of the property of the Department. He or she shall have command of all members of the Fire Department and in case of his or her absence, the First Assistant Fire Chief or other officer placed in command, shall have the same powers as the Fire Chief would have. At all fires he or she shall have full power of a police officer. He or she shall make a report to the City Council at its meeting in each month of all fires that have taken place in the preceding month, giving the causes thereof, the names of owners and preceding month, giving the causes thereof, the names of owners and occupants, and the amount of loss.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-4)
The Fire Chief may prescribe limits in the vicinity of a fire within which no person except those residing therein, members of the Fire Department, police force and those admitted by the Chief or his or her subordinate, shall be permitted to come. The Chief or officer having charge at any fire may call upon any person present to assist the firefighters in their duties. The Fire Chief shall have the power to cause the removal of all wires or to turn off all currents interfering with the work of the Fire Department.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-5)
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