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§ 94.22 OFFICER.
   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)
§ 94.23 DUTIES OF FIRE CHIEF.
   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)
§ 94.24 POWERS OF CHIEF.
   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)
§ 94.25 CHIEF MAY REMOVE BUILDINGS.
   The Fire Chief, during the progress of any fire, whenever in his or her judgment it becomes necessary to check or control the same, shall have power to order any fence, building or structure of any kind to be torn down and removed. He or she shall have power to cause any building or structure to be blown up for the purpose of checking or extinguishing a fire.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-6)
§ 94.26 INTERFERING WITH DEPARTMENT.
   No person shall willfully hinder or interfere with any city officer or firefighter in the performance of his or her duty at, going to or returning from, any fire, or while attending to his or her duty as a member of the Fire Department, or nor willfully or negligently drive any motor vehicle or other vehicle across or upon any hose.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-7) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 94.27 FALSE ALARM OF FIRE.
   No person shall knowingly give a false alarm report of a fire.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-8) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 94.28 FIRE APPARATUS KEPT IN CITY.
   No fire apparatus shall be taken out of city unless under such regulations as the Fire Chief may establish, nor shall any fire apparatus be applied to any private use, nor taken from the house where it shall be usually kept, except in case of an alarm of fire, without the permission of the Fire Chief. One hydrant pump truck shall at all times be maintained in the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-10)
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION
§ 94.40 BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION.
   A Bureau of Fire Prevention is hereby established to be composed of the Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department and the Sheriff. The Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department shall also be Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention and may detail such members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-1)
§ 94.41 DUTIES.
   It shall be the duty of the members of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce all laws and ordinances covered or included in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-2)
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