(A) There is hereby created and established a Fire Department in and for the city which shall be known as the “Fire Department of the City of Ronan” and which shall consist of not less than 15 volunteer firefighters, who, at the time of their appointment, shall be able-bodied persons between the ages of 18 years and 60 years of age and continuously residing within the city.
(B) The members shall manage their own organization, prescribe their own rules and regulations, elect their own officers with the exception of the Chief of the Fire Department, who shall be appointed as provided by this code impose and collect their own dues and fines, if there be any; and keep and control their own funds. All members of the Fire Department shall have police powers while on duty.
(1992 Code, § 5-1-201)