CHAPTER 240: FIRE DEPARTMENT
Section
   240.01   Establishment; membership; original appointments; age limitations
   240.02   Nonresident service
   240.03   Twenty-four-hour duty
   240.04   Emergency medical service (EMS)
   240.05   Underground storage tanks
   240.06   Emergency medical service charges
Cross-reference:
   Appointment of police officers employed by another jurisdiction, see Charter § 52
   Injuring or destroying fire apparatus, see § 642.13
   Parking near fire, see § 432.27
   Tampering with fire hydrants and reservoirs, see § 642.14
Statutory reference:
   Appointment of emergency firefighters, see R.C. § 737.10
   Civil Service application, see R.C. §§ 737.10, 737.11
   Composition and control, see R.C. §§ 715.05, 737.08, 737.21
   Fire Chief, see R.C. § 737.09
   Fire protection contracts, see R.C. §§ 307.05, 505.44, 717.02
   Gas masks for firefighters; requirements, see R.C. § 3737.72
   General duties, see R.C. § 737.11
   Hours and leave, see R.C. §§ 737.21, 4115.02
   Original appointments; probationary period and age, see R.C. §§ 124.27, 124.30, 124.42
   Police and Firefighters' Disability Fund and Pension, see R.C. Ch. 742
   Promotions, see R.C. §§ 124.31, 124.45 et seq.
   Reductions, suspensions and removals, see R.C. §§ 124.34 et seq., 737.12
   Sick leave, see R.C. § 124.38
§ 240.01 ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP; ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS; AGE LIMITATIONS.
   (a)   There is hereby established a Fire Department for the city, to consist of Fire Chief and such other officers and personnel as Council shall from time to time determine.
   (b)   (1)   No person is eligible to receive an original appointment to the Fire Department, as a firefighter, unless he or she has reached the age of 18 years. No person is eligible to receive an original appointment when he or she is 70 years of age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time.
      (2)   These provisions shall not be construed to eliminate any other requirements established by law for original appointments.
   (c)   Personnel designated as full-time firefighters shall not exceed 21 fully trained persons.
   (d)   Personnel designated as volunteer part-time firefighters shall not exceed 26 persons, and all shall be duly trained and qualified as required by the laws of the state.
(Ord. 13-96, passed 3-4-1996; Ord. 22-2022, passed 10-3-2022)
§ 240.02 NONRESIDENT SERVICE.
   (a)   The Fire Department may, when practicable, respond to requests for emergency fire fighting assistance from political subdivisions outside of the corporate limits of the city and not serviced by fire contracts with the city.
   (b)   The authority to dispatch fire equipment and personnel for such emergencies shall be vested in the Fire Chief and the Captains of the Fire Department.
(Res. 18-68, passed 4-1-1968)
§ 240.03 TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DUTY.
   The hours of labor for each force of four firefighters shall be 24 consecutive hours, except in cases of extraordinary emergency, in accordance with R.C. § 4115.02. The 24 consecutive hours of labor shall commence at 7:00 a.m.
(Ord. 25-84, passed 8-6-1984)
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