242.01 Composition; compensation; uniforms and badges.
242.02 Appointment and removal of Chief and Division members.
242.03 Duties and powers of Chief.
242.04 Duties and powers of Department head. (Repealed)
242.05 Membership; vacancies; filing register of members.
242.06 Bureau of Fire Prevention.
242.07 Duties of Chief re fire prevention.
242.08 Custody of fire protection equipment.
242.09 Testing fire hose.
242.10 Moving fire equipment and personnel beyond City limits.
242.11 Investigation of fires, explosions, etc.; interference with firefighters.
CROSS REFERENCES
Fire Department and fire prevention - see R.S.N. § 16-222
Fire Chief - see R.S.N. § 16-309
Benefits - see R.S.N. §§ 35-202 et seq.
False fire alarms - see GEN. OFF. 648.07
Authority of Fire Chief to disconnect wiring - see B. & H. 1466.05
Use of City vehicles - see ADM. 280.05
All volunteer fire companies which have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, organized according to law in the City shall be and constitute the Fire Division of the City. The Division shall consist of a Volunteer Department with a part-time paid Fire Chief and a part-time paid Assistant Fire Chief. The compensation of the Chief and the Assistant Chief shall be such as may from time to time be fixed by the City Manager. The Chief and the Assistant Chief shall be entitled to no compensation or employee benefits other than their respective salaries. The Chief shall make suitable regulations under which officers and other personnel of the Division are provided with appropriate uniforms and badges.
(Ord. 1107. Passed 10-13-87.)
The members of the Fire Division shall, at the time of their annual meeting, recommend some person for the office of Chief of the Division, who, on being confirmed by the City Manager, shall hold such office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. The Chief and all Division members shall be subject to removal, suspension, demotion or discharge for good cause by the Manager at any time. The members of the Division, being volunteers and not employees of the City, shall not be subject to the Civil Service Act and statutory provisions concerning the Firefighters' Retirement System Fund. Because the Chief and the Assistant Chief are not full-time members of the Division, and because the City does not have a paid fire department, the Civil Service Act and statutory provisions concerning the Firefighters' Retirement System Fund shall not apply to the Chief and the Assistant Chief.
(Ord. 1107. Passed 10-13-87.)
The Chief of the Fire Division or his or her authorized representative shall, in all cases of fire, take and have control of all members of the Division and of all proper means for the extinguishment of fires, the protection of property and the preservation of order at and in the vicinity of fires, and shall secure the observance of all ordinances and regulations respecting fires.
The Chief shall set duty responsibilities for the Division, such as working schedules; personnel rules and regulations not in conflict with City personnel rules and regulations; the care, maintenance and proper keeping of equipment and vehicles of the Division; fire alarm notification; and any other duty responsibility required of a Chief. The Chief shall be responsible for the establishment and expenditure of the budget of the Division, purchase orders drawn upon such budget and the establishment of the priority of purchases of capital items for the Division.
The Chief is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as pertain to the training, internal structure, organization and administration of the Division. Any rule or regulation established by the Division shall be submitted to the City Manager for his or her approval prior to its adoption or enactment. Any rule or regulation established by the Division may be amended by the Manager. All members of the Division shall, during the time of a fire or great public danger, have and exercise the powers and duties of a policeman.
(Ord. 974. Passed 8-11-80.)
The members of the Fire Division shall have authority to appoint the new members of the Division. The names of the new members of the Division shall, subsequent to their probationary period of six months and prior to their appointment to permanent duty with the Division, be first submitted to the City Manager and shall be approved by him or her. All vacancies that may occur in the Division membership shall be filled in the same manner. The Chief of the Fire Division shall, on or before the fourth Tuesday in July of each year, furnish or cause the Secretary of the Division to furnish, for the information of the Manager, the roster of members of the Division in good standing. From month to month thereafter, the Chief shall report any proposed addition or change in the roster for proper action of the Manager so that all members of the Division may at all times be covered by insurance or by such other lawful protection to firefighters as may be provided by the Manager or by the Mayor and Council under the Workman's Compensation Law or otherwise. The Chief shall, within ten days after the end of the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth month of each calendar year, submit a list to the Manager of all activities of Division members pertaining to absences, number of meetings attended, fire calls answered, training sessions attended and any other information as requested.
(Ord. 974. Passed 8-11-80.)
The Chief of the Fire Division shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Uniform Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01 of Part Sixteen - the Fire Prevention Code. Under his or her direction, the Fire Division shall enforce all ordinances pertaining to:
(a) The prevention of fires;
(b) The suppression or extinguishing of dangerous or hazardous fires;
(c) The storage, use and handling of explosive, flammable, combustible, toxic, corrosive and other hazardous gaseous, solid and liquid materials;
(d) The installation and maintenance of automatic, manual and other private fire alarm systems and fire-extinguishing equipment;
(e) The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes;
(f) The maintenance of fire protection and the elimination of fire hazards on land and in buildings, structures and other property, including those under construction;
(g) The means and adequacy of exits in case of fire, from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, asylums, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters, amphitheaters and all other places in which people work, live or congregate, from time to time, for any purpose; and
(h) The investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of fires.
The Chief shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other sections of these Codified Ordinances and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law.
(Ord. 1073. Passed 1-28-86.)
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