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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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