141.01 Composition and organization.
141.02 Duties.
141.03 Chief; appointment; duties.
141.04 Chain of command; obedience to orders.
141.05 Rules and regulations.
141.06 Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund.
141.07 Emergency response fee for non-residents.
CROSS REFERENCES
Appointments - see CHTR. Sec. 4
General provisions - see CHTR. Sec. 32
Civil service - see W. Va. Code Art. 8-15
(a) The City Fire Department shall be comprised of such fire companies and other units with such personnel who shall have such ranks and grades as shall from time to time be authorized by Council.
(b) The Department shall consist of a Fire Chief, captains, lieutenants, firemen, probationary firemen, mechanic and paid on-call firefighters. The Fire Chief shall have the responsibility of providing for the organization of the Department into companies and other units. The organization as prescribed by the Fire Chief shall be subject to the approval of and amendment by the Mayor and Council.
(Ord. 89-7. Passed 6-5-89.)
The Fire Department shall protect the residents and property within the City and, when authorized by intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, residents and property outside the City, from the dangers of fire and other emergencies which may from time to time arise; shall take such preventive measures by conducting inspections, issuing citations, providing educational and training programs and otherwise as may be necessary, desirable and lawful to prevent the occurrence of fires and explosions within the City; shall assist in protecting and providing aid to residents and others within or near the City from fire and other emergencies which threaten life including emergencies on the Coal and Kanawha Rivers, emergencies arising from automobile accidents and other emergencies and calamities; and shall discharge such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to or imposed upon the Department by these Codified Ordinances, intergovernmental and other agreements duly ratified by Council and applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State and the United States of America.
(Ord. 89-7. Passed 6-5-89.)
(a) The Chief of the Fire Department shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirmation of Council, at the will and pleasure of the Mayor or until the next Municipal election and, thereafter, until his successor is duly appointed and qualified in the same or like manner to that by which the Chief of Police and other Municipal officers are appointed in conformity with Section 4 of the City Charter.
(b) The Chief shall be the commanding officer of the Fire Department and shall be responsible to the Mayor and Council for the administration, training, discipline, morale and effective deployment and utilization of the members of the Department. He shall further be responsible for the proper supervision of the maintenance, deployment and utilization of the property, equipment and apparatus of the Department.
(c) The Fire Chief shall have all such powers as may be necessary and lawful to fulfill the responsibilities imposed upon him by these Codified Ordinances, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) He shall be in command of the Department to include management, assignment of duties, work hours and general supervision of every officer, member and employee of the Department during all hours when personnel are on duty including such times as actual emergencies and fires exist and during all training sessions.
(2) He shall supervise the maintenance, upkeep, purchase of and repair of the firehouses, trucks and all apparatus and equipment belonging to or assigned for use by the Department.
(3) He shall have general supervision of the purchase, storage and issuance of all supplies and expendable materials maintained by, for or used by the Department.
(4) He shall be responsible for supervising the preparation of all records required by the Mayor or Council and all records required by the State or any subdivision of the State. He shall report annually to the Mayor and Council with regard to all fires occurring since his previous report, the value of the property lost as a result of such fires, and shall make suggestions as to rules, regulations and procedures which in his opinion should be adopted to reduce the number of fires, the loss of property and the loss of life within the City.
(Ord. 89-7. Passed 6-5-89.)
The chain of command within the Fire Department shall run from the Fire Chief to the officers and firemen within the Department down in a descending course in order of rank and seniority within rank. Subordinates shall have the powers and shall perform the duties of their immediate supervisor when such supervisor is absent or disabled. Each member of the Department shall obey all lawful orders of his superior in the chain of command and any disobedience to or failure to comply with any lawful order shall subject the disobedient member to such disciplinary action and penalty as may be prescribed and authorized by the rules and regulations of the Department.
(Ord. 89-7. Passed 6-5-89.)
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