CHAPTER 34: FIRE DEPARTMTENT

Section

   34.01   Bureau of Fire Prevention

   34.02   Retirement honorarium for volunteer firefighters

   34.03     Authority of Fire Services Administrator at scene of fire

   34.04     Right of entry upon preventing or extinguishing fires

   34.05     Conservators of the peace

   34.06     Fire Services Administrator

§ 34.01 BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION.

   For provisions concerning the Bureau of Fire Prevention, see § 95.65.

§ 34.02 RETIREMENT HONORARIUM FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

   (A)    There is hereby established a retirement honorarium for full-time employees, firefighters who have 15 years of more of continuous service with the village. The retirement honorarium shall be paid to the employee at the time of his or her retirement in the sum of $50 per year of service with a maximum award not to exceed $1,000.

('77 Code, § 35.016)

   (B)    The Village Manager shall administer the retirement honorarium, and is directed to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

('77 Code, § 35.017) (Ord. 75-0-002, passed 3-2-75; Am. Ord. 2006-O-014, passed 5-2-06)

§ 34.03 AUTHORITY OF FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR AT SCENE OF FIRE.

   (A)   The Fire Services Administrator is empowered to create guidelines and policies for the on-site operations necessary to extinguish or control any suspected or reported fires, gas leaks, or other hazardous conditions or situations and also to take any other action necessary in the reasonable performance of the duties of the office of Fire Services Administrator as determined by departmental operating guidelines. The Fire Services Administrator may oversee the execution of such guidelines and policies either on-site or off-site during any applicable emergency. The Fire Services Administrator is not expected to engage in fire fighting activities.

   (B)   Based on guidelines, policies, or an assessment by the Fire Services Administrator, or on-site designee, the Fire Services Administrator may prohibit any person, vehicle, or object from approaching the scene of a fire or other incident involving an operation to protect life or property and may remove or cause to be removed from the same any person, vehicle, or object which may impede or interfere with the operations of the Fire Department. That person in charge may remove or cause to be removed any person, vehicle, or object from hazardous areas. All persons ordered to leave a hazardous area shall do so immediately and shall not re-enter the area until authorized to do so by the fire official in charge. Failure to follow the direction or order of the Fire Services Administrator, or on-site designee, may result in a charge of resisting or obstructing a peace officer in accordance with § 133.17 of the village code.

(Ord. 84-0-069, passed 12-18-84; Am. Ord. 2018-O-058, passed 10-2-18)