There shall be maintained a fire department, the members of which, other than the fire chief, shall be qualified and appointed under civil service rules and regulations. There shall be appointed a fire chief as provided in chapter V., Section 7 of this charter. The fire chief shall devote his or her entire time to the discharge of the duties of that office, and shall have control of the officers and men employed in the fire department. The fire chief shall see that all rules of the civil service commission relating to the fire department are enforced, and shall be charged with the special duty of superintending the extinguishment of fires, and seeing that all property imperiled thereby is protected and guarded. He shall have such other and further powers and duties as the mayor and council may, by ordinance, provide.
(Prop. 404, eff. 2-2-2016)
Cross References: Appointment, term and removal of the fire chief, ch. V, § 7; previously employed firemen declared under civil service, ch. XXV, § 10; effect of civil service on fire chief, ch. XXV, § 11.