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(A) No person shall use any fire engine, hose or any other apparatus belonging to the city for any private purpose, other than the extinguishment of fires, nor shall they remove the same or any part thereof from its place of deposit, or having control thereof, shall permit such engine, hose or other apparatus to be used for any private purpose.
(B) No person shall willfully or negligently break, deface or in any manner injure any fire engine, hose equipment or other fire apparatus belonging to the city, or shall remove any screw, bolt, nut or any part of such engine or other fire apparatus or in any manner interfere with the same when being used by the proper person or authority,
(1975 Code, § 30.54) Penalty, see § 34.999
It shall be and hereby is declared unlawful for any unauthorized person or persons to enter the Fire Department house or any place where the equipment and apparatus of the Fire Department is stored, at any time, except on business pertaining to the Fire Department or other city business.
(1975 Code, § 30.55) Penalty, see § 34.999
(A) Generally. The Fire Department is authorized to enter into mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire districts or municipalities owning fire apparatus; no apparatus or equipment shall aid a municipality or district unless an agreement is on record. Such aid and assistance to another municipality or district shall not jeopardize the fire protection within the city.
(B) Addendum to mutual aid box alarm system agreement. The mutual aid box alarm system agreement is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if appearing in total.
(1975 Code, § 30.58) (Ord. 341, passed 3-4-1964; Ord. 15-01, passed 1-21-2015; Ord. 16-10, passed 12-21-2016)
The Fire Chief shall report all fire calls outside city limits to the City Clerk, who shall bill property owners requesting such service as set by the city. See fees set forth in § 35.15.
(1975 Code, § 30.59) (Ord. 78-4, passed 2-6-1978)
(A) All duly appointed Fire Chiefs, Assistant Fire Chiefs and regularly employed Fire Department personnel shall reside within the corporate limits of city, both at the time of appointment to office as well as throughout the firefighter’s tenure of office.
(B) The residency requirement established herein and pursuant to state law may be waived by motion of the City Council on a case-by-case basis, which may include, but not be limited to, the duration of time which the fire officer shall be allowed to reside outside of the corporate limits of the city, a radius outside of the corporate limits within which the officer is allowed to reside, and a requirement that the officer reside in a particular county or state.
(Ord. 08-04, passed 5-7-2008)
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(1975 Code, § 30.07)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/11-1-6