(A) The Chief of the Fire Department shall have command of all fires in the city, and shall issue all such orders thereat as shall seem to him or her proper. In case of the absence of the Chief, the commanding officer of the company first arriving at the fire shall take command until relieved by the Chief.
(B) The Chief shall promulgate all regulations and orders relating to the Fire Department, which rules and regulations shall be posted at the headquarters of the companies, and it shall be the duties of the officers and members of the companies to acquaint themselves therewith and to respect and obey the Chief as the head of the Department; all of which are subject, however, to the orders and control of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 7A.07)