The Chief of the Fire Department shall, from time to time, designate firefighters to have command of company or stations and, in the absence of the officer, or when no officer is available for assignment to such duty, and in the absence of any such designation, the firefighter first class who is senior in point of service in the Department shall be in command. In the event that the firefighter in command and all firefighters first class are absent, the firefighter who is senior in the Department shall be in command.
(1986 Code, § 131.07)