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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-01 - Establishment of a Fire DepartmentBILL NO. ^~~' / ~ r// ORDINANCE NO.J AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI; SETTING FORTH THE DUTIES, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FIRE CHIEF AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND THE APPOINTMENT THEREOF; SETTING FORTIi THE DUTIES, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE APPOINTMENT THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE DISMISSAL OF FIREMEN BY THE FIRE CHIEF; AUTHORIZING AND ESTABLISHING SALARIES FOR THE FIRE CHIEF, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND bIEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTP+IENT; AND AUTHORIZING FIRE SERVICE OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIPQITS OF THE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: A CITY. Section 1. ESTABLISHMENT. There is hereby created and established a Fire Department, consisting of a Fire Chief, an Assistant Fire Chief and such other members as may from time to time be provided for by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Section 2. APPOINTMENT, DUTIES AND SALARY OF FIRE CHIEF. The Fire Chief shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the Aldermen. Fie shall be some suitable person, appointed in the same manner as other appointed officers and shall, unless sooner removed, hold office for a term of one (1) year or until his successor is appointed or qualified. The Fire Chief shall have the control, subject to the order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and direction of the Fire Department and all fire apparatus and equipment belonging to the city. Whenever any fire apparatus needs reapiring the said Fire Chief shall cause the same to be done with all reasonable dilligence after approval therefor by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The Fire Chief shall receive a salary of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month. Section 3. APPOINTMENT, DUTIES AND SALARY OF ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. Assistant Fire Chiefs may be appointed in the same manner, have the same qualifications and the same duties and responsibilities as the Fire Chief. They shall act under the direction of the Fire Chief and shall assume all duties of. the Fire Chief in the absence of the Chief. Each Assistant Fire Chief shall receive a salary of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) per month. Section 4. MEMBERSEiIP AND SALARIES. The Fire Department shall consist of so many members as may be decided upon by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Members shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as the Fire Chief. Members shall receive a salary of One Dollar ($1.00) per year plus an allowance of Two Dollars ($2.00) per fire call which the member attends in which fire apparatus and equipment are deployed from the fire station to a fire. In addition each fireman shall receive Two Dollars ($2.00) for each class actuallly attended, provided however, no fireman shall be paid for more than one class per week.. Section 5. RECORDS. The Fire Chief shall keep or cause to be kept a record of all meetings of the Fire Department and the attendance of the members, record of all fires, and, shall annually file with the Commissioner of Public Safety a full report of such records, attendance and fires. ~~~~ / Section 6. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. As provided by ordinance, a mem er of t e Board of A ermen, shall be appointed as Commissioner of Public Safety. He shall have general supervisory powers over the Fire Department and shall act as the liaison between the Fire Department and the Board of Aldermen. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall report the Fire Chief's records to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen as required by ordinance. He may establish and enforce regulations for the Fire Department. Section 7. DUTIES AND OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS. It shall be the function and duty of the Fire Department and every member thereof to extinguish accidental or destructive fires and to prevent the occurrence or spread of such fires. Any fireman shall be subject to dismissal by the Fire Chief, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety. At all fires, the Fire Chief and his Assistant shall rank in the order named, and the officer of the highest rank at the fires shall take command of the Fire Department, and direct the management thereof for the suppression of the fire, in the best manner possible; and when it may be necessary for the protection of lives and property and to prevent the spread of the fire, the officer in charge may call on every male person over the age of twenty-one (21) years to render assistance to the Fire Department and said person shall be subject to the orders of the officer in command of such fire. Section 8. SERVICE OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS. tdembers of the Fire Department are authorized to go outside the corporate limits of the City for the purpose of rendering aid to other Fire Departments, extinguishing fires or rendering aid in case of accidents. Provided, however, that the Fire Department shall not render such service outside the corporate limits except upon the express order of the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Mayor; excepting that where the City has undertaken by contract to render service to property or other municipalities outside the corporate limits, the Fire Department may leave the corporate limits in fulfillment of such contracts or agreements. n Section 9. This ordinance X in the C~i'ode of the PASSED THIS U ~ DAY shall be designated Section City of Riverside, P4issouri. OF 197 D4AYOR ATTEST: City Clerk ,,~ APPROVED THIS ~J