Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-08
Tho Fire Ordinance.

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meeting on Monday evening andpassed
its first reading. It is an ordinance
that the city is greatly in need Of and,
with possibly a few minor changes, will
serve to govern and regulate our city
fire department so that there will be
no clashing of authority, and the SER
vice will be much more effective. It
is hoped that a rigid discipline will be
in the department when
the members are on duty, and that the
hose and other apparatus will be
and carefully inspected.
1t is thought that the ordinance will
pass it's second reading and become a,
law of the city without material change.
1t is as follows:
Be it ordained by the city council of the city of
Hot Springs, South Dakota.
meDt for the city Of Hot Springs, the officers of
which shall be a chief engineer, and first and sec
Ond assistant engineers.
Section =. Any volunteer hook and ladder or
hose company that now is Or may hereafter be
organized in said city, which shall tender their
services to the city, may he enrolled as a regular
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city auditor Il list of the nanes of Its officers
and members, subject to the acceptance of such
company by the city council.
Section s.. Tho city marshal, by virtue of his
Office, shall be chief engineer of the fire depart
lnent until his successor is appointed and con
tirnied. The first and second assistant engineers
may he elected by the department and sluil hold
their Office for the term of one year and until
their successors are elected and confirmed by the
mayor and city council.
Section 4. No hook and ladder company shall
contain more than thirty active members, and no
hose company shall contain more than thirty
active members and no company of any kind
snail be EMIT led to more than thirty votes upon
the election of any officers, or upon any question
submitted to the department for their approval.
Section 3. The mayor and fire and police COM
mittee, together with the chief and lst and :nd AS
sistant engineers shall constitute the fire board of
this department. The city auditor of the city of
secretary of such fire board. The fire board shall
purchase all hose carriages, hook and ladder
trucks, hose and other apparatus, keep the SAINT
they deem proper. The, mayor shall he chair,
man of the fire board and such fire board shall
have control of fire apparatus of any kind be-
vision of the department. Said board shall tuke
into consideration and report TO the council ut
its first meeting in November of each year, all
condition, the number of fires during the pre-
ceding year, and the causes thereof, together with
All inventory of all the fire apparatus belonging
department shall keep in u hook belonging to the
city, the dates of all fires, the number thereof,
the date and number Of alarms, and what sppsr
atus has been lost, destroyed, or become I'M
serviceable, and such other matters as shall be
deemed of interest to the department,
and such board. shall make such other rules
and regulations for the government of the de-
partment not inconsistent with the provisions OF
this chapter, as they shall deem necessary, which
shall be submitted for its adoption, and ii adopt
ed and approved by the majority of the active
members of the department. then such board
shall furnish each company with a copy thereof
and file one with the city auditor, Such board
shall, from time to time, make such recommend
atoms to the council as they shall deem neces-
sary for the efficiency of the department.
Section .: The chief engineer shall ave the
and have command of the department. and shall
be promptly obeyed, and i'll his absence the fret
sence of both of said officers, the Sc :ond assistant
engineer shall act, and i'll the absence OF all such
officers, then the foreman or officer of the first
company to arrive ut any fire shall command I'M
til one Of such officers Shall attend, and when
either of the above named officers is acting as
chief engineer, he shall possess all the authority
of the chief engineer and be Obeyed az such.
Section Z. When q fire is in progress in the
city, the chief engineer, with the consent of the
mayor or chairman of the council committee on
tires, or if neither of them he present, with the
consept of the first and second ~assistant engineers
may order any frame building or buildings to be
pulled down, or blown up for the purpose Of pre-
venting such fire from spreading, but iii no case
shall such means be employed of urresting the
progress of any contlagration unless the SAINT
shall, in the judgment of the engineer In charge,
be absolutely necessary.
Section 8. The chief and assistant engineers
shall have all the powers of policemen at fires.
Section q. No fire apparatus shall be let out
beyond the city limits without the consent of the
mayor or tine chief engineer of the fire depart
ment.
Section 10. No officer or member shall con
tract any debt in the name of the city, except by
order of the fire board.
Section II. No officer or member of this de
partment shall receive for his services as such,
any compensation from the city, hut the chief ant
his assistant engineers and active members o
the companies, belonging to the department tt
the number hereinbefore provided, shall be ex
empt from serving on juries in the city Justice o.
the peace courts.
Section IL. No member of the fire department
shall willfully turn or cause to be turned, til,
hose or water on any person, or property. sns
avoidable necessity, and any person v~iolatin:
this section shall, upon conviction. be fined no
less than one or more than fifty dollars.
Section 13. No person shall erect OF place an.
fence or other obstruction, nor pile any goods o
other things within six feet of any fire plug o
hydrant, and any person who shall violate thi
section, or In any way obstruct the full use. %
such fire plug or lydrant, shall, upon conviction
be fined in any sum not less than five dollars OF
more than one hundred dollars.
Section IL. No wagon, carriage. cart OF othel
vehicle shall be driven over any hose or agains
any apparatus in service within the city at an
alarm of fire, and no member shall run any hcol
and ladder truck OF hose cart over any hose no
against any apparatus in service, unless the eani
cannot be speedily avoided, and any person vic
lating the provisions of this section, shall, upol
conviction thereof. be fined not less than tire
dollars, rOr more than one hundred dollars.
Section Is. 1t shall be the duty of all person
to give any hook and ladder truck, or hose car
coming to or from a fire or alarm, the right o
way, and any person who shall obstruct or hinde
in any manner or delay such company, or shal
refuse to remove his animal. or vehicle, or clea
the way, shall, upon conviction. be fined In an
sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than on
hundred dollars.
Section IL. In case of riot or sudden emergen
cy requiring immediate assistance on the polio
force. the mayor may summon the entire bOdy o
ftremen, and .eany particular company, or an
number OF fireman to assist In preserving tn
peace, and It shall be the duty of the chief eng
obeyed. The firemen, when SO called out, shal
have the powers of policemen, and shall be unde
the orders OF the mayor, and every fireman VIII
shalt serve % such policemen, shall receive q
compensation the sum of $3.50 per day.
Section II. This ordinance shall be in fn
force and effect from and after its passage, Of
prOval and publication as provided by law.
Passed first reading March 4, 1895.
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