The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-17
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING AMI
organizing fire department for Sal
Lake City, Utah. prescribing the number
of officers and fremen connected there
with and regulating the same, and re,
pealing all conflicting ordinances anc
resolutions Of the S elty council
Be it ordained by the city coun-
ell of Salt Lake City, Utah;-That a
fire department for Salt Lake City, Is
hereby created and organized, which
shall consist of the following officers and
hremen, each of whom shall receive the
monthly compensation as provided by
ordinance, which shall be in fun payment
for all services rendered by them to the
city.
One Chief of Department.
one Assistant Chief.
-Four Captains.
Two Lieutenants.
One Engineer.
One Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
One Secretary and Operator.
Sixteen Fireman.
Section Il
Qualifications of Members.
Every person. who shall be appointed a
member of the fire department must. al
the time of mis- appointment, be an able
bodied man. and be able to converse IN
derstaldingly in the English language,
and at the time of his appointment pos
Sess such other qualifications and pass
such examinations as may be prescribed
by rules of the chief of the department,
and approved by the city council
Section III.
Duties and Powers of Chief.
The duty of exunguishing fires and OF
protecting life and property in case OF
fire within the city shall be entrusted TO
the chief of the department. He may
divide the city into ire districts and make
such rules and regulations. subject TO
the approval of the city council, for the
government of all officers and members of
the department, as hs may deem eN-
pedient; he shall make suitable regula-
tons under which the officers and men OF
said OHnaTfment shall be required 10
wear an appropriate uniform and badge,
by which, in case of fire and at otner
times. their authority and position IN the
fire department may be known.
Under the direction and with the ap-
proval of the mayor and city council, he
may purchase horses. steam engines, eX-
tinguishers hose carriages, hook and
ladder trucks, and all other apparatus
and supplies necessary for the complete
equipment of the fire department. The
chief shall have sole and entire command
over all officers. members and employees
of the department and al apparatus and
appurtenances belonging to the same;
and he shall take ali measures which he
shall deem eXpedient for the extinguish-
ment OF fires protection of property,
preservation of order, and observance Of
the laws oe the state. ordinances of the
city, and rules and regulations of the city
council.
1t shall be the duty of the chief to
examine into the condition of all houses.
apparatus and appurtenances belonging
to the department; to inspect engines,
muse, ana uOOA ana ldAtltI CtlllloAAAI2
Section ~.
The Chief May Suspend.
Any officer or member of the depart
ment who is addicted to the habitual use
of intoxicants. or who shall use profane,
immoral or indecent language, or who
shall be intoxicated in or about any OF
the department houses. or at a fire, or
who shall be guilty of violating any OF
the rules of the department. may be
suspended from the department by the
chief. who shall report such suspension
-Uffhfu IN from the dafe of
such suspension to the mayor and city
council.
When Property Nav Be Torn Down.
When a fire is in progress the chief of
the department, or in his absence, the
assistant chief of the department. may
with the advice of the mayor of the city.
or in case the mayor is not present and
in his judgment he may deem 1t neces-
sary) order any telegraph, telephone.
electric light or street railway Wire or
pole of either in close proximity thereto,
TO be cut torn down or otherwise dis
posed of, and may also order any build
ing or buildings in close proximity thereto
10 be torn down, blown uD, or otherwise
disposed of for the purpose Of checking
the conflagration, but neither the chief of
the department or any other ofncer or
member Of the fire department shall I'M
necessarily or recklessly destroy or in
jure any building or other property.
Section VI
Right of Way-Penaity For Interfering.
Whenever a fire shall occur in this city.
1t shall be lawful for the chief or acting
chief of the fire department to blockade
any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, or
other place, IT. in his judgment II is
necessary TO insure the efficient working
of the men, hose, engine, or hook and
ladder apparatus under his command,
and 10 protect the hose of said depart
ment from injury, he is hereby author
lied TO require of the chief of police or
other officer in charge of the police sta
ton. detail of policemen sufficient in his
judgment therefor. who. for the time be
hill lone Of
said chief or acting chief OF fire depart
ment-
Section VII
No person shall break through or at
tempt TO break through the blockade
mentioned in section VI of this ordinance,
or shall. at any time run over or at
tempt TO run over the hose of the fire de-
partment with an omnibus. wagon. street
car. railroad car. locomotive tender. or
any cart, dray, buggy. carriage hack.
hackney, coach, or any other kind of
vehicle
All steam engines. hose carts, hook and
paratus of the fire department shall have
the paramount right of way over and
through all streets, avenues and alleys,
when going to a FIRE.
No person, driving or having charge Of
any vehicle or animal, shall wilfully or
impede or otherwise interfere with the
progress of working any such steam en-
CINE. hose cart. hook and ladder wagon,
or other apparatus of such department.
while the same is going to or remaining
Section X
No person shall Wilfully cut. mark or
otherwise injure or deface any engine
house. hose, engine, or other apparatus
of the fire department, or any other prop
erty of the city.
Section XII
When any fire engine, hose cart, truck
or other nre apparatus. While going 10 a
fire or answering an alarm of fire shall
horse or street railroad track in the city
Of Salt Lake, ii shall be the duty of the
driver of every such car or person in
charge thereof TO cause such car TO come
TO 4 full stop, and so remain until such
fire engine, hose cart truck, or other
fire apparatus has fully passed by such.
or has come To a full stop. Whoever OBJ
structs. binders or interferes with any
fireman while in the discharge of his duty
or drives over any hose or otherwise in
tentionany Injuries any of the apparatus
or instruments used for eXtinguishing
fires. shall. when convicted. be punished
by hne not exceeding one hundred dol
lars.
The chief of the fire department shall
have the power TO assign to duty one or
more fremen upon the stage of any
theatre public hall lecture room or
assembled; such fremen on duty shall be
clothed with the power to prohibit smOk-
ing. careless handling of torches. red FIRE |
electric light apparatus, gas jets or any
combustible material which would be
hazardous TO life and property; il shall |
further be the duty Of such firemen to
prohsbit the storage of scenery. stage
furniture, baggage or other properties in !
apparatus used for the extingushmant of
fires. IL shall be the duty of the owner !