The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-08-09
ORDINANCE NO. All.

AN ORDINANCE providing for the or
ganization, establishment, regulation
and government of a fire department
of the city of North Yakima, Wash :
ington, fixing the compensation or
members of such department, oea
with such department. and provid-
ing penalty therefor, defining the
powers and duties OF Officers ana
members, giving certain powers to
the chief of such department and de.
timing the offence of the violation or
orders given by said chief under such
The City Council OF the City of North
Yakima do ordain AS follows:
Section /. There is hereby estab-
and c Sents yat Te
which shall consist of chief and -FOUR
fremen and a reserve force consisting
of ten uO) men to be selected by the
chief of said department and who shall
serve until dismissed by him. The MEM
bers of said reserve force are to receive
compensation at rate OF TWO doi-
lars $4,000 per man for each fire at
tended by them, at which services are
actually performed by them. Said re-
serve force shall be called upon to do
service at a fire only at such times as
deem necessary, and the number or
men on such reserve force may be in
creased ut any, time by the council of
said city. Said reserve force shall at
all times when in attendance upon
ii fire he under the absolute control
and management of the said chief of
See. g The chief of the fire depart
ment and paid firemen are to be APP
pointed by the mayor by and with the
consent of the council, and shall be APP
pointed " he mayor and confirmed by
the council In the same manner and
under the same rules as police officers
are appointed and confirmed:
Sec. 3. The chief of the fire depart
ment may at any time suspend any
tiremen, and by and with the consent
and concurrence Of the mayor may re-
move him from office. and such action
shall be reported at the next regular
meeting of the council.
Sec. !. The chief of the fire depart
ment shall have power to make such
rules and regulations as he may see
tit. not inconsistent with law and the
ordinances of the city, which rules and
the council. and the chief shall enforce
said rules and regulations by pun
ishing any offending member of the
department, by reprimand. forfeiture
time. or by dismissal from service.
Sec, $. The chief of the fire depart
ment shall investigate the cause of all
fires that may occur within the city.
as soon as may be- and record the
result Of such Investigation in II book
to be kept for that purpose;
Sec. q. All members of the fire de-
partment shal be subject to and shall
strictly comply with the rules and reg
ulations of the department
Sec. Z. The chief of the fire depart
ment shall have sole and absolute con-
troll and command over all persons con-
nected with the fire department of the
city. and shall possess full power and
authority over its discipline
Section s. The chief of the fire de-
partment shall. at all times. supervise
and keep IN, repair and ready for in
connected with the fire department He
shall certify to all bills against the
city chnrgeahle 10 such department
He sail attend all fires happening in
to any otner officer or member of the
department shall he promptly obeyed
He Shall also cause to he kept in
hooks for that purpose a full and com
plete record of all transactions in said
department. of complaints against
members and the Judgment of the chief
the time lost by them. and of all prop
erty placed in his charge. and such
other books and records as shall he re-
quired h. the business of the depart
mert. or hv the city council. which
hooks shall always be open for the in
spectinn of the members of the city
also report at the end of the fiscal
year, in writing. uDon the condition of
tne uenartment, the number of fires
that have occurred in the city during
the year preceding, and the cause Of
the same. so far as can he ascertained
Also the numher of buildings DESTROYED
me names of owners or OCcupantS of
the same. q value of the pronertv de-
stroved, and the amount Of insurance
upon the buildings or other property
as near rs rnn he nsrertaired which
said ren"rt shall he flied and preserved
in the office Of the city cierk " shau
also he the duty of the chief of the fire
department to rcport to the mavor and
CITY council quarterly. on the first DAYS
OF Jnuarv, April, July and October. and
nffener " required the condition of the
nre en"ihes hre alarm telegram and
~ other fire apparatus. BELONGING to
IN" CITY. "'ao 10 recommend such oddt-
flows 10 and alterations of the same as
nav he doomed expediert
Sec. q. Vt shalt he tho duty of tho
chief OF the Gre department and each
rremho~ thereof 70 ha orriia~a nv tho
city clerk, by oath of affirmation, that
he VIII faithfully support the consti-
tuition and laws Of the state OF Wash
ipgtnn. and the ordinances Of the city
of North Yaktwe. md perform tn the
best nj mis- ability all the duties of his
office.
See. IN. The c,ief Of the fire depart-
nert may prescribe limits IN the vi
anitv of any fre within which no per
son. excenting those who reside there
IN. Hremen and policemen, md those
admitted nv order of the chief Of the
fire department shall he permitted to
enter.
Sec. ~ The chief Of the FIRE derart-
roval NJ any nronertv whenever "
shn' become necessary for the preser-
walton Of such nrcnertv from fire. or to
rreNe~t the snread'nr of fire or to pro-
tect ad ioining prorertv.
Sec. IL No building or structure IF
any kind shall be blown I'M or other
wise DESTROYED for the purpose Of
checking the progress Of apv IRE. ev-
then only only on the order OF the chief
of the fire denurtmppt, or, IN his alb