Source: http://www.fallscitynebraska.org/falls-city/city-codes/article-1-fire-department
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:52:03+00:00

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§3-102 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; MEMBERSHIP. The Fire Chief shall appoint no more than twenty-five (25) members for each Fire Department Company subject to the review and approval of the Governing Body. All vacancies shall be filled in this manner. Said members shall be considered to be employees of the Municipality for the purpose of providing them with workmen's compensation and other benefits. Each member shall be entitled to a term life insurance policy in the amount of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for death from any cause to age sixty-five (65) and such policy shall, at the option of the individual fireman, be convertible to a permanent form of life insurance at age sixty-five (65); Provided, that the firemen covered are actively and faithfully performing the duties of their position. The Fire Department shall consist of so many members as may be decided by the Governing Body. The members may organize themselves in any way they may decide, subject to the review of the Governing Body. They may hold meetings and engage in social activities with the approval of the Governing Body. The secretary shall upon request keep a record of all meetings and shall make a report to the Governing Body of all meetings and activities of the Fire Department. The Governing Body may, for services rendered, compensate or reward any member or members of the Fire Department in an amount set by resolution. All members of the Fire Department shall be subject to such rules and regulations, and shall perform such duties, as may be prescribed or required of them by the Fire Chief or the Governing Body. The members of the Fire Department shall, during the time of a fire or great public danger, have and exercise the powers and duties of policemen and shall have full power and authority to arrest all persons guilty of any violation of the Municipal Code, or the laws of the State of Nebraska.
§3-103 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; RECORDS. The Fire Chief shall keep or cause to be kept a record of all meetings of the Fire Department, the attendance record of all members, a record of all fires, and shall make a full report of such records to the Municipal Clerk on the first (1st) Monday in April each year. The Fire Chief shall report from month to month any proposed additions or changes in the roster for proper action of the Council. The record of any fire shall include the cause, origin, circumstances, property involved, and whether criminal conduct may have been involved. In the event of sizable property damage, he shall include the information of whether such losses were covered by insurance, and if so, in what amount. All records shall be available to the public at any reasonable time.
§3-104 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; DRIVER. The Mayor shall, with the consent of the Council, appoint the drivers for the fire trucks of the Fire Department. Such persons shall be mechanics or persons qualified to operate and care for the same. Such persons shall be members of the Fire Department, and shall be under the authority and control of the Chief of the Fire Department. Whenever possible, the Mayor shall appoint the choices of the members of the Fire Department to be the drivers for the fire trucks each year.
§3-105 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; HOSE TESTED. All fire hose shall be pressure tested at least one (1) time each year.
§3-106 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; DRILLS. The Municipal Fire Department shall hold departmental fire drills at least six (6)times per year at such times as the members of the Fire Department shall decide.
§3-107 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; FIRES. It shall be the duty of the Fire Department to use all proper means for the extinguishment of fires; to protect property within the Municipality; and to secure the observance of all ordinances, laws, and other rules and regulations with respect to fires and fire prevention.
§3-108 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; DISTANT FIRES. Upon the permission of the Mayor or Fire Chief, such fire equipment of the Municipality as may be designated by the Governing Body as rural equipment may be used beyond the corporate limits to extinguish reported fires.
§3-109 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT; FIGHTING DISTANT FIRES. The firemen of the Municipality shall be considered as acting in the performance and within the scope of their duties in fighting fire or saving property or life outside the corporate limits of the Municipality when directed to do so by the Mayor or Chief of the Fire Department or some person authorized to act for such Chief and in so doing, may take such fire equipment of the Municipality as may be designated by the Governing Body.

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