2023 New York Laws › TWN - Town › Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts › 176-A - Duties of Chief and Assistant Chiefs of Fire Department of Fire District.

§  176-a.  Duties  of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of
  fire district. 1. The chief shall, under the direction of the  board  of
  fire  commissioners,  have  exclusive control of the members of the fire
  department of the fire district at all fires, inspections,  reviews  and
  other  occasions when the fire department is on duty or parade; he shall
  also have supervision of the engines, fire trucks, pumpers, hose  wagons
  and other apparatus and of the equipment and other property used for the
  prevention  or  extinguishment of fire and of all officers and employees
  of the fire department. He shall see that the rules and  regulations  of
  the  board of fire commissioners are observed and that the orders of the
  board of fire  commissioners  are  duly  executed.  He  shall,  whenever
  required  by  the  board of fire commissioners, report to said board the
  condition  of  the  property  of  said  fire  district  and  such  other
  information  as  may  be  required  of  him.  He shall hold the members,
  officers and employees of the fire department strictly  to  account  for
  neglect  of  duty  and may suspend them for improper conduct, subject to
  the action of the board of fire commissioners at its  next  meeting.  In
  case  of  the  disability  or  absence of the chief, the first assistant
  chief, and in the case of the disability or absence of  both  the  chief
  and  first  assistant  chief,  the other assistants, in numerical order,
  shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief. When  the
  fire  department or any company or squad thereof is on duty no member of
  the board of fire commissioners shall interfere with the duties  of  the
  chief or assistant chief.
2.  If  an  agreement  in  relation to the issuance of fire permits is
  entered into between the town board and the board of fire  commissioners
  pursuant  to section one hundred thirty-nine and subdivision twenty-four
  of section one hundred seventy-six of this chapter, the duties performed
  for the fire district by the chief, or an assistant chief, of  the  fire
  district fire department in relation to the issuance of the fire permit,
  or  any  preliminary investigation in connection therewith shall, in the
  case of any such officer who is a volunteer firefighter,  be  deemed  to
  have  been performed by him or her in his or her capacity as such and to
  be a duty within the meaning  of  paragraph  c  of  subdivision  one  of
  section  five  of  the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and shall, in
  the case of any such officer who is a paid  firefighter,  be  deemed  to
  have  been performed by him or her in his or her capacity as such and to
  be a duty within the meaning of  section  two  hundred  seven-a  of  the
  general municipal law and other laws applicable in the event of injuries
  to  or  death  of  paid  firefighters  in  line  of  duty. A chief or an
  assistant chief who is a volunteer firefighter  shall  not  receive  any
  remuneration for his or her services in relation to the issuance of such
  permits  and any investigation in relation thereto, and any such officer
  who is a paid firefighter shall not receive any additional  remuneration
  above  his  or her regular salary for any such service. Any such officer
  shall, however, be entitled to his or her actual  and  necessary  travel
  expenses  or  mileage  in  connection  with such services as provided in
  section one hundred seventy-eight-c of this article.