2023 New York Laws › VIL - Village › Article 10 - Fire Department › 10-1000 - General Powers of the Board of Fire Commissioners.

§ 10-1000 General powers of the board of fire commissioners. The board
  of fire commissioners of a village, subject to the approval of the board
  of trustees:
1.  Has  the  care, custody and control of all village property of the
  fire department.
2. May purchase such equipment as is suitable and necessary to prevent
  and extinguish fires within the village, or  for  the  purposes  of  any
  emergency  and first aid squad organized within the fire department, and
  uniforms for all active members of the fire department and keep the same
  in good condition and repair.
3. May erect and maintain suitable and  necessary  buildings  for  the
  fire department.
4.  May construct and maintain reservoirs and cisterns and supply them
  with water for use at fires.
5.  May  adopt  rules  for  the  admission,  suspension,  removal  and
  discipline   of   the  members,  officers  and  employees  of  the  fire
  department, may  prescribe  their  powers  and  duties,  and  fix  their
  compensation not inconsistent with section 10-1018 of this article.
6.  May  adopt rules and regulations governing fire companies and fire
  departments, prescribing the duties of  the  members  thereof,  and  may
  enforce  discipline  and  provide  for public drills, parades, funerals,
  inspections and reviews of the village fire department, or  any  company
  or unit thereof, within the village or at other places within the state,
  any  adjoining  state or in Canada. Such rules and regulations shall not
  authorize any member of the board of  fire  commissioners  to  interfere
  with  the  duties  of the fire chief or the assistant fire chief at such
  times as the fire department or any company or squad thereof is on duty.
7.  May  appoint  persons  other  than  members  or  officers  of  the
  department  to  take  charge  of  village  property,  and  may fix their
  compensation.
8. May employ duty or " persons on call,"  to  serve  on  a  part-time
  basis  when  necessary,  and  fix  their  duties  and compensation. Such
  part-time paid firefighters in the event of injury shall be entitled  to
  the  applicable  benefits  provided for such part-time paid firefighters
  under section two hundred seven-a of the general municipal  law  and  in
  the  event  of  injury  or  death  shall  be  entitled to the applicable
  benefits, if any, provided for such part-time  paid  firefighters  under
  the  retirement  and  social  security law and the workers' compensation
  law.  Persons who are volunteer members of the village  fire  department
  may be employed as such part-time paid firefighters, but in the event of
  injury,  death, disease, or infection, resulting from services performed
  in line of duty as such part-time paid firefighters they  shall  not  be
  entitled  to  any  of  the  benefits provided for volunteer firefighters
  under the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, or under  any  policy  of
  blanket  accident insurance purchased by the village or purchased by the
  fire department to cover only volunteer members of such department.
9. May inquire into the cause and origin of  fires  occurring  in  the
  village and may take testimony in relation thereto.
11.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of law to the contrary, a
  village may include as part of its budget an appropriation  to  fund  an
  annual  firefighters' inspection-dinner for each fire company within the
  village.