Chapter 2.30
FIRE DEPARTMENT1
Sections:
2.30.010 Department created.
2.30.020 Positions.
2.30.030 Fire chief to be director.
2.30.040 Chief excluded from classified civil service.
2.30.050 Functions and duties.
2.30.060 Chief – Powers and compensation.
2.30.070 Authority of director – Reports to city manager.
2.30.080 Certain department terminated.
2.30.090 Jurisdiction of civil service commission.
2.30.100 References to former departments and position titles.
2.30.110 Severability.
2.30.010 Department created.
There shall be, and the city council does hereby create and establish, a department for the city to be known as the fire department. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.020 Positions.
Positions within the fire department shall consist of the fire chief and such other staff and line positions as may be established and authorized in the city’s annual budget. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.030 Fire chief to be director.
The fire chief shall be the director of the department and shall be appointed, supervised, and removed by the city manager, subject to applicable rules, regulations, or other tenure of office laws. In the event that a vacancy should occur in the position of chief, the duties of chief shall be assumed by the city manager, or his designee. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.040 Chief excluded from classified civil service.
The fire chief shall not be included in the city’s classified civil service. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.050 Functions and duties.
The functions and duties of the department shall include fire prevention, fire suppression, fire investigations, fire code plans review and enforcement, emergency medical services, and such other related functions and duties as may be assigned from time to time by the city manager. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.060 Chief – Powers and compensation.
The chief of the department shall have all of the powers granted, together with all of the duties imposed, by the laws of the state of Washington relating to fire chiefs, and in addition thereto, he shall have the power and duty to enforce the ordinances of the city and to perform such other services as the laws of the state of Washington and the ordinances of the city may now or hereafter require, and shall receive for the faithful performance of his duties such compensation as shall be fixed by the city council. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.070 Authority of director – Reports to city manager.
The fire chief shall be the chief executive officer of the department, with the power and duty to make rules and regulations for its management and operation, and the final departmental authority on all matters of policy, operations, and discipline. He shall be authorized to appoint, supervise, and remove other employees, and other members of the department, subject to applicable civil service laws, rules, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements. He shall be responsible to the city manager for the operation of the department and shall provide the city manager with such reports as he may require. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.080 Certain department terminated.
The police and fire services department is disestablished and terminated. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.090 Jurisdiction of civil service commission.
Pending the establishment of rules of the civil service commission for the fire department, all personnel matters currently under the jurisdiction of the existing civil service commission shall continue to be subject to the jurisdiction of the existing civil service commission of the city and such commission shall continue to exercise all powers granted by law. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.100 References to former departments and position titles.
Any reference to the police and fire services department in the current Chehalis Municipal Code is hereby amended to refer, as applicable, to either the police department or fire department. Any reference to chief of police and fire services in the current Chehalis Municipal Code is hereby amended to refer, as applicable, to either the chief of police or the fire chief. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
2.30.110 Severability.
If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected. [Ord. 767B, 2004.]
Code reviser’s note: For statutory provisions authorizing second class cities to establish and maintain fire departments, see RCW 35.23.440(21); for provisions granting a code city all powers of any city of any class, see RCW 35A.21.160.