6.020 Fire Chief – Duties – Firemen – Residence – Hours – Platoons.

(1) Fire Chief – Duties – Report – Records. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to appoint subordinates subject to approval by said Board. Such appointments shall be made by promotion when this can be done with advantage, otherwise from an eligible list provided by examination and approval by said Board and kept on file with the Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to direct the operation of the Department at fires, subject to the rules and regulations which may be adopted by the Common Council or the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, and State laws; the Fire Chief shall issue and enforce such orders as in the Chief’s judgment may be best calculated for the protection of life, property and the extinguishment of fires; to enforce all ordinances, rules and regulations of the Common Council governing the Fire Department; he/she shall report annually to the Common Council all fires occurring in the City, the origin thereof if possible, together with the amount and value of property destroyed and the amount of insurance, if any, also a statement of the condition of the Department at the end of each year, and he/she shall make further reports when ordered to do so by a resolution of the Common Council, or required to do so by the rules and regulations of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners; he/she shall report promptly to the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners any member of the Department who may have disobeyed his/her orders or violated any of the laws or rules governing the Department; he/she shall also keep a record and report to the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners the absence of any member of the Department from fires, together with any dereliction of duty or violation of any of the rules and regulations of the Department; in the absence or disability of the Chief of the Fire Department the Deputy shall perform his/her duties.

(2) Repealed February 3, 1993.

(3) Platoons – Hours – When to Take Effect. The Fire Department shall be divided into three platoons. The normal work period for members of the Fire Department excluding the Chief and Deputy Chiefs shall be a consecutive 27-day span. The normal work week shall consist of an average of 56 hours of duty and shall be on the following schedule: one day on duty, one day off duty, one day on duty, one day off duty, one day on duty, four days off duty, for a total of nine days. There shall be three nine-day segments of the 27-day work period span. A day shall be defined as a 24-hour period beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. the following day.

[Ord. 09-555 § 2, 2009; Ord. 08-317 § 2, 2008. Prior code § 6.02]