[Adopted 3-11-1968 (Ch. 25, Art. I of the 1971 Code)]
There is hereby established a Fire Department
which shall consist of the Public Safety Committee of the Borough
Council and a fire-fighting force consisting of a Fire Chief, Deputy
Fire Chief, First Battalion Chief, Second Battalion Chief and the
Borough Fire Marshal, who shall hold a rank equivalent to that of
a Battalion Chief, and all members of Independence Fire Company No.
1, Inc., of Palmyra, as defined in the constitution and bylaws of
said company, shall be firemen in the Fire Department. All officers
of the Fire Department shall be chosen from among the members of said
Fire Company.
The Fire Chief shall be the executive officer
of the Department under the direction of the Director of Public Safety.
The Deputy Fire Chief shall, in the absence
of the Fire Chief, temporarily or otherwise, perform all the duties
of the Fire Chief. In the absence of both the Fire Chief and Deputy
Fire Chief, the First Battalion Chief and Second Battalion Chief shall,
in the order named, perform all the duties of the commands next highest
where an absence exists.
The Fire Marshal shall have no command functions
except in the performance of his duties of enforcing the Fire Prevention
Code.[1]
The Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, First Battalion
Chief and Second Battalion Chief shall be appointed by the Mayor and
Council for a term of one year commencing January 1 and expiring December
31 or until their successors are appointed. These appointments shall
be made on recommendation of the President of the Independence Fire
Company No. 1, Inc., of Palmyra, being the officers as elected by
the Fire Company.
It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief to take
command of all fire-fighting operations in the Borough. He shall be
directly responsible for the maintenance of all Borough-owned fire-fighting
equipment and other items assigned to the Fire Department. He shall
be responsible for training of all personnel and cause all men under
him to obey all rules and regulations, and he shall be responsible
for the proper enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code and supervision
of the Fire Prevention Bureau.
Independence Fire Company No. 1, Inc., will
be the only recognized fire company composing the Borough of Palmyra
Fire Department.
