City of Lancaster, WI
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2023-10-16
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 39 Fire Department
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Article II Fire Chief
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 8 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 22 Emergency Management
- Ch 27 Ethics
- Ch 35 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 39 Art II Fire Chief
- § 39-6 Appointment and term.
- § 39-7 Duties.
- § 39-8 Emergency destruction of property.
- § 39-9 Fire Inspector.
- Ch 67 Mayor and Council
- Ch 80 Officers and Employees
- Ch 91 Police Department
- Ch 104 Records
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 135 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 139 Airport
- Ch 142 Alcohol Beverages
- Ch 148 Amusement Devices
- Ch 154 Animals
- Ch 166 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 172 Building Construction
- Ch 177 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 189 Cemetery
- Ch 200 Direct Sellers
- Ch 208 Driveways
- Ch 219 Erosion Control
- Ch 225 Fair Housing
- Ch 232 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 240 Furnaces, Outdoor
- Ch 244 Garage, Yard and Rummage Sales
- Ch 251 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 257 Historic Preservation
- Ch 278 Juveniles
- Ch 290 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 306 Mobile Homes
- Ch 316 Nuisances
- Ch 320 Parades, Processions and Assemblies
- Ch 322 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 327 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 336 Poles and Wires
- Ch 355 Sewers and Water
- Ch 357 Sex Offenders
- Ch 367 Stormwater Management
- Ch 371 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 380 Tobacco Products.
- Ch 386 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 402 Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked
- Ch 403 (Reserved)
- Ch 405 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 414 Waste Management
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 430 Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Development
- Ch 434 Floodplain Zoning
- Ch 447 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 455 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
See § 80-2 of this Municipal Code.
The Fire Chief of the Fire Department shall have command and
supervision over all the members, apparatus and operations of the
Fire Department, subject to the rules and regulations which may be
prescribed by the Council. It shall be his duty to keep all appliances
belonging to the City and used for the purpose of the Fire Department
in good repair and ready for immediate and efficient service, and
to make a yearly report to the Council on or before the regular meeting
in October as to the condition of all fire apparatus and what additional
appliances are needed, and the organization status of the Fire Department.
The Fire Chief and his/her assistants may direct the firefighters
to remove, tear down or otherwise dispose of any building or other
structure when it shall become absolutely necessary to do so for the
purpose of stopping or checking the progress of a fire.
The Fire Chief, by virtue of his office, shall be the Fire Inspector
of the City and shall perform all duties delegated to him by the laws
of Wisconsin, particularly § 101.14, Wis. Stats., with the
power to appoint assistants and/or outside agencies or businesses
certified for such inspections to aid him in the performance of such
work and such other duties as the Council may direct him from time
to time.
