[CC §70.010]
There is hereby established a Fire Department for the City,
which shall consist of a Chief, one (1) Assistant Chief, and such
organized volunteer Firemen as may be enrolled by the Chief with the
consent of the Mayor.
[CC §70.020]
The Fire Department shall have charge of the fire apparatus
and shall keep the same in good order for immediate use, and for more
effectually perfecting the Firemen in discharge of their duties shall
as often as practicable thoroughly test the condition of the fire
fighting apparatus. Upon arrival at any fire, the members present
shall take all necessary and proper action to extinguish such fire
as quickly as possible and with the least damage possible. The Department
shall take all reasonable steps necessary under the circumstances
to prevent the spread of the fire and damage to adjoining property.
[Ord. No. 483 §1, 7-3-1995; Ord. No. 695 §§1 — 2, 9-4-2001; Ord. No. 756 §§1 — 2, 6-21-2004; Ord. No. 853 §1, 4-6-2009; Ord. No. 860 §§1 — 2, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 1136, 8-20-2018; Ord. No. 1308, 2-21-2023]
A.
Subject
to priority calls within the City of Scott City, Missouri, the City
will provide fire protection to persons owning property outside City
limits, provided said property owners comply with each of the following
requirements:
1.
The property outside City limits is not located within any existing
fire protection district, is not located within the City limits of
any other municipality, and the owner of said property is not a party
to any contract for fire services for said property with any other
Fire Department.
2.
The property to be provided fire protection is located east of the
limits of Scott City and west of the Mississippi River or as located
within a three and one-half (3½) mile radius of the City limits
of Scott City, Missouri, measured in a straight line from the point
on the property nearest to City limits.
3.
All commercial and industrial buildings must have a key box as described in the Fire Prevention Code adopted in Code Section 520.010 and approved by the Fire Chief unless the facility has a twenty-four (24) hour guard on duty or the facility remains unlocked twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
B.
The
owner of the property requesting fire protection must sign a written
contract with the City of Scott City, Missouri, for said fire protection
services. The terms of said contract shall be as follows:
1.
All residential owners shall pay an initial fee equal to twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) times the number of months of the initial term of
the contract. The initial term of the contract shall commence the
date of the contract until the following September first (1st). Thereafter,
a three hundred dollar ($300.00) annual renewal fee shall be paid
by each member for each renewal term, which shall run from September
first (1st) until August thirty-first (31st).
2.
Industrial commercial owners shall pay a fee equal to seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) times the number of months of the initial terms of
the contract. The initial term of the contract shall be from the date
of the contract until the following September first (1st). A nine
hundred dollar ($900.00) annual renewal fee shall be paid for each
renewal term, which shall run from September first (1st) until the
following August thirty-first (31st).
3.
Emergency motor vehicle collision/incident response shall be provided within the coverage area stated in Subsection (A)(2) for household members of residential contract parties. "Household members" shall be determined by the address stated on the operator's license of the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the collision/incident.
4.
Said contract shall contain a provision holding the City harmless
on all claims for injuries or property damages arising from the City's
response to a fire call or alarm to any person with whom the City
contracts for fire protection outside of City limits.
5.
The City shall bill the owner's insurance company the sum of two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for residential fire calls
or alarms, six hundred dollars ($600.00) for motor vehicle collisions/incidents,
and five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for commercial and industrial
fire calls or alarms. However, the City's recovery for responding
to outside fire calls with persons who have a City contract for fire
protection shall not exceed the policy limits for fire calls in the
owner's insurance policy. Owner shall provide proof of fire insurance
coverage at the beginning of each contract term and upon request of
City.
6.
The form copy of said contract for fire protection is marked "Exhibit
A," attached hereto, and shall be kept on file with the City Clerk's
office.
C.
Multiple
Ownerships.
1.
In the event there is divided ownership of a building requesting
an outside fire contract (such as a duplex where one (1) owner owns
one (1) side and another owner owns the other side or a high rise
where different owners own different floors thereof), each owner shall
be required to execute a separate contract for outside fire protection
to cover his or her interest in the building.
Divided ownership does not refer to joint ownership of one (1)
parcel, such as husband and wife, tenancy by the entireties, tenancies
in common or joint tenancies, but only applies to one (1) owner holding
title to a portion of a building or structure and the other owner
or owners owning the remaining portion.
2.
Rental buildings owned by one (1) owner housing more than one (1)
family unit, such as an apartment having multiple rental units, shall
be treated as commercial property for the purpose of procurement of
an outside fire protection contract.
3.
If the owner requesting outside fire protection has both residential
and commercial buildings on the property (such as a farm with a residence
and barns and machine sheds), he shall be required to sign a commercial
contract for fire protection, which shall cover all structures on
the owner's property. This provision shall not apply to owners who
have shops or buildings on their premises for recreational or hobby
purposes who shall be allowed to purchase a residential fire protection
contract.
D.
The
Mayor is authorized to sign, on behalf of the City, the contracts
for fire protection aforementioned.
E.
This
Section shall not affect any existing contracts between the City and
other municipalities or businesses located outside the City limits
for fire protection, nor shall it effect any mutual aid agreements
between the City and other municipalities or fire protection districts.
[Ord. No. 222 §1, 6-6-1988; Ord. No. 484 §1, 7-3-1995; Ord.
No. 860 §3, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 1119, 3-5-2018; Ord. No. 1135, 8-20-2018; Ord. No. 1309, 2-21-2023]
If there are two (2) serviceable fire trucks with adequate equipment
and a request is received for the Fire Department to respond to a
fire or other emergency on premises outside the City limits, which
is owned by a person who does not have a contract with the City for
fire protection services, and the Fire Chief or Deputy Fire Chief
determines that a response is necessary to protect the property of
the owner or adjacent property or to protect the life and health of
the occupants of the premises or occupants of adjoining premises,
the Fire Chief or Deputy Fire Chief may determine whether to answer
such request depending upon the road conditions, water supply and
other conditions at the time and his/her decision shall be final.
The decision of the Fire Chief or Deputy Fire Chief shall in no way
subject him/her to liability. In the event the Fire Department answers
the call, it shall take only one (1) truck, insuring that one (1)
serviceable fire truck remains in the City unless mutual aid assistance
is requested for City coverage. The charge for responding to a call
or alarm to residential property outside the City limits, which is
owned by a person who does not have a fire protection contract with
the City, shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
The charge for responding to a call or alarm outside City limits to
commercial or industrial property, whose owner does not have an outside
fire contract with the City shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00),
regardless of the success or failure of the mission. The City shall
bill the owner of the fire call or alarm and the owner shall be responsible
for the payment of the full amount of the bill, whether from the owner's
insurance or the owner's separate funds.
[Ord. No. 597 §1, 2-2-1998]
Under the authority set forth in Section 320.090 and 70.837,
RSMo., the City of Scott City Fire Department and first responders
are hereby authorized to respond and provide assistance as requested
in any mutual aid or emergency request.
[Ord. No. 220 §2, 3-21-1988]
When a vacancy arises in the office of Fire Chief, the Mayor,
with the advice and consent of the majority of the City Council, shall
appoint a Fire Chief who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor
and City Council.
[CC §70.050]
A.
It
shall be the duty of the Chief to examine and report quarterly to
the Mayor the condition of the Department and its equipment, and to
recommend such alterations and additions and changes as the Department
may in his judgment require. It shall also be his duty to ascertain
and report to the Mayor the condition and efficiency of the Fire Department
and if the Department fails to observe and enforce its rules and regulations
so as to impair its efficiency to report the same, with such suggestions
as he may deem most appropriate.
1.
The Fire Chief shall examine all buildings and all places where explosives
and inflammable materials are kept in the City and to report their
condition at least once a year to the Mayor, and the Fire Chief is
hereby authorized to enter any and all buildings and places for the
purposes of inspecting same.
3.
The Fire Chief shall from time to time report to the Mayor the condition
of fire escapes on public buildings and on other buildings required
by law to be provided with fire escapes.
4.
He shall keep an inventory of all the City Fire Department's property
and equipment and report the same to the Mayor at least once a year.
5.
He shall keep informed and make a report as to the condition of the
City water supply and fire plugs.
6.
He shall keep the department in good condition and at all times ready
for inspection.
7.
In the exercise of these duties, the Fire Chief may delegate to other
Department members such responsibilities as in his judgment may be
required.
[CC §70.070]
The Firemen shall be under the immediate control and direction
of the Fire Chief, and upon an alarm of fire, shall without unnecessary
delay, repair to the endangered premises with the City fire apparatus.
[CC §70.080]
The compensation paid to members of the Fire Department by the
City shall be as set from time to time by the City Council by ordinance.
[CC §70.090]
The Fire Chief shall have full power, control and command over
all persons at a fire. He shall station the fire apparatus and see
to it that all persons belonging to the Fire Department perform the
duties required of them. It shall also be the duty of the Fire Chief
to direct at all fires such measures as he shall deem advisable for
the extinguishment and control of such fires.
[CC §70.100]
No person shall drive any vehicle over, upon or across any fire
hose at any time when said hose may be in use or lying upon or across
any public way.
[CC §70.110]
No person shall park or leave standing in front of, or within
thirty (30) feet of any fire hydrants, or in front of the fire house,
any vehicle at any time.
[CC §70.120]
No person shall use, or as owner thereof, permit to be used,
any siren, whistle or whistles not installed on Fire or Police apparatus
or in some way pertaining to fire without first obtaining permission
from the Fire Chief.
[CC §70.130]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with the movement
of the vehicles of the Fire Department of Scott City, Missouri,while
going to or returning from a fire. No person shall follow such fire
vehicles to a fire or block traffic on any public street within the
City by parking near a fire.
