[Adopted 4-9-1959 as part of Ord. No. 145-C, approved 4-9-1959]
[Amended 5-8-1975 by Ord. No. 1159, approved 4-9-1959; 6-14-1984 by Ord. No. 1451, approved 6-14-1984; 12-9-1993 by Ord. No. 1775, approved 12-9-1993; 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
Every such fire policeman shall serve for a two-year term or until the fire policemen for the following term shall have been nominated and confirmed as required by law. For active duty as assigned by the Mayor, the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief, as provided by law, each member of the fire police so serving may be compensated by the Borough as the Borough Council may determine from time to time.
[Amended 6-9-1960 by Ord. No. 871, approved 6-9-1960; 5-8-1975 by Ord. No. 1159, approved 5-8-1975; 2-11-1982 by Ord. No. 1392, approved 2-11-1982]
No person shall be nominated for or appointed to the fire police who has not attained the age of 21 years. The fire police shall be selected from the names nominated by the fire companies comprising the Fire Department and submitted to the Mayor.
[Amended 3-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1576, approved 3-10-1988; 12-9-1993 by Ord. No. 1775, approved 12-9-1993; 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 2042, approved 12-14-2005]
All members of the fire police shall perform fire police duties in accordance with law and pursuant to such resolutions as are adopted by Borough Council from time to time. Active firefighters, when nominated and confirmed, may serve as members of the Carlisle fire police.
The fire police shall have full police powers as prescribed by law, when displaying a badge of authority, to regulate traffic, keep crowds under control and to prevent interference by the public at the scene of parades, accidents, floods or other civil emergencies.[1] In addition, the fire police shall properly rope off the scene of any conflagration immediately after their arrival thereat. Together with the members of the Borough police force and other authorized law enforcement officers, the fire police are authorized to exclude from interference with the function of the regularly organized Fire Department all persons not members thereof and to exclude from the area within the fire lines all unauthorized persons. They shall take into custody any and all persons persisting in such unauthorized interference.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 130, Fires, Conduct at.
[2]
Editor's Note: The section which originally followed this section, concerning the issuance of weapons to fire police, was deleted 3-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1576, approved 3-10-1988.