The Fire Department of the Borough of Jenkintown shall consist
of as many fire stations as deemed necessary by Jenkintown Borough
Council as may be recommended by the Fire Commission and shall be
known as "Jenkintown Borough Fire Department."
The officers of the Fire Department of the Borough of Jenkintown
shall consist of a Fire Chief and a Deputy Fire Chief appointed by
Council. Each of these officers shall be over 28 years of age, shall
have been a resident of Jenkintown Borough for at least two consecutive
years immediately prior to their appointment, and shall be an active
member of at least five year's standing in a fire station that
is designated as part of the Fire Department of the Borough of Jenkintown.
The Chief and Deputy Chief shall qualify based on the training standard(s)
as adopted by Council, which standards may be adopted or revised by
motion or by resolution at the discretion of Council from time to
time. Council may also appoint such other officers for the safe and
effective delegation of the Fire Chief's duties and management,
which appointments shall be made with consideration of any recommendations
by the Fire Commission. Such other officers shall qualify based on
training standards as approved by Council with consideration of any
recommendations made by the Fire Commission, but shall, at a minimum,
require that such other officer has been a member of a designated
fire station for at least two years prior to appointment and, in the
case of an Assistant Chief, be over 25 years of age, or, in the case
of a Lieutenant, be over 21 years of age.
All members of the Fire Department of the Borough of Jenkintown
shall render implicit obedience to the orders of the Chief and, in
his/her absence, such other appointed officer in control or command
at all activities, incidents and emergency scenes called to for assistance
of the Department.
It shall be the duty of the Chief or, in his/her absence, such
other appointed officer in control or command to enforce any and all
rules and regulations, including any standard operating guidelines,
as adopted by the Fire Commission. All disciplinary action(s) for
a violation of any rule, regulation, or standard operating guideline
shall be taken in accordance with the procedure as set forth by the
then-adopted standard operating guideline as approved by the Fire
Commission.
Council may, in its discretion, make annual appropriations to
the Fire Department of the Borough of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, in
such amounts as in the opinion of Council deems appropriate through
the approved budget process. Such appropriations may be paid quarterly
by order regularly granted by Council upon receipt of a certificate
from the Chief that the Department has faithfully complied with such
rules and regulations concerning their equipment, apparatus, discipline
and efficiency as may from time to time be duly prescribed by Council
or by the Fire Commission. Should the Chief refuse or fail to provide
such certificate, Council may investigate the source and reason for
its being withheld and, if any good cause is shown, may withhold the
whole or so much of the quarterly appropriation as deemed appropriate
and continue to withhold future appropriations.