[R.O. 1951, Ch. 14, § 3; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
There is hereby established a Fire Department in the Township, which shall consist of a regular uniformed force employed and paid for the purpose of fire prevention and fire extinguishment.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 14, § 4]
The Fire Department shall be under the direction and supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 14, § 5; Ord. No. 4177, 3-9-2010, § 1]
The uniformed personnel of the Fire Department, which shall not exceed a total of 92 individuals, shall consist of a Chief of the Fire Department, not more than two Deputy Chiefs, not more than four Battalion Chiefs, not more than five Captains, not more than 19 Lieutenants, and such number of firefighters as not to exceed a total of 92 uniformed personnel in the Fire Department.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 14, § 9]
The Township Manager shall prepare and submit to the Township Council a manual or set of rules for the administration, control and discipline of the Fire Department and all the members thereof. Upon approval by resolution of the Township Council, such manual shall go into effect, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to every member of the Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 1367, § 1]
There is hereby established in the said Fire Department a schedule of actual duty for the members thereof of an average of 42 hours per week in an eight-week cycle, except as otherwise provided in this division.
[Ord. No. 1367, § 3]
All members of the paid Fire Department shall be assigned to platoons of equal size, such platoons to be known as "Platoon A," "Platoon B," "Platoon C" and "Platoon D." These assignments shall be made by the Chief of the Fire Department and approved by the Township Manager.
[Ord. No. 1367, § 6; amended by Ord. No. 3809, 4-21-2004, § 1]
(a) 
The tours of duty for employees who work a 10/14 schedule shall be as follows:
(1) 
Two tours of day duty, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for two days.
(2) 
One twenty-four-hour period off duty.
(3) 
Two tours of night duty, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. for two nights.
(4) 
Three twenty-four-hour periods off duty.
Then the cycle shall be repeated for an eight-week period to average 42 hours on duty per employee.
(b) 
The tours of duty for employees who work a 24/72 schedule shall be as follows:
(1) 
One tour of duty commencing 8:00 a.m. the first day to 8:00 a.m. the following day, for a total of 24 consecutive hours.
(2) 
Three twenty-four hour periods off duty.
Then the cycle shall be repeated for an eight-week period to average 42 hours on duty per employee.
[Ord. No. 1367, §§ 4, 5]
In times of emergency, the Chief of the Fire Department or the Deputy in charge thereof during the absence of the Chief, with the approval of the Township Manager, may suspend the platoon system and recall as many members of the off-duty platoons as would be required to cope with the emergency. Any member of the paid Fire Department on duty during such an emergency shall receive during the next 12 months in which such emergency occurs the number of hours free from actual duty, deducted from such 42 average hours, equal to the number of hours in excess of an average of 42 hours per week in any eight-week cycle, which he shall have earned during such emergency.
[Ord. No. 1367, § 7; amended by Ord. No. 3809, 4-21-2004, § 2; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The actual duty schedules for employees who work the 10/14 schedule and the 24/72 schedule shall be on file with the Chief of the Fire Department.