[Amended 9-22-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-008]
The Ledgeview Fire Department is established with volunteer
membership within the Town of Ledgeview, funded by the Town of Ledgeview,
and established under § 60.55(1)(a)1, Wis. Stats.
The Ledgeview Board shall appropriate funds for Fire Department
operations and for such apparatus and equipment for the use of the
Fire Department as the Board may deem expedient and necessary to maintain
efficiency and properly protect life and property from fire.
The officers and members of the Fire Department shall receive
such compensation as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Ledgeview
Board.
The Fire Department shall consist of a Fire Chief, an Assistant
Chief and such other officers and firefighters as may be approved
by the Fire Chief who shall live within the territory served by the
Fire Department or within a maximum ten-minute response time of any
Ledgeview fire station.
No person shall impede the progress of a fire engine, fire truck
or other fire apparatus of the Fire Department along the streets or
alleys of Ledgeview at the time of a fire or when the Fire Department
is using such streets or alleys in response to a fire alarm or for
practice.
Every person who shall be present at a fire shall be subject
to the orders of the Fire Chief or officer in command and may be required
to render assistance or in removing or guarding property. Such officer
shall have the power to cause the arrest of any person refusing to
obey said orders.
Whenever Fire Department vehicles are operating in an emergency
with lights flashing and/or sirens operating, every person driving
or riding in a motorized or other vehicle shall move and remain to
the side of the street until the fire engine and fire truck and other
fire apparatus shall have passed.