There shall be appropriated and paid out of the proper funds
of the Borough of Tyrone annually for the support and maintenance
of the volunteer fire companies comprising the Fire Department of
the Borough of Tyrone such sum or sums as the Borough Council may
determine at the beginning of each and every year hereafter, such
sum or sums, so appropriated, to be paid to the several fire companies
in 12 equal monthly installments by proper order drawn upon the Borough
Treasury.
Said appropriation shall be made to said fire companies and
each of them upon the terms and conditions following:
A.
The pumping (engine) companies shall keep and maintain in the Borough
of Tyrone in good working order the following: (1) Citizens Fire Company
shall keep and maintain at least one motorized Class A pumping engine;
(2) all other pumping companies shall keep and maintain at least two
motorized Class A pumping engines. Each hook and ladder company shall
keep and maintain in good working order at least one motorized ladder
truck.
[Amended 2-9-1998 by Ord. No. 1129]
B.
Said volunteer fire companies shall at all times properly house and
care for all hose and other fire equipment entrusted to them for their
use by said Borough.
C.
All fire apparatus of the Tyrone Fire Department shall be kept and
maintained for the principal purpose of extinguishing fire within
the limits of the Borough of Tyrone; any departure from said principal
purpose or employment shall be strictly in conformance with the provisions
for fire service outside municipal boundaries.[1]
[Amended 12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 1338]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 6.63, which immediately followed
this section, regarding the amount of appropriation, was repealed
12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 1338.
