[Amended by Ord. No. 142]
Fire protection shall be provided to the Village pursuant to
an agreement between the Village and the Dresser, Garfield and Osceola
Rural Fire Association.
See sec. 1.02(5) of this Code.
(1)
Police authority at fires. The Chief and his assistants or officers
in command at any fire within the Village are hereby vested with full
and complete police authority. Any officer of the Department may cause
the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way to the Fire
Department in responding to a fire.
(2)
Control of fires. The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in
the vicinity of any fire within which no persons except firefighters
and police officers and those admitted by order of any officer of
the Department shall be permitted to enter. The Chief may cause the
removal of any property whenever it shall become necessary for the
preservation of such property from fire or to prevent the spreading
of fire or to protect the adjoining property, and during the progress
of any fire, he may order the removal or destruction of any property
necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire. He may also cause
the removal of all wires or other facilities and the turning off of
all electricity or other services where the same impedes the work
of the Department during the progress of a fire.
(3)
Entering premises. Any firefighter, while acting under the direction
of the Fire Chief or other officer in command, may enter upon the
premises adjacent to or in the vicinity of any building or other property
then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing such fire and, if any
person shall hinder, resist or obstruct any firefighter in the discharge
of his duty, as is hereinbefore provided, the person so offending
shall be deemed guilty of resisting firefighter in the discharge of
their duties.
(4)
Duties of bystanders. 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 in fighting the fire or removing
or guarding property. Such officer may cause the arrest of any person
refusing to obey said orders.
(5)
Injury to equipment prohibited. No person shall willfully injure
in any manner any hose, hydrant or fire apparatus belonging to the
Village and no vehicle or railroad equipment shall be driven over
any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street,
private driveway, track or other place to be used at any fire or alarm
of fire without the consent of the Fire Department official in command.
(1)
Fire Chief to be Fire Inspector. The Fire Chief shall hold the office
of Fire Inspector with power to appoint one or more Deputy Fire Inspectors,
who shall perform the same duties and have the same powers as the
Fire Inspector.
(2)
Inspection duties. Fire Inspectors shall inspect, semi-annually,
all buildings, premises and public thoroughfares within the Village
limits for the purpose of noting and causing to be corrected any conditions
liable to cause fires. Repairs or alterations necessary to remove
the hazardous condition shall be made within a reasonable time at
the expense of the owner. The Inspector shall also investigate the
storage and handling of all explosives and inflammable liquids within
the Village.
(3)
Written record of inspections. The Chief shall keep a written record
card of each property inspected which shall conform to the requirements
of the State Department of Commerce and shall make a semiannual report
of inspections required by said Department.
(4)
Correction of fire hazards. When any inspection by the Fire Chief
or his deputies reveals a fire hazard, the Chief or his deputies may
serve a notice in writing upon the owner of the property giving said
owner a reasonable time in which to remove the hazard. If the fire
hazard is not removed within the time allowed, it shall be deemed
a nuisance and the Fire Chief or his deputy may have the same removed
by the Village and the cost of such removal shall be recovered in
an action by the Village against the owner of the property and may
also be entered on the tax roll as a special charge against the property.
(5)
Entering on premises. No person shall deny the Fire Inspector or
his deputies free access to any property within the Village at any
reasonable time for the purpose of making fire inspections. No person
shall hinder or obstruct the Fire Inspector in the performance of
his duty or refuse to observe any lawful direction given by him.
(6)
Street numbers. The owner of every structure within the corporate
limits of the Village shall affix to every structure owned the street
number assigned to each structure.
[Added by Ord. No. 142]
[Amended by Ord. No. 142]
The following chapters of the Wisconsin Administrative Code,
Rules of Department of Commerce, are hereby adopted by reference and
made a part of this Code.
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(1)
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COMM 7
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Explosive Materials
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(2)
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COMM 10
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Flammable and Combustible Liquids
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(3)
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COMM 11
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Liquified Petroleum Gases
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(4)
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COMM 12
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Liquified Natural Gas
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(5)
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COMM 13
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Compressed Natural Gas
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(6)
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COMM 14
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General Fire Hazards
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(7)
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COMM 15
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Cleaning and Dyeing
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(8)
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COMM 32
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Safety
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(9)
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COMM 50-64
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Building, Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
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(10)
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COMM 65
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Fire Prevention
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(11)
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COMM 69
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Fee Structure
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(12)
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COMM 221
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Spray Coating
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Copies of the above codes are on file in the office of the Fire
Chief.
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The officers and members of the Fire Department, with their
fire equipment of every kind, when going to or are on duty at a fire,
shall have the right-of-way over all other vehicles upon Village streets,
and the operator of any other vehicle, whether motor or otherwise,
upon the approach of such fire apparatus, shall immediately drive
such other vehicle as far as possible to the right of the thoroughfare
and shall keep such vehicle stationary until such fire apparatus shall
have passed. Except when actually responding to a fire alarm or other
emergency call, or when on duty at a fire, the apparatus and vehicles
of the Fire Department shall, however, have no special right-of-way
or other privileges of any kind, but shall be subject to all traffic
regulations applicable to other vehicles.
All volunteer firefighter, when responding to a fire call with
a private vehicle, shall comply with all traffic regulations.
Ambulance service shall be provided by the Village.
[Added by Ord. No. 120]
(1)
State authority. Pursuant to §§ 60.55, 60.555 and
60.557, Wis. Stats., the Village hereby establishes the following
policy and procedure for the payment of fire costs incurred in the
Village.
(2)
Liability for fire protection costs. The property owners of real
estate within the Village for which fire protection is provided shall
be responsible for the cost of the fire call made to their property,
provided that the fire call is made for a structure fire, in the amount
of $500. The fire protection will be provided by the Dresser, Garfield
and Osceola Rural Fire Association.
[Amended by Ord. No. 142]
(3)
Liability for fire calls from fire departments other than authorized
fire departments. It is the policy of the Village to provide fire
protection services through the Dresser, Garfield and Osceola Rural
Fire Association. Any property owner requesting fire protection directly
from any fire department other than the Dresser, Garfield and Osceola
Rural Fire Association shall be responsible for the full cost billed
to the Village from the fire call from any authorized fire department.
This section shall not apply to the costs of any other department
responding at the request of an authorized department under mutual
aid.
[Amended by Ord. No. 142]
(4)
Billing and payment procedure. The costs of fire calls, as outlined
above, shall be billed by the Clerk-Treasurer to the property owner
and paid to the Village within 60 days of the date of the bill. The
failure to pay the bill within 60 days will result in interest being
charged at the rate of 1-1/2% per month from the date of the bill.
Those bills remaining outstanding, including interest, for more than
90 days as of November 1 of any year shall become a lien against the
real estate for which fire protection was provided and shall be placed
on the tax roll as a delinquent special charge pursuant to § 66.0703,
Wis. Stats.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or
any order, rule or regulation made hereunder shall be subject to a
penalty, as provided in sec. 25.04 of this Code.
