[R.O. 2008 §205.010; Code 1968 §12-13; CC 1988
§11-31]
The Fire Department shall consist of a Chief and such number
of officers and firefighters as determined by the Council to be requisite
to manage and carry on the work of the Department. The number of officers
and firefighters may be increased or diminished by the City Council
as occasion requires, and the respective duties and compensation of
officers and firefighters shall also be as designated by the City
Council.
[R.O. 2008 §205.030; Code 1968 §12-26; CC 1988
§11-33]
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall disapprove an
application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is
claimed that the provisions of the Code adopted by this Chapter do
not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the Code have been
misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal the
decision of the Chief of the Fire Department to the City Council within
thirty (30) days from the date of the decision being appealed.
[R.O. 2008 §205.040; Code 1968 §12-15; CC 1988
§11-34]
In the absence of the Chief of the Fire Department from the
City or in case of his/her sickness or other inability to act, the
command, charge and management of the Fire Department shall devolve
upon the Assistant Chief of the Fire Department. The Assistant Chief
of the Fire Department shall be elected annually by the members of
the Fire Department.
[R.O. 2008 §205.050; Code 1968 §12-18.2; CC 1988
§11-35; Ord. No. 18-2004, 5-10-2004; Ord. No. 02-2005, 3-14-2005; Ord. No. 24-2007 §12, 12-13-2007]
A.
The
City shall hire a maximum of four (4) substitute firefighters who
shall, as their duties, work for and take the place of a regular firefighter
if a regular firefighter is absent and cannot answer fire alarms.
Such substitutes shall be first approved by the Fire Department and
the City Administrator before they are hired. They shall serve for
such compensation as established by the City Council from time to
time. After such substitutes have been hired, they shall train as
if they are regular firefighters and each shall be prepared to take
the place of a resigning regular firefighter. Regular firefighters
will be selected by vote of the Fire Department Membership Committee
and the Fire Department Membership on the basis of (but not limited
to) amount of time served, experience, training and participation.
B.
Should
a substitute firefighter be deemed inactive or uninterested in the
Fire Department membership, he/she shall be removed from the active
substitute roster and be replaced by the substitute firefighter.
[R.O. 2008 §205.060; Code 1968 §12-20(c); CC 1988
§11-36]
The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of
the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall recommend to the Mayor the
employment of technical inspectors who, when such authorization is
made, shall be selected through an examination to determine their
fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to members
and non-members of the Fire Department and appointments made after
examination shall be for an indefinite term with removal only for
cause.
[R.O. 2008 §205.080; Code 1968 §12-20(a), (b),
(d); CC 1988 §11-38]
The Fire Code adopted in Chapter 500 shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire Department.
[R.O. 2008 §205.090; Code 1968 §12-17; CC 1988
§11-39]
A.
The
Fire Department shall elect its own officers.
B.
In
all things the Fire Department shall be subject to such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed in the bylaws and rules adopted by
the Department, with the approval of the City Council and that are
not inconsistent with this Code or other ordinances of the City, and
the company shall provide for enforcing such rules and regulations
by fine or dismissal from service.
C.
Upon
an alarm of fire, each member of the Fire Department shall report
promptly for duty and shall aid and assist the commanding officer
in all such matters as the commanding officer may direct, especially
in preventing the hose from being trod upon and in keeping all idle
and suspicious persons from the immediate vicinity of any fire.
[R.O. 2008 §205.120; CC 1988 §11-42; Ord. No. 6300 §§1 — 2, 12-3-1984; Ord. No. 30-2004 §1, 11-8-2004]
A.
The
City firefighting equipment and firefighting personnel will be available
for incidents taking place at facilities and/or structures only if
the following conditions are met:
1.
The City will respond to any other Fire Department which the City
of Louisiana has a written mutual-aid agreement. Mutual-aid agreements
shall not be considered, nor is it implied that the City of Louisiana
Fire Department is "First to Respond"; or
2.
If the owner of the facilities and/or structures which is outside
the City limits has entered into a service contract with the City
of Louisiana to provide firefighting service, a current service contract
with the City of Louisiana Fire Department to provide firefighting
service will be considered as the City of Louisiana Fire Department
will be the "First to Respond".
B.
The
City hereby expressly denies any liability connected with the carrying
out of this Section by personnel or equipment and accepts no liability
for the same.
