[R.O. 2016 § 200.010; Ord. No. 520-04 § 1, 2-10-2004[1]; Ord. No. 603-05 § 1, 2-8-2005; Ord. No. 715-06 §§ 1 — 2, 1-9-2007; Ord. No. 811-08 §§ 1 —
2, 10-14-2008]
A.
The Fire Department of the City of Park
Hills shall consist of up to forty-five (45) volunteers, including
officers and other firefighters. If fewer than twenty-five (25) volunteers
remain qualified under the Standard Operating Guidelines as active
firefighters, the City shall recruit additional volunteers by advertisement.
B.
The Fire Chief shall be appointed by the
City Administrator.
C.
Up to three (3) Assistant Chiefs, up to
four (4) Captains, and one (1) Secretary shall be appointed by the
Fire Chief after approval by the City Administrator. In the event
there are less than twenty-five (25) volunteers, including officers
and other firefighters, the Assistant Chiefs and Captains shall be
reduced by one (1) each.
[Ord. No. 1149-16, 2-9-2016]
D.
Any person desiring to serve in the Volunteer
Fire Department shall be a least eighteen (18) years of age and submit
an application for review by the Fire Chief, City Administrator and
Chief of Police for screening. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications
for firefighters will be interviewed by the Fire Chief to become candidates
for approval by the City Administrator. All firefighters shall be
subject to the Standard Operating Guidelines and must reside within
five (5) miles of the area within which fire protection services are
provided by the Park Hills Volunteer Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 1149-16, 2-9-2016]
E.
The City Administrator and Fire Chief are
hereby authorized to issue and enforce rules, regulations and guidelines
(herein sometimes collectively referred to as "Standard Operating
Guidelines") as they may deem necessary and proper for the efficient
operation of the Fire Department, provided such rules, regulations
and guidelines shall not be inconsistent with the Municipal Code of
the City of Park Hills and provided, further, that such rules, regulations
and guidelines shall become effective seven (7) days after the same
shall be posted in the Fire Department except in the case of rules,
regulations and guidelines which are determined by the Chief or his/her
designee to be of an emergency nature which may affect the health,
safety and welfare of members of the Fire Department or the citizens
of the City, or which are necessary in order to comply with Federal
or State Statute or regulation, in which case they shall become effective
immediately upon being posted in the Fire Department. A copy of each
emergency rule, regulation or guideline shall be distributed at the
first regular meeting after it is posted in the Fire Department.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed and replaced former
Ch. 200, which was derived from CC 1994 §§ 20.100 —
20.105, as amended.
[R.O. 2016 § 200.020; Ord. No. 520-04 § 1, 2-10-2004; Ord. No. 810-08 §§ 1
— 2, 10-14-2008; Ord. No. 845-09 § 1, 6-9-2009; Ord. No. 961-11 §§ 1
— 2, 5-10-2011]
A.
The Fire Chief shall receive a stipend
of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month; the Assistant Fire Chief(s)
shall receive a stipend of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per
month; the Secretary shall receive a stipend of one hundred dollars
($100.00) per month; and the Captain(s) shall receive a stipend of
one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month.
[Ord. No. 1149-16, 2-9-2016; Ord. No. 1210-17, 9-12-2017]
B.
All officers and other firefighters shall
receive payments per call as follows: twenty five dollars ($25.00)
for structure fires, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for vehicular or brush
fires, and seven dollars ($7.00) for all other calls, including mutual-aid
standby, except that no firefighter shall receive payment for any
call unless he/she reports to the incident and complies with all Standard
Operating Guidelines. All officers and other firefighters shall receive
payments for regular weekly meeting attendance of five dollars ($5.00)
for attending meetings and five dollars ($5.00) for attending training
sessions.
[Ord. No.
1210-17, 9-12-2017]
C.
Reimbursement. Firefighters shall be reimbursed
for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses as provided for in the Standard
Operating Guidelines.
D.
Records Of Incident Reports.
1.
The Secretary shall keep all records
and shall turn in such reports to the City Administrator as he/she
may request. Incident rosters, meeting attendance reports, and other
documents needed to calculate payments shall be submitted by the Secretary
to the City Treasurer on a weekly basis. Firefighters shall receive
payments at the second regular Fire Department meeting of each month.
Payments not received at the regular meeting will be distributed to
firefighters by mail.
2.
The Incident Commander as provided
for in the Standard Operating Guidelines shall turn in the incident
reports to the Secretary after each incident listing the time the
alarm is struck for an incident and the time all equipment has been
readied for the next incident, names of firefighters reporting to
the incident, location of the incident and apparatus responding to
the incident. It shall be the responsibility of all firefighters to
report their presence at each and every incident to the Incident Commander
and to sign the incident roster.
[R.O. 2016 200.025; Ord.
No. 845-09 § 3, 6-9-2009; Ord. No. 1076-14 § 1, 6-10-2014]
A.
Definition. The term "boundaries of the
volunteer fire protection association" shall refer to the area set
forth in the map attached hereto as Exhibit A,[1] except for that part located within the City limits of
the City of Park Hills. Said map shall be signed by the Mayor and
dated the date of the passage of this Section.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
City offices.
B.
The Fire Department shall provide services
of fire suppression, fire prevention, rescue, hazardous material response
and special operation as follows:
1.
Within the City limits of the City
of Park Hills;
2.
Within the boundaries of the volunteer
fire protection association; and
3.
As provided for by mutual aid agreements
or fire protection contracts with other mutual fire departments, fire
protection districts and volunteer fire protection associations.
C.
In responding to emergencies of non-subscribers
within the boundaries of the volunteer fire protection association,
the Fire Department shall charge the maximum allowed by Section 320.302,
RSMo., or any other relevant State statute, except that no amount
shall be charged when the property owner or the individual notifies
the Fire Department in writing, prior to the occurrence of an emergency,
not to respond to an emergency involving the property.
[R.O. 2016 § 200.030; Ord. No. 520-04 § 1, 2-10-2004; Ord. No. 845-09 § 2, 6-9-2009; Ord.
No. 1240-18, 3-13-2018]
A.
All Motor Vehicles Fires. The Fire Department's
rate to respond to such a call shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00)
to all such calls; however, if the owner is a resident or fire tag
holder and no insurance pays, they shall not be billed.
B.
Petroleum And All Other Products Spills.
The charge for answering Fire Department calls concerning petroleum
and hazardous materials spills (as defined by the U.S. Department
of Transportation in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations or
by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources) exceeding fifty (50)
gallons shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for responding to the
call and five hundred dollars ($500.00) per hour for firefighters
and fire equipment plus normal equipment rates and personnel costs
for other City departments or private contractors necessary for the
containment, cleanup and traffic control.
C.
(Reserved)
