The membership, officers, duties of members and powers of officers
shall be set forth in the bylaws of the Fire Department except as
are set forth herein. Any member may be expelled from said Department
by a two-thirds vote of the Council upon a written statement of the
charge signed by the Chief or Assistant Chief and filed with the Council.
Grounds for expulsion are as follows: neglect of duty and insubordination
while training or engaged in firefighting and any violation of state
law, this chapter or the bylaws of said Department. The member shall
be entitled to a hearing before the Council before the Council shall
vote on his expulsion, and written notice of the hearing shall be
given to the member at least 48 hours before the Council shall act
upon his expulsion.
Whenever it appears that the Chief of the Department is neglectful
and derelict in his duties set forth herein or by state law or in
the bylaws of the Fire Department, the Council will cause notice to
be served on said Chief at least 48 hours before the time set for
hearing, and after hearing all of the evidence he may be discharged
from his duties as Chief and, in addition thereto, may be expelled
from the Department by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Council.
The City employee in charge of the power plant shall give notice
of the fire to members of the Fire Department as follows:
A. In the City the signal will correspond to the ward in which the fire
is occurring, except that when there is an emergency other than a
fire the signal shall be one long blast of the siren. In other cases
City fires shall be sounded by such employee of the power plant as
follows:
(1) First Ward: one long blast followed by one short blast of the siren.
(2) Second Ward: one long blast followed by two short blasts of the siren.
(3) Third Ward: one long blast followed by three short blasts of the
siren.
B. Country fires will be reported by one very long blast of the siren.
C. The City employee on duty at the power plant shall repeat the signal
at least two or three times in the case where the fire occurs between
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
No person shall wilfully injure in any manner any hose, hydrant
or fire apparatus belonging to the City of Arcadia, and no vehicle
shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the Fire Department when
laid down on any street, private driveway or other place, to be used
at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the official
in command.
No person shall interfere with said Fire Department when at
work or engaged in discipline or drill, take possession of any of
the property or apparatus of said company without permission of the
officers, or meddle, annoy or disturb said company, its property or
discipline.
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 in removing or guarding
the property. Such officer shall have the power to cause the arrest
of any person or persons refusing to obey said orders.
A member of the Fire Department returning the Department vehicle
from the fire to the firehouse shall not use the siren and shall abide
by all speed regulations. The siren is to be used only while going
to the scene of the fire, and the operator shall be liable for a reckless
disregard of the safety of others while driving said Department vehicle
to the scene of the fire.
All approaching vehicles and vehicles preceding the fire truck
must give to such fire truck the right-of-way by immediately pulling
over as far as possible parallel to the right-hand side of the roadway
and by stopping and remaining in such position until said emergency
vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by a traffic officer.
No driver of a vehicle other than one on official business shall
follow any fire apparatus in response to a call or alarm closer than
500 feet or drive or park any vehicle within the block where the fire
apparatus has stopped in response to the alarm.
[Amended 7-5-1957 by Ord.
No. 113]
Any person, firm or corporation that shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall forfeit not more than $100 and the
costs of prosecution and in default of payment of the forfeiture and
costs of prosecution shall be imprisoned in the county jail until
said forfeiture and the costs of prosecution are paid, but not to
exceed 30 days. Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute a separate offense.