If any company, officer or member of the Fire Department shall
feel aggrieved by or dissatisfied with any firematic ruling, order
or penalty given or imposed by any of the other officers or acting
officer, he shall give notice in writing, setting forth fully the
time, place and circumstances, with the name of the officer, whereby
he claims a grievance and stating the grounds of his alleged grievance,
whereupon, and upon filing such notice with the Chief of the Fire
Department, it shall become the duty of the Chief to call together
a board of inquiry consisting of the Chief, as the presiding officer,
the Deputy and Assistant Chiefs and the captains of each company in
the Department, for the purpose of and it shall be their duty to afford
the aggrieved officer or member of the Department a full hearing of
the matter in controversy.
If any officer, member or company of the Fire Department shall
feel aggrieved by any administrative ruling, order or penalty given
or imposed by any of the other officers or acting officers, he shall
give a notice in writing, setting forth fully the time, place and
circumstances, with the name of the officer whereby he claims a grievance,
whereupon, and upon filing of such notice with the President of the
Fire Department, it shall become the duty of the President to call
together a board of inquiry consisting of the Chief of the Fire Department
or his designated representatives, the President, as the presiding
officer, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and a delegate from
each company in the Department, for the purpose of and it shall be
their duty to afford the aggrieved officer, member or company of the
Department a full hearing of the matter in controversy.
No person or company who shall be a party to a firematic or
administrative grievance shall sit as a panel member on any matters
pertaining to said grievance.
Two weeks' notice to the member filing a grievance as aforesaid
shall be given by the Chief or President, as appropriate, by certified
mail, return receipt requested, sent to the last known place of residence
of such aggrieved member, setting forth the time and place of hearing
upon such grievance.
Except as prescribed within this chapter, if any company shall
fail to abide by the ruling, finding or directive of the Department,
said company shall be liable for penalties as prescribed by an administrative
grievance panel of the Department and concurred in by the majority
of the delegates voting at a Department meeting.