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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
There shall be a Fire Department which shall be responsible for the coordination of all the fire protection services of the City and for the supervision and coordination of all activities of all City agencies in relation to any fire safety programs, fire suppression and extinguishing fires and emergency management and medical services.
The Fire Department shall be responsible for and shall include the following functions:
A. 
Fire.
B. 
Emergency management.
C. 
Emergency medical service/ambulance.
The Fire Department shall consist of the following offices:
A. 
Fire Office. The Fire Office shall be responsible for providing fire protection services in the City, including fire safety programs, fire suppression and extinguishing fires. The functions of the Fire Office shall include but are not limited to those enumerated below:
(1) 
Fire extinguishment: take all necessary steps for the extinguishment of fires within the City, including utilization of all necessary personnel and equipment therefor, the destruction of any building or structure and the removal of any obstruction for the purpose of checking or extinguishing any such fire.
(2) 
Public alarm boxes: establish the location, relocation or removal of all public fire alarm boxes.
(3) 
Civil order: assist in the reestablishment of order in the event of civil disturbance, disaster or riot or any other declared emergency.
(4) 
Training: provide for and administer a program for the training of firefighters.
(5) 
Records: maintain a record of all fires which occur within the City requiring the services of the Fire Department.
(6) 
Intergovernmental contracts: carry out the terms and provisions of all fire service contracts entered into with other governmental subdivisions.
(7) 
Investigations: investigate the causes of all fires and provide for written reports of all suspected arsons.
(8) 
Inspections: inspect all buildings and structures as provided for by the state fire code, and for the issuance and renewal of certificates of occupancy.
(9) 
Other services: provide rescue and ambulance service.
A. 
Establishment. There shall be a Fire Inspector as provided in Charter Section 5-8.
B. 
Appointment; term of office. The Fire Chief shall appoint a Fire Inspector for a term not to exceed three years.
C. 
Authority and responsibilities. The Fire Inspector shall be responsible for the enforcement of the fire prevention law, General Laws Chapter 148, and the Fire Prevention Code, 527 Code of Massachusetts Regulations, and shall coordinate all such activity between the Fire Department, the Fire Chief, the Department of Municipal Inspections and the Director of Municipal Inspections.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
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Establishment. There shall be a Forest Warden as provided in MGL c. 48, § 8.
B. 
Appointment; term of office. The Fire Chief shall serve, by virtue of office, as Forest Warden.
C. 
Authority and responsibilities. The Fire Chief, when acting as Forest Warden, may appoint and may discharge deputies to assist in the duties of Forest Warden; and if in their judgment there is any danger from a forest fire, the Forest Warden or the deputies may employ assistance or require any person in the City between the ages of 18 and 50 to aid in the extinguishment or prevention of forest fires.
(1) 
The Forest Warden may arrest without warrant any person found in the act of setting, maintaining or increasing a fire in violation of MGL c. 48, § 13.
(2) 
The Fire Chief, acting as Forest Warden, shall have all of the powers, duties, and responsibilities assigned to Forest Wardens by MGL c. 48, §§ 8 through 28C.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).