The Fire Department Advisory Board shall serve as liaison between
the City and the Fire Department in matters relating to the operation
and control of the Fire Department and shall have authority to make
recommendations to the City concerning the same. The Advisory Board
shall also function as a problem solving, dispute settling panel concerned
with Fire Department matters and shall have such other powers and
duties as the City may deem necessary.
A.
The Fire Chief shall be governed in the performance of duties by
such rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by
the City.
B.
The Fire Chief shall have the power to recommend the suspension of
any member or members of any company of the Fire Department for dereliction
of duty, disobeying his orders or misconduct, and shall submit a report
of his actions and the causes for the same to the Fire Department
Advisory Board. The Fire Department Advisory Board shall review the
charges and action taken and shall report their findings and recommendations
to the City Manager for disposition.
C.
The Fire Chief shall regularly visit the two companies of the Fire
Department and see that the City-owned apparatus, buildings and all
property in possession of the two companies are in proper condition.
The Chief shall make a report of the same to the Fire Department Advisory
Board and the City when deemed necessary, with such recommendations
as the Chief may think proper.
D.
The Fire Chief shall attend all incidents to which the Department
is dispatched in the City if feasible and shall have the entire command
of the Department. The Fire Chief shall supervise and direct the operations
of each fire company there in such a manner as to preserve property
from destruction by fire and to prevent an unnecessary use of water.
The Fire Chief shall have entire control of the incident.
E.
The Fire Chief shall have control of and be responsible for the dispatching
of City-owned equipment to any incident outside the City limits according
to any mutual aid agreement with such communities, or to any parade
or special event. No permission shall be granted at any time to take
all of the fire apparatus out of the City, but sufficient apparatus
shall be retained at all times to safeguard all property within the
City limits.
F.
The Fire Chief shall make monthly and annual reports to the City,
setting forth the activities of the Fire Department.
G.
The Fire Chief shall keep an accurate record of all incidents occurring
within the City which shall set forth such information as shall be
necessary to accurately describe each incident.
A.
The District Chiefs shall attend all incidents occurring in the City,
when feasible, and aid the Fire Chief in the discharge of duties and
act under the Fire Chief's direction. In the absence of the Fire Chief,
the District Chief shall act as Fire Chief, with all the powers and
all of the orders shall be respected and obeyed by the Fire Department.
Districts will be geographical areas defined in the Lock Haven Fire
Department Standard Operating Guidelines.
B.
The District Chiefs shall, under the direction of the Fire Chief
and according to the standards established by the Fire Chief and the
City, conduct public education programs, voluntary life safety inspections,
and pre-incident plans aimed at preventing fire and reduction of community
risk. The District Chiefs shall make a monthly report of the locations
of said inspections together with an account of any corrective action
taken.
A.
Paid Fire Department drivers shall be responsible for the care and
maintenance of the designated areas of the fire station in which they
are employed, and all emergency and other equipment housed in the
same.
B.
It shall be the duty of the driver to respond to any incident reported
to the driver, to assume the responsibilities of command at the scene
until such time as the driver is relieved of that responsibility by
the Fire Chief or District Chief or other superior officer. The driver
shall be responsible for the operation and care of the equipment he
accompanies to the fire and the general cleaning and maintenance of
the same upon return to the station.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the driver of each company to enforce
the rules and regulations of the company in the absence of the Fire
Chief or District Chiefs, or company officers at the incident scene,
while en route to and from the incident scene, and in the station.
It shall be the duty of every firefighter, immediately upon
an alarm of an incident, to accompany the firefighter's apparatus
to or respond to the location of the incident and perform such duties
as may be required of the firefighter by the superior officer.
The Fire Administrator shall be responsible to the Director
of Public Safety for the administration, direction and supervision
of City fire services and its City employees as provided by statute,
the City's Administrative Code, or other ordinance of the City and
such other duties as may be required by the Manager which are not
in conflict with law or ordinances.
