[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 1]
There is hereby authorized and created a Volunteer Fire Department
for the Borough of Liberty, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania which Fire
Department shall consist of such volunteer company or companies as
may be approved and accepted as members of the said Volunteer Fire
Department by the Council of said Borough.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 2]
Each volunteer fire company shall organize by electing a President,
Secretary and Treasurer, who shall have charge of the business meeting
of the company. Each company shall also elect a Captain and two Lieutenants,
who shall be in command of the said company at, going to, or returning
from all fires; and at all times the said company may parade or drill.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 3]
Each application for membership in any volunteer company shall
at his election by said company subscribe to and accept the constitution,
by-laws, rules and regulations of this company which said constitution
and by-laws shall embody this Part, and no company shall be or become
a member of said Volunteer Fire Department until it shall have organized,
as herein provided, and shall have been accepted and approved as a
volunteer fire company by the Council of the said Borough, upon presentation
to the said Council a copy of its constitution and by-laws, together
with a list of its members and officers.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 4]
There is hereby authorized and created an office of Chief of
the Volunteer Fire Department of the Borough of Liberty, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, which office shall be filled by the election
by the Fire Department of a resident and citizen of the said Borough
upon the recommendation of the Fire Committee of said Council and
election to be approved by Council and no person shall be eligible
to said office without first having accepted and subscribed to the
provisions of this Part and the rules and regulations governing the
Volunteer Fire Department of the said Borough and having taken oath
to obey, uphold and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United
States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Part, by-laws and
regulations of the Borough of Liberty, and having filed bond with
the Secretary of the Council of said Borough in such sum as the Fire
Committee of Council may determine, said bond to be approved by the
Council of the Borough of Liberty.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 5]
All property of whatever kind or nature, which shall come into
the possession, use or disposition of said fire companies, shall be
held for and only for public use, for the purpose of fighting fire,
and the titles thereto shall remain in the Borough of Liberty and
subject to the control of the Council of said Borough under the provisions
of this Part.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 6; as amended by Ord. 423,
9/9/1987, § 7-106; and by A.O.]
All officers and employees of the Police Department shall during
the time of fire and at the site of the fire be subject to the orders
of the Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department of the said Borough,
and any person or persons interfering with or in any wise injuring
or delaying the Volunteer Fire Department or any member thereof in
the execution of its proper duties in the suppression of fire, or
any member of the Volunteer Fire Department or employee of the Police
Department refusing to obey the orders of the Chief of the Volunteer
Fire Department or the officers of any company thereof at and during
the time of fires, within the said Borough, may be arrested and upon
conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district
judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of
payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed
90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each
section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall
constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 7]
Any fire company or companies answering the alarm of fire shall
have the right-of-way over the streets, alleys and highways of the
Borough and every pedestrian, automobile, or any other vehicle of
any kind, shall upon the approach of the said company with its apparatus,
immediately draw to the side of the said road, street or alley and
stop until the passage of the fire apparatus and any person failing
so to do is guilty of a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915, § 8; as amended by Ord. 423,
9/9/1987, § 7-108; and by A.O.]
The alarm of fire shall be the ringing of such bell or blowing
of such whistle as may from time to time be designated by the Chief
of the Volunteer Fire Department, in the manner designated and determined
upon by him and any person who shall willfully or maliciously make
or cause to be made a false alarm of fire may be arrested and upon
conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district
judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of
payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed
90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each
section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall
constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 12, 2/1/1915; as added by Ord. 423, 9/9/1987, § 7-109;
and amended by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 423, 9/9/1987, § 1-601]
1.
The following association is hereby recognized as actively engaged
in providing fire protection and/or emergency services in the Borough
of Liberty.
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Liberty Borough Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association
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The above-named association has been formed for the benefit
of its members and their families in case of death, sickness, temporary
or permanent disability or accident suffered in the line of duty.
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2.
The above-named Association of the Borough of Liberty is designated
the proper association to receive such funds as are due and payable
to the Borough Treasurer by the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania
from the tax on premiums from foreign fire insurance companies.
[Ord. 423, 9/9/1987, § 1-602]
The Borough Council shall annually certify to the Auditor General
of the Commonwealth, the name(s) of the active associations and the
percentage of service they contribute to the protection of the Borough.
Such certification shall be on forms prescribed by the Auditor General.
[Ord. 423, 9/9/1987, § 1-603]
There is annually appropriated from the Borough Treasury all
such sums of money that may hereafter be paid into the Borough Treasury
by the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania on account of taxes
paid on premiums of foreign fire insurance companies in pursuance
of 1984 Act of December 18, No. 205, § 701 et seq., as hereafter
amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly
of Pennsylvania. Such monies received by the Borough Treasurer from
the State Treasurer shall be distributed to the duly recognized association
within 60 days of receipt. The funds shall be distributed on the basis
of the percentage of service established in the certification to the
Auditor General and with other provisions of the Act.
