[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Reedsburg as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted as Secs. 5.07 to 5.15 of the former Municipal Codebook]
A.
The Chief shall have control of all apparatus used by the Department
and shall be responsible for its proper maintenance. Emergency repairs
may be authorized by the Chief.
B.
No apparatus shall be used for any purpose except for firefighting
within the City limits, or in training therefor, except pursuant to
an agreement approved by the Mayor after the Chief has given his recommendations
on such use. With the approval of the Chief, such apparatus may be
used for emergency purposes other than firefighting within the City.
A written report of all such uses shall be made quarterly to the Common
Council.
C.
No person shall wilfully injure, in any manner, any hose, hydrant,
or fire apparatus belonging to the City, 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 Fire Department official
in command.
A.
The Chief and assistants or officers in command at any fire are vested
with police authority at fires. Any officer of the Department may
cause the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way to
the Fire Department in responding to a fire.
B.
The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in the vicinity of any
fire within which no person, excepting firefighters and police officers
and those admitted by order of any officer of the Department, shall
be permitted to come. The Chief may cause the removal of any property
whenever it shall become necessary for the preservation of such property
from fire or to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect the adjoining
property, and during the progress of any fire he may order the removal
or destruction of any property necessary to prevent the further spread
of the fire. He may also cause the removal of all wires or other facilities
and the turning off of all electricity or other services where the
same impedes the work of the Department during the progress of the
fire.
C.
Any firefighter, while acting under the direction of the Fire Chief
or other officer in command, may enter upon the premises adjacent
to or in the vicinity of any building or other property then on fire
for the purpose of extinguishing such fire, and no person shall hinder,
resist or obstruct any firefighter in the discharge of his duty.
D.
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
property. Such officer may cause the arrest of any person or persons
refusing to obey said orders.
A.
The Chief shall hold the office of Fire Inspector, with power to
appoint one or more deputy fire inspectors, who shall perform the
same duties and have the same powers as the Fire Inspector.
B.
The Fire Inspector shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, semiannually,
all buildings, including their premises, designed for occupancy by
more than one family, and all buildings, premises and public thoroughfares
open to the public within the City limits for the purpose of noting
and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire. The
Inspector shall also investigate the storage and handling of explosives
and flammable liquids within the City.
C.
Whenever any City inspection by the Fire Chief or his deputies reveals
a fire hazard, the Chief or his deputies shall serve a notice, in
writing, upon the owner of the property, giving said owner a reasonable
time in which to remove the hazard. If the fire hazard is not removed
within the time allowed, it shall be a nuisance. The Fire Chief or
his deputy may have the same removed by the City, and the cost of
such removal may be recovered in an action by the City against the
owner of the property and shall be a lien against such property.
D.
The Chief shall keep a written record card of each property inspected
which shall conform to the requirements of the Industrial and Commercial
Development Commission and shall make the report of inspections required
by the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
E.
No person shall deny the Chief or his deputies free access to any
property within the City at any reasonable time for the purpose of
making fire inspections. No person shall hinder or obstruct the Fire
Inspector or his deputies in the performance of their duties or refuse
to observe any lawful direction given by them.
No person shall give or cause to be given any false fire alarm.
[Amended 10-8-2001]
A.
Except as provided in this section, no person shall build or maintain
an open fire any place within the City of Reedsburg. An "open fire"
means any fire maintained outside of a business, dwelling or manufacturing
facility and not confined to a receptacle approved by the Chief of
the Fire Department, which shall be constructed of either brick, boiler
iron, concrete or sheet metal.
B.
Gas and charcoal grills are permitted.
C.
Firepits are permitted for social gatherings. Firepits shall only
be used between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
D.
A patio fireplace is permitted as long as it is either a commercially
purchased unit that encloses the entire fire within the fireplace
unit, or a homemade unit of brick and/or iron. The chimney area and
fire viewable area of a patio fireplace shall be screened with a spark-reduction
device at all times the patio fireplace is in operation.
E.
Burning barrels are prohibited from and after April 30, 2002.
F.
Only a readily combustible fuel source that consists of gas, wood,
charcoal or manufactured fireplace logs or pellets shall be burned
in a patio fireplace or firepit.
G.
The burning of trash, leaves, woods with chemical treatment (i.e.
railroad ties, fence posts, power poles, treated lumber) or other
treated materials that tend to create noxious or annoying similar
discharge is not permitted.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use fire hydrants owned or
maintained by the City of Reedsburg. Members of the City of Reedsburg
Fire Department are specifically excluded from this prohibition when
the use is in the furtherance of their duties as firefighters.
B.
Certain fire hydrants within the City shall be designated for both
fire and nonfire use. Those hydrants shall be painted blaze orange.
A list of those hydrants shall be compiled and from time to time changed
by the Director of the City Utility. That list shall be accessible
to the public during normal business hours.
C.
All hydrants designated in this category may be used by City employees
for City functions. Any other individual wishing to use these hydrants
for any purpose whatsoever must obtain a written permit from the Director
of Utility.
The Chief of the Fire Department may authorize and permit fire
companies of the City to go to aid another city, village, town or
fire district in extinguishing a fire or fires therein, provided no
more than one truck shall be authorized and permitted to leave the
City at one time.
[Added 10-13-2003]
A.
Installation. A Fire Department emergency key box shall be installed
on all business, public and commercial buildings, multiple-family
dwellings where access to interior units is through a common secured
entrance, industrial facilities, residential care facilities or where
a property within the Fire Department's jurisdiction is protected
by an automatic fire alarm or fire sprinkler/suppressions system.
B.
Box type and location. The Fire Chief or a designated representative
shall approve the type and location of the emergency key box prior
to installation. The owner of a structure required to have an emergency
key box shall keep a key in the lock box that will allow access to
the building and all locked or secured areas within the building.
C.
Applicability. This article shall apply to all buildings subject
to it for which a building permit is issued after October 23, 2003.
[Adopted as Ch. 26 of the former Municipal Codebook]
The following shall be and are hereby declared to be the fire
limits in the City of Reedsburg:
A.
Beginning at the intersection at the north line of the Chicago Northwestern
Railway right-of-way with the east bank of the Baraboo River;
B.
Continuing northeasterly along the bank of the Baraboo River to a
point opposite the alley north of East Second Street;
C.
Thence east along the center of this alley to North Park Street;
D.
Thence south along the center of North Park Street to East Second
Street;
E.
Thence east along the center of East Second Street to the center
of North Locust Street;
F.
Thence south along the center of Locust Street to the north line
of the Railway right-of-way;
G.
Thence northwesterly along the north line of the Railway right-of-way
to the point of beginning.
A.
The following orders and codes of the Wisconsin Administrative Code,
Rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services (SPS),
are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of the City Fire Prevention
Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
A copy of these codes is on file in the City Hall.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure in violation of any provisions of this article, or to cause, permit or suffer any such violations to be committed. Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-3, of this Code of the City of Reedsburg. It shall be the responsibility of the offender to abate the violation as expeditiously as possible, and each day that such violation is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
If in any action a permit was issued, it shall not constitute a defense,
nor shall any error, oversight, or dereliction of duty on the part
of the Building and/or Fire Inspector constitute a defense.
