[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Edgerton 3-1-1993 by Ord. No. 2-93 (§§ 8.1 and 8.2 of the 1993 Municipal Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Fire protection shall be provided by the Edgerton Fire Protection
District of which the City of Edgerton is a voting member.
A.
Enforce ordinances, rules and regulations. The Fire Chief of the
Edgerton Fire Protection District shall have the power to enforce
all ordinances, rules and regulations of the City Council governing
the Edgerton Fire Protection District, and report promptly to the
Mayor any person who may have disobeyed orders or violated any of
the laws or rules governing the City while engaged in firefighting
operations. The Fire Chief shall enforce all fire prevention ordinances
and all state laws and regulations pertaining to fire prevention and
shall keep citizens informed on fire prevention methods and on the
activities of the Department.
B.
Police powers. The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in the
vicinity of any fire within which any person except firefighters and
police officers, and those admitted by order of any officer of the
Fire Department, shall not be permitted to come, and shall have the
power to cause the removal of any property whenever it shall become
necessary in the preservation of such property from fires or to prevent
the spreading of fire, or to protect the adjoining property, and during
the progress of any fire, he shall have the power to order the removal
or destruction of any property necessary to prevent the further spread
of fire. He shall also have the power to cause the removal of all
wires and a turning off of all electricity and gas where the same
interferes with the work of the Fire Department during the progress
of a fire.
C.
The Fire Chief shall perform such other duties as are incumbent on
the commanding officers of the Edgerton Fire Protection District Fire
Department.
