(a) 
Pursuant to mutual support agreements made under the authority of subsection (e) hereof, the fire department of the city is hereby authorized to furnish to cities in Bexar County such firefighting equipment as is available in the opinion of the chief of the fire department or other officer in charge of the fire department of Terrell Hills, whenever firefighting equipment or personnel is requested by the chief of the fire department or officer in charge of the fire department of such cities. Such fire chief or other officer in charge shall certify that there is an emergency and the equipment and personnel which is needed. The fire chief of Terrell Hills or such officer in charge shall take into consideration as a first requisite that he shall withhold such equipment and personnel as would be necessary, in his opinion, to protect the health, property, and lives of the citizens of Terrell Hills. The fire chief of Terrell Hills is herewith directed and authorized to keep the fire chiefs of other cities, with which mutual aid agreements are in effect, informed as to his equipment and his personnel, and to advise the chiefs of such cities as to the inventory of his firefighting equipment.
(b) 
When any firefighting official of the city is ordered by proper authority to perform firefighting duties outside the territorial limits of the city, he shall be entitled to same wage, salary, or death benefits, the same as though the service had been rendered within the limits of the City of Terrell Hills, and he shall also be paid for any reasonable expenses of travel, food, as well as for damage to equipment and clothing, and medical expenses which he may incur while on duty outside such limits, or while traveling to or from such assignment.
(c) 
Whenever any firefighting official is assigned to the City of Terrell Hills, pursuant to a mutual aid agreement, to assist under circumstances as described above which may exist in the City of Terrell Hills, such officer shall be a fire prevention agent of the City of Terrell Hills and shall be under the command of the chief of the fire department or other officer in charge for the City of Terrell Hills while so assigned, and he shall have all the powers and duties of a regular firefighting official of the city and his qualifications for office where regularly employed shall constitute his qualifications for office in the City of Terrell Hills and no other oath, bond or compensation shall be made.
(d) 
When any firefighting equipment is damaged while being used in another city, or if any damage to equipment should occur while traveling to or from such fire in another city, the City of Terrell Hills will bear the cost of such damage.
(e) 
The city manager is authorized to negotiate mutual support agreements with such other cities as may be necessary to effect this section.
(Ordinance 673 adopted 6/11/1984; 1996 Code, sec. 7-10)
(a) 
The fire department is authorized to form a volunteer reserve firefighter force of six reserve firefighters within the department.
(b) 
These personnel shall be covered under the city's worker's compensation insurance.
(c) 
Reserve firefighters shall be volunteer and receive no compensation except in times of emergency or special circumstance in which case the fire chief may activate the reserve force for regular duty at which time they will receive compensation as probationary firefighters.
(d) 
The reserve firefighters will receive a quarterly uniform allowance as established by ordinance for fire department personnel.
(e) 
The fire chief is authorized to develop guidelines for the conduct and performance of the reserve firefighter force.
(Ordinance 969 adopted 4/14/1997; Ordinance adopting 2023 Code)
(a) 
The burning of trash, leaves, branches, rags, papers, building materials or garbage in incinerators or open fires in the city constitutes a nuisance and fire hazard.
(b) 
Any individual, partnership, firm or corporation which shall hereafter burn any trash, leaves, branches, rags, papers, building materials or garbage in incinerators or open fires in the city shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $100.00. Each day that such violation continues shall be a separate offense.
(c) 
This section shall not apply to barbecue pits or fires built in the same for cooking purposes only, nor shall it apply to the burning of leaves and branches in incinerators which have been inspected and approved by the chief of the city fire department or his designated representative.
(d) 
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the construction and operation of an incinerator in connection with any permitted business or commercial establishment, for which a building permit has been issued by the building official of the city.
(Ordinance 24 adopted 3/3/1959; Ordinance 35 adopted 12/1/1959; 1996 Code, sec. 7-2)
The city hereby offers a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to anyone who secures and furnishes information necessary to and which results in arrest and conviction of any person or persons who commit the crime of arson within the corporate limits of the city. This reward is a standing offer, and shall be paid out of the general fund of the city.
(Ordinance 495 adopted 7/10/1978; 1996 Code, sec. 7-15)