[Adopted 4-21-1885; amended in its entirety at time of
adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Fire Department of the Village shall consist
of a Fire Chief, Assistant Chiefs and such fire fighters as are or
may from time to time be appointed by the Village Board of Trustees.
The Fire Chief shall have full power at fires
to order and direct the fire fighters in the management of their engines
and other apparatus provided for the extinguishment of fires.
The Fire Chief shall report annually to the
Trustees, and as often as required, the condition of the engines and
other apparatus of the Fire Department and recommend such alterations
or improvements in the same as the Fire Chief may think proper and
also shall report the names of such fire fighters as have disobeyed
orders or neglected or refused to attend to their duties.
Whenever the engines or other apparatus of the
Fire Department shall be in need of repairs, the Fire Chief, with
the consent of the Village Board of Trustees, shall cause the same
to be done promptly.
The fire fighters of the Village shall be divided
into companies, to consist of such persons as the Village Board of
Trustees shall from time to time direct, and limited to the number
specified by said Board, to attend to the fire engines, hose or other
apparatus belonging to the Village.
The Village fire companies each shall be under
the control and direction of a foreman and assistants, and, upon any
alarm of fire, said companies shall immediately repair to the place
of the fire, with the engines, hose, hooks and ladders, and other
implements under their care, and there work and manage the same, under
the direction of the Fire Chief, and, in case of his absence, shall
place and work their apparatus in the most effectual manner until
the fire shall be extinguished and shall not remove therefrom except
with the permission of the officer in charge, and on such permission
they shall return their respective engines and apparatus to their
respective places of storage.
The fire fighters of the Village shall report
themselves to the Fire Chief at every fire, and said fire fighters,
when attending fires, shall be subject to the direction of the Fire
Chief, and it shall be the duty of said fire fighters, immediately
upon an alarm of fire, to repair to the place of the fire and to aid
and assist as the Fire Chief may direct. It shall be the duty of said
fire fighters to prevent the fire hose from being trodden upon and
to keep all idle and suspected persons from the vicinity of the fire.
They shall also have authority to require assistance of Village citizens
if requisite to aid in the extinguishment of fires and the preservation
of property exposed to damage thereat, and the citizens are hereby
enjoined to comply with the orders and directions of said fire fighters.
Any person who shall repair to a fire shall
be obedient to the orders of the Fire Chief in the extinguishment
of fires and in the removal of property.
The officer having charge of fire engines or
other apparatus shall have the same kept in the best order for immediate
use and report immediately to the Fire Chief its condition.
No person shall ride on any fire truck or fire
apparatus owned by the Village at any time, except a duly appointed
fire fighter of the Village.
It shall be unlawful to falsely, wilfully and
designedly alarm the citizens of the Village by a cry of fire.
A reward of $100 shall be paid for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who has given a
false alarm of fire in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cut or
injure in any manner any hose, fire engine or other apparatus provided
for the extinguishment of fires belonging to the Village.
