[HISTORY: Adopted City of Norwalk Common Council 5-14-1957; effective 5-25-1957.]
No Fire Department apparatus shall be taken out of the Fourth
Taxing District, unless by order of the Chief or in his absence of
an Assistant Chief of the Fire Department, with the approval of the
Mayor, or in the absence of the Mayor with the approval of the President
of the Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: As to the extension of fire protection,
see Charter and Related Laws, Art. XXII.
The engine, hook and ladder and hose companies now existing
in the Fourth District shall continue to exist until such time as
the Council shall reorganize or disband such companies or any of them;
and any of such companies, or any company hereafter organized, may
be reorganized or disbanded by the Council whenever, in the opinion
of the Council, the public interests of such district require such
action.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder or obstruct any
member of the Fire Department in the discharge of any of the duties
of Fire Marshal.
The workweek for all permanent men of the Fire Department of
the city shall be an average workweek of not more than 42 hours, computed
over a period of one fiscal year; provided, that any time spent in
an emergency in excess of a regularly assigned or scheduled workweek
in connection with any actual fire or conflagration, including time
spent going to, working at or returning from any actual fire, or any
other work or duty classified as an act of mercy, shall not be included
in computing such average workweek.
There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of the employees
concerned, nor shall there be any lessening of any of their existing
rights and privileges, as the result of the adoption of the workweek
provided in the preceding section.
