The Fire Department shall consist of the following personnel:
One Fire Chief and any number of volunteer firemen as the Fire
Chief shall determine as necessary from time to time.
The Fire Chief shall be appointed by the Mayor unless appointment
is disapproved by a 2/3 vote of the council membership. Such Fire
Chief shall be subject to removal by the Mayor unless removal is overruled
by Council by a 2/3 vote of the Council membership.
The Fire Chief shall be the head of the department and shall
be fully responsible for the operation and the equipment of the department.
It shall be his duty to determine all matters in connection with the
operation, except the expenditures of City funds therein. He shall
make periodic reports to the City Council, showing the names of paid
firemen, number of hours on duty, the condition of the equipment of
the department, and such other matters as shall be determined necessary
by resolution or ordinance of the City Council.
The volunteer firemen shall be paid for such services as they
render based upon the number of calls answered. The Chief shall attend
all Council meetings for the purpose of furnishing any information
required by the Council.
All volunteer firemen shall be registered with the Chief and
their names, addresses and phone numbers shall be posted in the Fire
Department and also on file with the Recorder/Treasurer. Such lists
shall be kept up to date by the Fire Chief.
[Amended 10-10-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-10]
A.
The Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Fire Pension and Relief Fund
is hereby dissolved.
B.
Administration of the Lincoln Fire Pension and Relief Fund is hereby
transferred to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System
(LOPFI).
C.
The Mayor is authorized to enter into an irrevocable agreement using
a fifteen-year amortization schedule with LOPFI to administer the
local plan.
D.
STATE LAW REFERENCE
The City Council shall, on or before the time fixed by law for levying
county taxes, make out and certify to the County Clerk the rate of
taxation levied by the City on the real and personal property within
the City, not to exceed one mil on the dollar of the assessed value,
for the purpose of paying pensions to retired firemen, and pensions
to widows and minor children of deceased firemen and widows and minor
children of deceased, retired firemen, as provided by law.
See A.C.A. §§ 24-11-801 — 24-11-803,
Amend. 31, Ark. Const.; Hdbk 33-1.1 — 33-1.38.
[Ord. No. 164, Sec. 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to molest or otherwise interfere
with any fireman in the performance of his duties.
[Ord. No. 2009-5, Sec.
2]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage, injure, tamper with
or interfere with any hose, hose connection, vehicle or other equipment
or apparatus belonging to the Lincoln Fire Department. It shall be
unlawful for any person to remove any such equipment or apparatus
from any fire station or other place where it is being kept or used
without express authority from the Fire Chief.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to open, close, tamper with or
molest any fire hydrant of the City without the express approval of
the Fire Chief and the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department.
This section shall not apply to any authorized employee of the City
or to any member of the Fire Department while in the discharge of
his duties. No person shall open or close any fire hydrant with a
device other than that provided for such use by the Fire Chief or
the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person except regular firemen or persons
belonging to the Fire Department and recognized as such to ride or
attempt to ride on any fire vehicle belonging to the Fire Department
when the Fire Department is responding to a fire alarm.
[Ord. No. 164, Sec. 3]
D.
No fire fighter enrolled on the records of the City of Lincoln Fire
Department shall be allowed to bring any person under the age of 16
years with them when responding to emergency calls, unless:
1.
There is a person 16 years of age or older at the scene not responding
to the emergency call, supervising any persons under the age of 16
years; or
2.
The responder happens upon an emergency scene.
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In this situation, the persons under 16 years of age should
be removed once other responders arrive or the condition in Subsection
D1 above is met.
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