Recommendations for the purchase of apparatus and equipment
needed to maintain the effectiveness of the Fire Company and properly
protect life and property from fire shall be made by the Chief to
Borough Council or its committee in charge of fire matters.
All borough equipment of the Fire Company shall be safely and
conveniently housed by the Fire Company. Such places shall be adequately
heated during the winter season.
Suitable arrangements shall be provided for citizens to turn
in an alarm and for notifying members of the Fire Company so that
they may promptly respond. It shall be the duty of the Chief to notify
the proper borough officials of any condition that would interfere
with the proper functioning of the fire alarm system. He shall cause
the arrangement to be tested as required to obtain a dependable alarm
service.
No person shall use any fire apparatus or equipment of the borough
for any private purpose, nor shall any person willfully and without
authority take away or conceal any article used in any way by the
Fire Company.
No person shall enter any place where fire apparatus is housed
or handle any equipment or apparatus belonging to the borough, unless
accompanied by or having the special permission of an officer or authorized
member of the Fire Company.
The Chief of the Fire Company is hereby authorized to extend
aid to neighboring communities upon request for fire protection or
to establish a mutual aid system.
No apparatus of the borough shall be hired out or permitted to leave the Borough of Wenonah without consent of the Borough Council or its committee in charge of fire matters, except in response to a call for aid in a neighboring community. No aparatus is to leave the borough without consent of the Chief or highest ranking line officer available. The line officer in charge of the Fire Company shall have power to assign equipment for response to calls for outside aid in accordance with § 22-25 of this Article and in other cases only when the absence of such equipment, in his judgment, will not jeopardize fire protection in the Borough of Wenonah.
