The public safety functional area encompasses the police, emergency
management, fire, and emergency medical services. Greenville currently
provides police through a paid police department, fire response through
combined paid and volunteer fire departments, emergency preparedness
under the direction of the Town Manager who is the Emergency Management
Coordinator, and emergency medical services through Life Force.
The Civil Service Commission, now existing for police and firemen as created by Council in accordance with Article
XI, Section 1172, of the Town Code for all police and paid fire apparatus operators. All civil service laws as they relate to police heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall continue in full force and effect. All applicants for paid, uniformed positions within the Police Department and Fire Department shall be subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Town adopted on December 11, 2017, for police and fire fighters.
The Town of Greenville provides fire and rescue services through
a combination of paid and volunteer firefighters. The Fire Department
is staffed and operated 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
A. Supervision. The Greenville Fire Department is under the supervision
of a Fire Captain. The Greenville Volunteer Fire Department is under
the direction of the Fire Captain.
B. Duties. The Fire Department, in addition to firefighting and rescue,
perform the following duties:
(1) To engage in any and all public safety activities to render care
to the injured, prevent loss of life, provide comfort and security
to victims and limit or prevent damage to or loss of property as circumstances
may dictate.
(2) Mutual aid.
(a)
To provide mutual aid to other communities requesting the Department's
assistance in emergency situations which are beyond their ability
to handle with their own equipment, personnel, and facilities. This
aid shall include, but shall not be limited to:
[1]
Fire-suppression activities;
[3]
Hazardous materials incidents;
[5]
Aid for natural disasters such as floods, storms, etc.; and
(b)
The Greenville Fire Department shall answer calls from other
communities for mutual aid, provided such communities are within such
reasonable travel distances and times as to enable the Greenville
Fire Department to continue to provide an acceptable level of protection
for the Town at all times.
(c)
To render assistance to police officers where such aid is specifically
requested.
(3) To participate in drills, practices, training sessions and prefire
planning activities authorized by the Greenville Fire Department;
(4) To participate in community celebrations, ceremonial observances
and funerals for deceased firefighters or other public figures where
such attendance is deemed appropriate and is authorized by the Greenville
Fire Department;
(5) To prepare for and responsibly participate in parades;
(6) To engage in any public service or function performed for the welfare
of the Town, provided that these activities are sanctioned by the
Greenville Fire Department;
(7) To participate in post-fire investigations, bomb searches and evacuation
drills;
(8) To participate in public fire prevention and education programs to
promote the health, safety and welfare of the community, to enlist
new members, to solicit community support and to conduct fund-raising
activities;
(9) To safely and responsibly perform maintenance and remodeling work
on Greenville Fire Department vehicles, buildings, grounds and equipment;
and
(10) To perform such other duties as are necessary for the efficient operation
of Greenville fire services that may, from time to time, be assigned
by Council, the Manager or officers of the Greenville Fire Department
and/or Volunteer Fire Company.
C. Fire Marshal.
(1) The Town of Greenville relies on the Fire Captain to act as Fire
Marshal for the investigation and determination of suspicious fires
or fires of unknown origin within the community.
(2) The duties and responsibilities of the Fire Marshal shall be:
(a)
Initiate and administer a fire prevention program for the Town;
(b)
Enforce the Fire Prevention Code within the Town;
(c)
Establish rules and regulations to implement the enforcement
of the Fire Prevention Code, subject to the approval of Council;
(d)
Inspect all nonresidential structures on a regular basis, at
least once per year; and
(e)
Inspect the common areas, hallways, basements, attics, garages
and storage areas of all residential structures, excluding one- and
two-family dwellings.
Greenville, in accordance with general statutory law, Pennsylvania
Statutes Title 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and Safety, Chapter 75, Subchapter
A, Sections 7501 through 7504, is required to establish an emergency
management organization, designate an emergency management coordinator
and adopt an emergency management plan to address effectively and
efficiently plan for and provide response and recovery for emergencies
within the community.
A. Emergency Management Coordinator. In accordance with general statutory
law, the Town shall have an Emergency Management Coordinator who is
professionally competent and capable of planning and effecting coordination
among operating agencies of government and facilitating coordinated
operations by local emergency preparedness forces. The Coordinator
is recommended by the Council, appointed by the Governor, and is subject
to the authority of the Council and prevailing state statutes.
B. Emergency operations plan. Greenville Town by Resolution 2011-02,
adopted on April 12, 2011, placed into effect an Emergency Operations
Plan and the Disaster Emergency Management Plan as prepared for the
Town in accordance with Section 7503(1) of the Emergency Management
Service Codes (35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7101 et seq.). The Town has
implemented the National Incident Management System (NIMS) for all
such occurrences within the Town.
C. Emergency operations duties and responsibilities. The Town, either
individually or on an intermunicipal basis, shall fulfill the following
duties and responsibilities:
(1) Prepare, maintain and keep current an emergency management plan for
the prevention and minimization of injury and damage caused by disaster
and provide prompt and effective response to disaster and disaster
emergency relief and recovery in conformance with the Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Plan;
(2) Establish, equip and staff an emergency operations center with integrated
warning and communication systems to support government operations
in emergencies and provide other essential facilities and equipment
for agencies and activities assigned emergency functions;
(3) Provide individual and organizational training programs to insure
prompt, efficient and effective disaster emergency services;
(4) Organize, prepare and coordinate all locally available manpower,
materials, supplies, equipment, facilities and services necessary
for emergency readiness, response and recovery;
(5) Adopt and implement precautionary measures to mitigate the anticipated
effects of disasters;
(6) Execute and enforce such rules and orders as the agency shall adopt
and promulgate under the authority of this article;
(7) Cooperate and coordinate with any public and private agency or entity
in achieving any purpose of this article;
(8) Have available for inspection at its emergency operations center
all emergency management plans, rules and orders issued by the Governor,
the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Mercer County Emergency
Management Agency and/or the Town;
(9) Provide prompt and accurate information regarding local emergencies
to appropriate commonwealth and local officials and agencies and the
general public;
(10) Participate in all tests, drills and exercises, including remedial
drills and exercises, scheduled by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency or by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
(11) Participate in the program of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's
integrated flood warning system.
The Town, consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
recognizes emergency medical services as an essential public service
and believes in the public interest to assure that there are high-quality
and coordinated emergency and urgent medical services readily available
to the residents to prevent premature death and reduce suffering and
disability which arise from severe illness and injury. To that end,
Life Force is recognized as the provider of 24/7 quick basic and advanced
life support medical care, nonemergency transport services and special
operations response in the event of man-made or natural disaster or
hostage situations to residents and visitors to Greenville. Life Force
operates in accordance with Title 35 Pa.C.S.A., Chapter 81, as amended,
and under the guidance provided by the Pennsylvania Department of
Health.