[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Mayville 2-13-1989 by Ord. No. 695-89 as §§ 5.01
to 5.08 and 5.20 of the 1989 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-10-2005 by Ord. No. 973-2005]
The Mayville Fire Department shall consist of
not fewer than 30 nor more than 35 active members. The number of active
members shall be determined by the Fire Chief.
[Amended 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 943-2003]
Members of the Department shall be governed
by the policies of the Department, the resolutions and ordinances
of the City, the lawful orders of the Council and the Mayor, and the
Wisconsin Statutes.
Disciplinary action against the Fire Chief or
subordinates shall be in accordance with § 62.13(5), Wis.
Stats.
A.
General supervision. The Chief shall have the general
supervision of the Department, which supervision shall be subject
to and not in conflict with this chapter and the rules and regulations
of the Department.
B.
Command of fire-fighting operations. The Chief shall
be present at all fires, if possible, and have complete command and
entire responsibility of all fire-fighting operations, plan the control
of the same and direct the action of the Department.
C.
Reports to the Council. On or about October 1 of each
year, the Chief shall submit to the Council a proposed budget for
the coming year and a report relating to the conditions of all fire
apparatus and the drill and training program of the Department, together
with other pertinent information, including recommendations for such
improvements as he deems proper and necessary for the operation of
the Department.
D.
Enforcement of fire prevention laws and ordinances.
He shall enforce all fire prevention ordinances of the City and the
state laws and regulations pertaining to fire prevention and shall
keep citizens informed on fire prevention methods and on the activities
of the Department.
E.
Fire record book. He shall keep a fire record book
of every fire to which the Department was called and shall enter in
such book the location of the fire; the time the alarm was received;
the cause of the fire; where the fire started; the cause of delay,
if any, in responding; the amount of insurance carried on buildings
and contents; estimated fire loss; the time the fire was extinguished;
the names of the firemen responding; and general remarks.
F.
Apparatus inventory. He shall keep an inventory of
all apparatus and equipment, and an inventory of all hose, showing
dates and results of tests on each length, which shall be individually
numbered.
G.
Duties as commanding officer. He shall perform such
other duties as are usually incumbent on the commanding officer of
the Fire Department.
H.
Council meeting attendance. He shall attend all meetings
of the Public Safety Committee and the Police and Fire Commission,
and regular Council meetings upon request.
In the absence of the Chief, the Assistant Chief
shall take command and perform the duties of the Chief. In the absence
of both the Fire Chief and the Assistant Chief, the highest ranking
officer or fireman shall be in charge.
A.
The Chief shall have control of all apparatus used
by the Department and shall be responsible for its proper maintenance.
Emergency repairs may be authorized by the Chief.
B.
Unless approved by the Fire Chief, no apparatus shall
be used for any purpose except for fire fighting within the City limits,
or in training therefor, except in towns which have contracted with
the City for fire protection or in municipalities with which the City
has entered into mutual aid agreements. Upon the approval of the Chief,
such apparatus may be used for emergency purposes within the City
and participating municipalities.
A.
Police authority at fires. The Chief and his assistant
or officers in command at any fire are hereby vested with full and
complete police authority. Any officer of the Department may cause
the arrest of any person failing to give the right-of-way to the Fire
Department in responding to a fire.
B.
Control of fires. The Fire Chief may prescribe certain
limits in the vicinity of any fire within which no persons except
firemen and policemen and those admitted by order of any officer of
the Department shall be permitted to enter. The Chief may cause the
removal of any property whenever it shall become necessary for the
preservation of such property from fire or to prevent the spreading
of fire or to protect the adjoining property, and during the progress
of any fire he may order the removal or destruction of any property
necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire. He may also cause
the removal of all wires or other facilities and the turning off of
all electricity, gas or other services where the same impedes the
work of the Department during the progress of a fire.
C.
Entering premises. Any fireman, while acting under
the direction of the Fire Chief or other officer in command, may enter
upon the premises adjacent to or in the vicinity of any building or
other property then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing such
fire, and if any person shall hinder, resist or obstruct any fireman
in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided, the person
so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firemen in the discharge
of their duties.
A.
Duties of bystanders. Every person who shall be present
at a fire shall be subject to the orders of the Fire Chief or officer
in command and may be required to render assistance in fighting the
fire or removing or guarding property. Such officer may cause the
arrest of any person refusing to obey said orders.
B.
Injury to equipment prohibited. No person shall willfully
injure in any manner any hose, hydrant or fire apparatus belonging
to the City, and no vehicle or railroad equipment shall be driven
over any unprotected hose of the Fire Department when laid down on
any street, private driveway, track or other place to be used at any
fire or alarm of fire without the consent of the Fire Department official
in command.
[Amended by Ord. No. 720-90B]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any order, rule or regulation made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code.
