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HomeMy WebLinkAbout001 - 01/10/1925 - RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE) ORDINANCE NO. �`, 1925. BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS: Section 1. That the Fuse Department of the City of Fort Collins shall be under the immediate supervision and con- trol of the Commissioner of Public Safety and Health and Ex- Officio Mayor; and said Department shall be charged with the duty of immediately and by proper means extinguishing any fire breaking out within the City of 'Fort Collins, and, so far as may be, of removing fire hazards and preventing fires from breaking out. Section 2. For the purpose of carrying 0n tie wbr1r-... - of said Fire Department, the City Council is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint, upon the recommendation of the Com- missioner of Safety and Health, One (1) Fire Chief, Owwmik One Fireman Master Mechanic, and such additional Firemen as may be necessary for the proper organization of the Fire Department and protection against fires within the city. All Firemen shall be under the immediate direction and control of the Fire Chief, but both said Fire Chief and all Firemen to be at all times subject to the general control and direction of the Commissioner of Public Safety and Health and Ex-Officio Mayor. Said Fire Chief and employees of the Fire Department shall receive such compensation as provided under ordinance relating to salaries, and shall hold their respective offices or employment at the pleasure of the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Safety and Health. Section 3. The Fire Chief shall be responsible for the discipline, good order and proper conduct of the entire Fire Department; shall enforce all regulations pertaining thereto; see that all property of the Fire Department is given proper -1- care and attention a. . kept in good condition; aad generally have and exercise the p:omers and authority of Chief of the Fire Department. He shall have control of all persons present at fires, and to that end shall ex-officio be and exercise all the powers of a policeman; and shall have the power, if need be, to summon any and all persons present to assist in extinguishing any fire, in removing property from any burning building, and in guarding the same, and any able-bodied persons refusing to obey such summons shall be liable to arrest, and upon conviction may be fined not less than Five Dollars ( $5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense. In the absence of the Fire Chief, such person as may be designated by the Fire Chief shall have the powers and authority and be chargeable with the dutILesof the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief shall make reports to the Commissioner of Safety and Health on or before the second Saturday in each month of all matters concerning the department and its activities; and showing a record of all fires, their date, cause, if known, the approximate loss and to whom, and such other facts as may be deemed of value; and he shall make such additional reports at such times as may be requested by the Commissioner of Safety and Health. Provided, That the Fireman Master Mechanic shall have direct control and be first in charge of the power fire trucks of the Department and be responsible for their working order and condition, and shall designate the competent fireman or firemen to drive and operate the same. Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to interfere with the officers or members of the Fire Department in the discharge of their duties at any time, or in any manner tamper with any of the Fire Department equipment, alarm system, or other apparatus, or in any manner obstruct any fire plug within the city limits. And any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not 'Less than Five Dollars ( $5.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each offense. Section 5. Ordinance No . 3, 1915, is hereby repealed. Section 6. In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication, under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter. Introduced, read a t length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of .the City Council this loth day of January, A.D. 1925. 47 Commissioner of rety and Abc-Officio Mayor. A TTES^1: City C erk. STATE OF COLORADO ) ) SS. COUNTY OF LARIMER ) I, A. J. Rosenow, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance, consisting of six (6) sections , was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the loth day of January, A.D. 1925, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express- Courier, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the Council, as an emergency ordinance, in accord- ance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article Iv, of the City Charter; and thereafter, on to-wit, the /40 day x'y:o f Januarys A.D. 1925, said Ordinance No. was duly published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily news- paper published in the City of F®tt Collins. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have heret}nto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this day of January, A.D. 1925. City _Cler . -3-