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ORDINANCE N0. 10-84
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-18 OF THE REVISED
ORDINANCES OF BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, PERTAINING TO THE
FIRE CHIEF AND HIS DUTIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY
OF BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, THAT SECTION 14-18 OF THE
REVISED ORDINANCES OF BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, BE AND THE
SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
Section 14-18. The full time chief shall be the execu-
tive head of the fire department and shall serve as the fire
marshal for the City. He shall be appointed by the City
Commission. The fire chief shall also be the head of the
bureau of fire prevention of the city and shall have full
authority to execute all laws, ordinances and rules relating
to fire prevention, fire fighting and the fire department of
the city. He shall be responsible for the training and
discipline of inembers of the department and for the organi-
zation thereof as an effective fire fighting unit; he shall
keep records of all fires and fire calls, determine the
cause of all fires and report the same monthly in writing to
the police and fire commissioner; he shall be responsible
for compliance by the fire department and members thereof
with all the laws , ordinances and rules established by the
city commission and for directions received from the police
and fire commissioner relating to the fire department. The
fire chief shall be selected based on his training,
experience, executive and administrative qualifications and
overall merit and fitness . The choice of a fire chief shall
not be limited to inhabitants of the city or the state but
he shall be a citizen of the United States . If the qualifi-
cations of the candidates for the position of fire chief are
equal, the city commission shall give a preference to appli-
cants who have served on the City of Brookings Fire
Department .
FIRST READING: May 8 , 1984
SECOND READING: May 15, 1984
PASSED � APPROVED: May 15� 1984
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