HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 183-1935 O INANCE No. / F
~ 0~~E E~LI~ING A FI~ D~AR~
FOR THE C I~ 0F ~U~ $~ F~CISCO ~ ~~-
lNG 0~~CE N0. 36 0F T~ G~Y 0F $~ ~
F~CI~0 ~I~ "~ 0~I~;CE E~A~I~ING A
HRE D~~ E ~D FOR T~ CITY 0F SO~H S~
F~CISCO", P~SED AU~ST 22nd, 1910.
The City Co,~cil of the City of ~uth S~ Francosco do
ordain aa follews:
~ection 1. A fire department is hereby established
~d for the City of ~outh ~ Fr~cisco, to be ~own as the ~uth
San Fr~cisco Fire Department.
Section ~. The offices of ~hlef engineer, first asaist-
~t chief engineer and second chief engineer are hereby created.
:~ctlon ~. The ~uth S~ Francisco fire department
shall consist of a chief engineer, first assistant chief engineer,
second assistant chief engineer and such n~ber of firemen as
City Co~ll ~all, from ti~ to time, dete~ine. ~ld ohief .engineer,
fir~ asaist~t chief engineer, second assistant chief engineer
firemen shall receive, for their semites, such compensation as
said City Co~cil a~ll, from ti~ to tl~ prescribe.
~ction 4. The office~s of said department sh~l be a
chief engineer, a first assistant chief engineer, a second assist-
~t chief engineer ~d such other officers, inferior to
such engineers, as said City 0o~cil ~y, by resolution, authorize.
~1 officers of said ~epartment shall hold their re~ectlve offfioes
d~ the pleasure of said City Co~cll.
Seotion 5. No person shall be eligible to ~y position
in said department who is not a citizen of the United States
has not been a resident of this city at least one year, nor who
~der twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of his appointment.
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Section 6. In the absence or inability of the chief
engineer to act, the first assistant chief engineer shall assume
and perform the dutiem of the office of chief engineer, and in the
absence of the chief engineer and the first assistant chief engineer,
the second sssimtant chief engineer shall assume and perform the
duties of the office of chief engineer.
Section ?. There shall be two classes of firemen in
said city. The first class shall consist of much men as shall be
regularly employed by said city to render full time service in
said fire department, and the second class shall consist of men
appointed to render service in said department at *such times ss
service shall be called for under such rules as said ~ity Oouncil
may hereafter adopt.
Section 8. ~embers of th*e first class of firemen shall
be appointed hy said ~ity ~ouncil.
Section 9. 'l*he members of the second class of firemen
shall be appointed by the chief engineer 'of the fire dep~rtment,.
subject to confirmation by said ~ity uouncll, and shall work under
his direction, They may be suspended by the chief engineer of
the fire department for such cause as he may'deem proper. They
may be removed from the fire department by said ~ity ~ouncil after
such suspension, if such removal is deemed advisable by said ~lty
Council.
Section 10. Except in attending grass fires, members
of the second class of firemen shall receive no compensation, unless
the hose is actually pulled off the fire truck which they may attend
for service in extinguishing fires. They shall receive no pay-
ment for attending false alarms or for attending fire drills or
schools of instruction in fire department practice.
Section ll. The ~ity ~ounciI may adopt, by resolution,
such rules and regulations for the government of the fire department
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es shall be deemed necessary, from time to time, and may, by resolu-
tion, alter such rules and regulations whenever a change in the same
may become advisable.
Section l~.. The chief engineer must inquire into the
cause of every fire occurring in the city end keep a record thereof.
He must aid in the enforcement of all fire ordinances of the city~
examine buildings in process of erection, report to said city council
violations of ordinances relating to the prevention or extinguishment
of fires and, when directed by the Gity Council, institute prosecu-
tions therefor, and perform such other duties as may be required of
him by resolution or otherwise, from time to time, by sal~ city Council,
or which shall be imposed upon him by law. Be shall have control and
commend of all operations at fires and of the officers and men of the
department. He shall have authority to blockade any street in front
of or near any fire and prohibit the passage thereover of any vehicle
or any person or persons, other than a peace officer, or members of
said department. Ail members and officers of the department shall
obey his orders. The chief engineer shall have charge, subject to
the orders of the City Council, of all property of the department. He
shall render a monthly report to the City Co,mucil on the first day of
each month, giving a list of all fires occurring during the preceding
month, with the amount of damage, amd the cause thereof, ~if known.
Section 13. Ordinance No. 36 of the city of South ~an Fran-
cisco entitled "An ordinance establishing a fire department in and for
the Oity of South Ban Francisco", passed August 22, 1910, is hereby
repealed.
Section 14. This ordinance shall be published once in
"The Enterprise and The South Sen ffrancisco Journal", a weekly
newspaper printed and published.in' the City of South Ban ffrancisco,
and shall ta~e effect and be in force from and after the expiration
of thirty (30) days after its passage.
Introduced this ~/~ day of February, 1935.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the Oity of South
San ~rancisco at a regular meeting of the 0ity 0ouncll of said City
held on the /~day of ffebru~, 1935, by the following vote:
N~s, Co~cllmen ~
A~nt, Go~cilmen ~~~
Attest:
City