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1480 Fire Prevention(Published in the Salina Livening Journal April , 1909) 10 ORDINANCE NO.",fOe An ordinance relating to the fire department of the cit of Salina the prevention of fires, ravidi penalties for violations hereof, and repealing Ordinancesfimbered 281, 559 and 842. Be it ordained by the Mayor. and 8ounclmen of the city of Salina: -- Section. 1. '?he fire department of the city of Salina shall consist mann of a fire chief and asnregular firemen.as the mayor and council may from time to time deem necessary. Sec. 2. The fire chief shat; to . appointed.. by the mayor and con- firmed by the council, in the manner and form provided by law for the appointment of other city officers, and shall not�,,removed from his office during the term for which he was appointed, except for cause,. and in the manner provided by law and ordinance. He shall take and sub -- scribe an oath and give bond in the.sum of $1,000.00 conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, which bond shall be approved by the .mayor. All other members of said fire department shall be selected and appoiflted ,byr the fire chief by and with the consent and approval of the mayor and W, ft coAncil, and shall remain members of said fire department during good behavior, unless removed therefrom for cause, as hereinafter provided. Sec. 3., The employees of the fire department shall be classified and graded as follows, to -wit: Class 1, to be composed only of employees who have served > or more months continuously as regular members of said department; Class 2, to be composed of members who have served less than., six months pa a Mia rovi ded, that the, shall be considered as belonging to Class 1. And no person shall be 1deem8d eligible to appointment as a member of aid said department until he shall have passed such mental and physical examination as the fire ehief shall require, and shall have demonstrated to the fire chief that he is fully capable of discharging the duties thereof by a trial service of not less than thirty days. Duployees engaged for non -con- tinuous or partial service shall not be attached to either class above named, but shall receive such compensation as shall be agreeed upon at the time of employment, not in excess of that allowed employees of Class 2. Then any employee shall.be absent from duty by permission of the fire chief, or by reason of illness or injuries received, the fire chief may, if deemed necessary after consultation with the mayor and at least two members of the fire committee of the council,* appoint a sub- stitu&e for.such absentee, and such substitute while employed shall, if paid by the city, be rated as of Class Z, except that if such substitute be an es -member. of -40* Class 1 , then and in that event he may be rated and pai# as of the clans to which he had formerly been attached. Sec. 4. The fire chief shall be held responsible for the discipline, good order and proper conduct of the entire fire department, and for the propel care of all fire department stations and all apparatus and prop- erty of the city coming under his control; and shall have power to assign and locate employees of the department as shall*to him seem to best promote the efficiency of the service, and shall establish and en- force such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary, and shall have power to suspend or dismiss any employee of the department for drunkenness, inefficiency, neglect of duty, disobedience of orders, or other good cause; the action so taken to be reported to the mayor. Sec. 5. The fire chief may at his discretion designate and assign to duty from the members of said department an assistant chief, also such for men and assistant foremen for the different fire stations as the efficiency and necessities of the fire service may require, and in the Absence of the chief the employees of the several stations shall yield such obedience to the assistant chief, or foreman, or assistant foreman, as the fire chief might require if present. All employees of the fire department shall, when on duty, wear such badges and uniforms as the fire chief may direct, and shall perform all duties required of them by him, or by his directions, and shall comply with all rules and regula4 tions established by him for the government of said department. Sec. 6. The fire chief shall receive as full compensation for all of his duties and services as such a a salary of twelve hundred. (1,200) dollars per annum; and the other members of said fire depart- ment shall be paid the following salaries, to -wit: Firemen of the first class,, each, per annum, $600,00 firemen of the second class,, each, per annum $540.00;. all to be paid monthly as other bills against said city are presented and'"d paid. Sec. 7. The chief shall have full power, control and command over all persons at fires, and shall station the engine and apparatus, and see to it that all persons belonging to the fire department do the duties required of them by law and ordinance; and it shall be the duty of the chief to direct at all fires all such measures as he shall deem most advisable for the extinguishment of said fire. In the absence of the fire chief the assistant chief or next higher officer in such de -ft partment - shall command and be in control at at such fire; and airy person who shall hinder, obstruct or resist the person so in charge of any fire in the performance of his duties shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and, upon conviction, punished by a fine not exeseding.one hundred dollars. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the fire chief to report to the council all repairs, alterations or improvements that may be needed at any time to any of the fire apparatus or fire stations, and when the same are ordered by the council it shall be his duty to cause the same to be done, and to superintend the same, unless otherdsie ordered. It shall also be his duty to purchase all supplies required for the use of the fire department, after being authorized so to do by the mayor and • .mss e council or the committee on of the couhcil, and to order any repairs that may be heeded on any apparatus or department building, as the said mayor anti ' +council or said committee may direct; and he shall keep an accurate account of all such supplies or repairs, and of all department expenses, and shall report the total - amount of the same to the mayor and council at the close of each fiscal year, and at such other times as may be required. And'all bills and. accounts for expenses incurred for the fire department, including the salaries of all firemen, shall be carefully examined and certified to by him as to their correctness before being presented to the Council for payment. He shall keep or cause to be kept, in a suitable book, a re- cord of all fires that occur, showing the estimated value of the prop- erty placed at risk thereby, together with the supposed cause of each fire and the amount of insurance involved and the loss incurred. He shall also keep suitable. account books showing in a detailed and accu- rate manner the_ entire . expenses and cost of the fixe department, to- gether with a record of all accounts certified by him to'the mayor and council for payment. He shall, also keep a record of all men employed in the department, with the bine so employed; also an inventory book, shoving at all times a list of the property belonging to the city in charge of the fire department, together with any other records that may be necessary to show at any time the workings and conditions of said department; and at the close of each fiscal year he shall make a report to the mayor and council giving a summry of the work done by.h.m and his department and the expenses and general condition of said department. Sec. 9. It shall be ' the duty of . the fire chief. to adopt, in his discretion, all prudent measures for the prevention of fires, and for this purpose he or his assistants may, whenever he has r®$son to believe that the safety of property demands it, and as often as he may deem proper, enter any buildings, yards, or premises in the city and examine the fird places, hearths, chimneys, stoves, pipes, boilers,, furnaces, heating pipes, lighting appliances, or other.apparatus liable to cause fire,also places -where gunpowder, ashes, straw, hay, shavings, oil or other com- bustibles may be deposited, kept or stored, and give such.directions for the alteration, change,.removal,.or better care or manmgement of the same as he may deem proper, and such directions shall be obeyed and complied with by the persons directed,in that regard, and at their expense. Sec. 10• It is hereby made a miedemeanor for any person to throw or depositn any alley or on any lot in the rear of any business build- ing within the' f ire. limits of the city of Salina,, any paper, shavings, litter, trash, old bosee or any other combustible.or inflam- matory nflam-matory material; or for any owner.or occupant of such building or lot to permit any paper, shavings, litter, trash, old boxes or any other combustible or inflammatory material to accummulate or remain in such as) c-- — c� alley upon such 1 and it i hereby e'tko-du f the fire chief and his assistants to diligently watch and inspect the said alloys and lots in the rear of such buildinge.within the fire limits and require the owner or occupants thereof to clear away, remove therefrom or burn all paper, shavings, littera trash, old boxes or other combustible or inflammatiry material, and if such owner or occupant or occupants of such premises shall desire to destroy any such paper or shavings or like material by burning the same, he shall provide himself with a fire« proof receptacle within which to burn the same, mad which shall be built of such material and in such manner as may be satisfactory to the fire chief and shall not be located nearer than twenty feet to any wooden building or structs of any kind; Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. Sec. ll • The firs chief shall have full right and authority to detail and place on $uty,'at his discretion, one or two regular mem. bers of his force within any theater, lyceum, opera house, public hall or other place.of amusement in the city of Salina, where scenery, drop curtains, footlights and necessary stage Fittings are used, during any performance therein, and .shall require every precaution possible to be taken by the owner, manager, lessee, or employes, to prevent fire, and to guard the public from panic; and all persons shall ca*ly with any such requirements made as aforesaid, and the fire chief, or his assist- ant under his direction., when -in the proper discharge of their duties, shall have the right to enter any such theater, lyceum, opera house, public hall or place of amusement at any and all times. Every such theater,, lyceUM, opera house, public hall. or place of amusement within said city shall'be supplied with a sufficient quantity of good, 'service- able hose, with connections for the same with the city's water service, to enable all parts of the stage, scenery or xoom or hall to be reached properly in case of fire, or, in lieu of .such hose, not lees than two chemical hand f ire extinguishers, which shall, be kept properly i harged and in good working order at all times, and in plain view of the au- dience, and said hose shall be kept and maintained at all times effi+ cient, and subject to the approval, of. the fire chief • leo camp stools, loose chairs or`other obstructions shall be allowed in any of the aisles or the lobby daring any performance in any such theater, lyceum, opera house, public hall or place of azMj ement in said city, and all. proprietors, lessees or managers of,such theaters, lyceums, opera houses, public halls of places of amusement shall not permit any person or persons to stand in the aisles, doors or windows of such places while any performance of any kind is -or may be going on therein. Sec.12. ?he fire chief shall also adopt in his discretion such system of examination as he may deem practicable of the following gasses of buildings . . already ereoted- or that may her'eafter�be' eredted within the city as shll render the fire department familiar at-'all''times with the manner of construction and internal arrangement of such buildings, the modes of egress and ingress, and any existing defects, in order that the workings of said department may be facilitated in case of fire, to -wit : School buildings, public halls and theaters, manufacturing es- tablishments, hotels, business houses and .,. warehouse's. Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the fire chief to ascertain and report to the city council.all violations of and non-compliance with his directions, as herein provided, together with the names of the offenders; he shall also have charge of and look to the enforcement of all ordi- nances of the city relating to fire limits or fire precautions. Sec. 14. All firemen, under the direction and control of their proper officers, shall, upon alarm of fire, repair to the place of such fire with the engine and other apparatus under their care, and there work and manage the same under the direction of the chief and his assist- ants, or of the officer having chief control, and shall not remove there- from except by permission of such officer. Sec. 15. The fire department may, under the direction of the chief, or in his absence under the direction of the assistant chief, out down or remove any building, erection or fence for the purpose of checking the progress ofre, every reasonable effort having been made to check the flames by other. means. Sec. 16. At every alarm of fire it shall be the duty of the owners or drivers of all animals, wagons, carriages or other vehicles in any street, avenue or alley, or upon any bridge, upon which the fire chief, or his assistant, is approaching with any vehicle, hose carriage, hook xd and ladder truck or other apparatus belonging to the fire department, to imediately yield the right of way to such officer or apparatus, or to move in such manner as not to obstruct or delay them or either of them on their way to such fire; and all drivers, engineers and conductor of or street railway',;cars, when in fht vicinity of any such fire department vehicle or apparatus, when the same is on its way to or on duty at any fire shall so manage and control such car and the motive power which moves the same as not to obstruct or delay the fire department or any part of it in the discharge of its duties. The drivers of all fire de- partment vehicles and apparatus when answering alarms of fire must cause the gongs upon their apparatus to be sounded upon leaving the station, and when approaching all cross streets and street crossings, and continue the same while enroute to the fire as constantly as the public safety may require. Sec. 17. No person shall place or cause to be placed upon or about any fire hydrant any rubbish, building material, fence or other obstruc- tion of any character whatsoever in any manner to obstruct, hinder or impede the fire department in the performance of its duties in case of a fire in the vicinity of such hydrant; nor shall any person hitch or cause to be hitched to any fire hydrant any animal or animals nor fasten to the same any guy rope or brace, nor back or stand any wagon, dray or other vehicle against any such hydrant. Sec. 18. At all fires the city marshal, assistant marshal and policemen shall act as a fire guard, under the control and direction of the fire chief. It shall be the duty of the fire guard to take charge of all property removed from buildings at fires and deliver the same to the chief, or, in his absence, to store or otherwise protect the same until it is claimed by the owner or owners and upon such claim to deliver J up such property to the owner or owners upon the payment to the chief of all expenses necessarily and actually incurred in and about the care and protection of such property, and for which a receipt shall be given by the chief; and the said fire guard are hereby invested with all ne- cessary authority for the purpose of taking charge and possession of such property; and it shall be the further duty of said fire guard to prevent the hose from being trodden upon, and to keep all idle and suspected persons from the fire and its vicinity, and also to use all proper exertions within their power for the protection of property endangered at fires; and all citizens are hereby enjoined and required to comply with the directions of any of the said fire guards. Sec. 19. Any fireman or other person who at a fire shall refuse to obey the orders or directions given by the officer in charge, or who shall resist or impede any officer or fireman in the proper discharge of his duty, shall, in the absence of a sufficient excuse, be deemed guilty of a misedmeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. Sec. 20. No person shall wilfully and without.proper authority remove, take away, keep or conceal any tool, appliance or other article belonging to any fire apparatus or fire station, or anything used in any way by the fire department, and any person who shall wilfully insure in any manner any hose, fire engine, or other apparatus, or any building containing the same belonging to the city of Salina shall upon convic- tion thereof be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. Sec. 21. No person shall within the city limits boil any pitch, tar, or other inflammable substance of like nature, unless the same be done in an open space not less than twenty-five feet distant from any building or other property that can be endangered thereby, or within a building specially designed for such purpose and a� such distance from any other building as the fire chief shall direct; nor shall any person set on fire within said city limits any hay, straw, paper, shavings, rubbish or other combustible material within twenty-five feet of any 6k'A'-tt�r•'P►'Al Crt., o 4.,t.4-, m, -.-; 0' rn-,J buildingnProvided, That in no case shall any such material be burned upon any avenue,stree or alley within the city paved with bitulithic, or asphalt pavement or wooden blocks. Sec. 22. It shall be lawfi;,j, the chief of the fire de- � partment, or off is i C*il 'c� ' " i` I an company, or for the mayor, to require the ai f i `96'rse nor't am found in the city at the time` a .in conveying any f ire apparat sn to y fire; and if any person shall refuse or neglect"ttr .yz i such demand he shall be liable to pay a fine not eeing twenty-five dollars Sec. 23. Every person at or near a fire who shall conduct himself in a disorderly manner, or neglect or refuse to obey promptly any proper order of the fire chief or his assistant, or who shall resist, obstruct, hinder or abuse any officer of the fire department, or any fireman, in the proper discharge of his duties shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense; and any of the aforesaid officers or any police officer may forthwith arrest without warrant and take to the police station any person so offending. Sec. 24. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provis- ions of this ordinance for which no penalty is hereinbefore named, or who shall refuse or neglect to comply with any directions of the fire __chief_ _or his ,.:.,'-stant given in accordance therewith shall, upon con- viction, be fined not less than or more than one hundred dollars 4 for each offense. Sec. 25. What Ordinance leo. 281, passed and approved June 27, 1879, Ordinance No. 559, passed and approved May 24, 1887, Ordinance leo. 842, passed and approved October 30, 1893, and all ordinance or parts of or- ninances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Sec. 26. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the official city paper. Passed and approved: 1909.