Chapter 6 · Fire

Article 1. Fire Department

Sections 6-101 to 6-107 · 7 sections

6-101 City fire department established.

There is hereby created in this city a volunteer fire department composed of a chief, an assistant chief, and no fewer than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) firemen.

(Code 1988)

6-102 Fire chief.

The mayor by and with the consent of the council shall appoint the chief of the volunteer fire department.

(Code 1988)

6-103 Same; duties.

(a)The chief of the fire department shall, under the direction of the mayor, have and he or she shall be responsible for the proper organization, training, discipline, and functioning of the personnel of the fire department and for the proper care, use, and safety of the equipment and fire apparatus.

(b)The chief shall give notice of the time and place for fire drills, the fire department which shall be at his or her pleasure to call.

(c)It shall be the duty of the chief to keep an accurate record of fire alarms, practice drills, and attendance at the same, and to make all reports required by law of the chief for the fire department.

(Code 1988)

6-104 Assistant fire chief.

(a)The chief of the fire department shall appoint the assistant chief and firemen of the department. (Code 1988)

(b)In the absence of the chief, the assistant chief shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties of the fire chief.

(Code 1988)

6-105 Discharge.

Any subordinate officer or fireman who refuses or neglects to attend any fire or practice drill, without submitting an excuse which is satisfactory to the chief, or who shall neglect or refuse to do his or her duty or to obey the orders of his or her chief or his or her proper commanding officer or who shall leave his or her post of duty while at a fire, without the permission of the fire chief, shall be subject to expulsion from the fire department.

(Code 1988)

6-106 Compensation.

The Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and Firemen of the La Cygne Fire Department shall be paid for attending each fire at a per call rate as set annually in the city’s fee resolution of the Code of the City of La Cygne, Kansas.

The Fire Chief of the La Cygne Fire Department, in addition to payment for attending each fire call, shall receive a monthly salary as set annually in the city’s fee resolution of the Code of the City of La Cygne, Kansas.

(Ord. 1233; Ord. 1304; Ord. 1358; Code 2017; Ord. 1527; Ord. 1545)

6-107 Activity fund deposits.

The city shall make monthly payments of $35.00 for chief and assistant chief of the fire department and $30.00 per fireman in attendance at the monthly fire department meeting/training session to the fire department activity fund.

(Ord. 1358; Code 2017; Ord. 1527)