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Y r ORDINANCE 2010-443 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING HUGO CITY CODE, CHAPTER 34, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION THE CITY OF HUGOrORDAINS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby repeal Chapter 34 in its entirety and replaced with the following: Chapter 34 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION Sec. 34-1. Administration (a) Establishment of Fire Department. There is hereby established in this city a fire department consisting of a fire chief, two assistant chiefs and a number of firefighters as determined by the city council, including such firefighters as shall be paid on a fulltime basis at such compensation as the city council may see fit. A fire chief and two assistant fire chiefs shall be appointed by action of the city council, and each shall serve at the discretion of the city council until a successor is duly appointed. All firefighters shall be hired by the city council, as part-time, on-call employees of the city, and shall be subject to requirements established from time to time by the city council, pertaining to physical condition, training, duties, and such other matters as may be required for the lawful and safe operation of the fire department. (b) Duties of fire chief. The chief shall have control at all times over all of the firefighting apparatus, equipment, firefighters, and quarters used by the fire department. The chief shall be responsible for the care and condition of the apparatus, equipment, and quarters, and for the proper training and discipline of the members of the department. The chief shall make a report in January of each year to the city council as to the condition of the equipment and needs of the fire department. The chief may submit additional reports and recommendations at any meeting of the council. (c) Powers of fire chief. The chief shall have the power to compel able-bodied persons to aid in the extinguishing of fires and to raze such buildings in the vicinity of a fire as the chief of the fire department, or in his absence his assistants, may direct for the purpose of preventing the communication to other buildings; to issue permits concerning open burning and the use of fireworks in the city; to authorize fire wardens at all reasonable times to enter into and examine lots, enclosures, and buildings in order to discover whether such as may be dangerous to be put in safe condition; and, generally, to take such measures for the prevention or extinguishment of fires as may be necessary or proper. (d) Records maintained by chief. The chief shall keep on convenient form a complete record of all fires. Such record shall include the time of the alarm, location of fire, cause of fire if known; type of building, estimated value of building and contents, amount of insurance carried and probable damage, members of the department responding to the alarm and such other information as the chief may deem advisable or as may be required from time to time by the city council or state insurance department. (e) Training sessions and drills required. It shall be the duty of the chief to hold at least one monthly practice drill or school of at least one hour's duration for the fire department, and to give the firefighters instruction in approved methods of firefighting and fire prevention.