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 Sayreville Borough
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter III. FIRE DEPARTMENT*

  § 3-8. DUTIES OF CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS.  

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  • The Chief shall have sole command over all persons attached to the Department, and shall direct their operations through their company officers at all fires in order to prevent the destruction of life and property. In all cases of fire, he shall take prompt and efficient measures and use the means of the Department to extinguish them, and he shall also have the sole command over all persons aiding and assisting the Department. The Chief shall also have the power to call out for review and inspection in October each year all persons belonging to the Department.

    The First Assistant Chief and Second Assistant Chief shall aid the Chief in the discharge of his duties, and in the absence or disability of the Chief, the First Assistant Chief shall take command. In the event of the First Assistant Chiefs absence or disability, the Second Assistant Chief shall take command. When so acting, the First and Second Assistant Chiefs shall have all the powers and responsibilities of the Chief.

    In the absence of the Chief and his assistants, the Captain of the company in the district in which the fire occurs shall be in charge.

    It shall be the responsibility of the Chief to examine the fire apparatus at least once each month, and to keep a record of the condition in which he finds the apparatus. He shall, under the direction of the fire committee of the Council, supervise and direct all ordinary and necessary repairs to the fire apparatus.

    It shall be the responsibility of the Chief to keep, or cause to be kept, an accurate record in the books provided for that purpose the names of the officers and members of the Fire Department, showing all appointments, transfers, resignations and removals, the names of the members of each company; the date of the commencement of their terms of service; and any other particulars that may be necessary and proper.

    The Chief shall also keep, or cause to be kept, a record of all alarms of fires within the Borough, their causes, and the description of property damaged or destroyed. At a regular meeting of the Council in December of each year, he shall present a report showing the number of alarms of fire and the number of fires which have occurred during the preceding year; the amount of loss by fire, as nearly as can be ascertained; and the condition of the fire houses and other apparatus, together with an annual inventory of each company's apparatus, equipment and supplies, with recommendations he may deem necessary and proper.

(Ord. #1015, § 3-8; Ord. #327-93, § 1)