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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0-97- Z2�,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE TAMARAC CODE,
ENTITLED "FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION", SECTION 7-28
"FIRE CHIEF", BY AMENDING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FIRE
RESCUE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR/FIRE CHIEF; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the responsibilities of the Fire Rescue Department have expanded and
increased; and
WHEREAS, the Tamarac Code the Fire Rescue Department Director/Fire Chief's
responsibilities have expanded and increased along with the department's growth; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac has deemed it to be in the
best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac that the responsibilities
of the Fire Rescue Department Director/Fire Chief be revised to reflect the growth and
expansion of the Fire Rescue Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That the foregoing whereas clauses are hereby ratified and
confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Ordinance
upon adoption hereof.
SECTION 2: Chapter 7 of the Tamarac Code, entitled "Fire Prevention and
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Protection" is amended as follows:
Sec. 7-28. Fire rescue director-- Fire chief.
(a) The Director of the Fire Rescue Department, henceforth also known
as the fire chief shall be appointed by the city manager and shall be subject
to removal by the city manager. The fire chief shall be technically qualified
by training and experience and shall have the ability to command people.
The fire chief shall be held accountable to the city manager only and shall
make written and verbal reports therete as the city manager may require and
direct.
(b)(2) The fire chief shall have command of all fire fighting personnel. The
officers and employees of the fire rescue department shall be under the
directions and control of the fire chief. The fire chief shall determine the
number and kind of companies of which the fire department is to be
composed and shall determine the response of such companies to alarms.
(3) The fire chief shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, any and all
buildings which legally may be inspected, and shall have the right to enter all
buildings and premises at all reasonable hours for the purposes of making
inspections, and to serve written notice upon the owner or occupant thereof,
to abate, within a time specified, any and all fire hazards which may be
found. Any persons so served with a notice to abate a hazard or hazards
shall comply therewith and allow appropriate reins ections to confirm such
compliance. .
(4) The fire chief is empowered to summon to court any and all persons
who may deny him the right of entry at a reasonable hour for the purposes
of making a fire inspection and also to summon to court or the city code
enforcement board any and all persons who have not abated a violation of
a city or state fire code within the time specified in the notice provided or for
repeated violations of the same code section.
(5) The fire chief shall insure response to each reguest for emergency
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assistance. The fire chief shall provide appropriate response based upon the
nature of the emergency. Responses shall be made to all reguests for
emergency medical aid fires hazards disasters and any other calls for
emergency assistance.
(56) The fire chief shall investigate or cause to be investigated any and all
fires and shall file a report of such investigation. The fire chief shall assist
other proper authorities in any investigation of fires.
(67) The fire chief shall compile and record or cause to be compiled and
recorded all statistics and information which may be relevant to the
prevention of fire and suppression of the crime of arson within the city. T-14e
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(:8) The fire chief or his designee shall be on call twenty-four (24) hours
a day
(99) The fire chief shall see that complete records are kept of all fires,
training, emergency medical responses, inspections, apparatus and minor
equipment, personnel and other information about the work of the fire rescue
department.
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SECTION 3: It is the intention of the City Commission and it is hereby
ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Tamarac, Florida, and that the Sections of this
Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word "Ordinance" may be changed
to "Section", "Article" or such other word or phrase in order to accomplish such
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intention. SECTION 4: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, and Resolutions
or parts of Resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions
or applications of this Ordinance that can be given affect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
passage and adoption.
PASSED, FIRST READING this 4 day of 6 crz-&c-1-
PASSED, SECOND READING this ZZ day of
ATTEST:
CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I
hav%approved this
ORDINANCE as to for
11TCHELL S. KR,
CITY ATTORNE
, 1997.
, 1997.
E SCHREIBER, MAYOR
RECORD OF COMMISSI N
MAYOR
SCHREIBER_
DIST 1:
COMM. MCKAYE
DIST 2:
V/M MISHKIN_�_
DIST 3;
COMM. SULTANGi t
DIST 4:
COMM_ROBERTS ..
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