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 Danbury
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER
 Chapter VI. OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES

  § 6-10. Fire Department.  

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  • The Fire Department shall be responsible for the protection of life and property within the City from fire and for the enforcement of all laws, ordinances and regulations relating to fire prevention and fire safety.

    A.

    The Fire Chief: Powers, Duties and Qualifications. The Mayor shall appoint, and may remove subject to the provisions of section 7-302 of the General Statutes, as amended [C.G.S. § 7-302], a Fire Chief who shall not be subject to the merit system. The Chief shall assign all members of the department to their respective posts, shifts, details and duties; shall make rules and regulations concerning the operation of the Department and the conduct of all officers and employees thereof; and shall be responsible for the efficiency, discipline and good conduct of the department and for the care and custody of all property used by the Department. Disobedience to the lawful orders, rules and regulations of the Chief shall be grounds for dismissal or for other appropriate disciplinary action. The Chief shall have had at least ten (10) years experience in career fire service, at least one-half of which shall have been in an administrative or supervisory capacity. Within six (6) months of appointment, the Fire Chief shall become a resident of the City and remain such while in office. Among the officers of the Fire Department, there shall be a Fire Marshal who shall be answerable to the Fire Chief but whose office shall be a separate one, and who shall be appointed and removed in accordance with, and shall have the duties imposed by the General Statutes, as amended.

    B.

    Volunteer Companies. Nothing in this Charter shall be construed to affect the organization, status or property of the active volunteer fire companies. Whenever paid and volunteer companies are acting together, they shall both be under the command of the ranking officer of the regular Fire Department present at the scene. Whenever fire companies are in training, responding to or working at the scene of a fire or other emergency, they shall be under the command of the ranking officer of the City Fire Department at the scene at the time or the officer in command of the Department at the time.