There shall be a Fire/Emergency Medical Services ("EMS") Department headed by a Fire
Chief. The Fire Chief shall be responsible for fire prevention, fire suppression,
emergency medical services, fire and rescue communications, research and training
activities, and coordination of the volunteer fire companies. The Fire Chief shall
have had at least five years administrative experience in the field of fire prevention,
fire training, or fire suppression. There shall be a Fire Commission which, effective
May 1, 2012 and thereafter, shall be composed of nine residents of the County, appointed
as provided in Section 504 of this Charter. Members of the Fire Commission serving as of May 1, 2012 may serve
until their successors are appointed and have qualified. The Fire Commission shall
review the financial needs and requests for public funds of each volunteer fire company.
It shall formulate annually one capital budget, one capital improvement program, and
one current expense budget for all volunteer fire companies with respect to the expenditure
of public funds, and shall submit said budgets and program, together with appropriate
justification, to the County Executive in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
(Executive Order No. 18-1975; Executive Order 47-1991, CB-17-1994; Executive Order
No. 5-1998, CB-62-1998; Executive Order No. 9-1999, CB-30-1999; CB-40-2001; Executive
Order No. 14-2003, CB-21-2003; Executive Order No. 49-2011, CB-65-2011; Executive
Order No. 7-2012, CB-11-2012)
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