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 Saginaw
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 34. FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
 Article III. FIRE DEPARTMENT

  § 34-83. Fire chief's duties and powers.  

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  • (a)

    It shall be the duty of the fire chief or, if absent, the next ranking officer, and that of his assistants in the order named, to see that the law of the state, and ordinances, orders, rules and regulations as promulgated by the city council and city manager concerning the department and the operation thereof are carried into full force and effect. It will be the duty of such members to enforce the rules and regulations made from time to time to secure discipline in the department.

    (b)

    It shall be the duty of the chief and/or his assistants, in the order named, whenever a fire shall occur in the city to immediately report to the place of such fire and take proper measures for placing apparatus in the most advantageous position. The assistant chief and other officers appointed pursuant to the provisions of this article, upon arrival at a fire, shall immediately report to the chief. In the absence of the fire chief, the first officer to arrive at the fire shall be the person in command. When superior officers arrive at a fire, the officer of the highest rank shall assume sole command of all other officers or members of the department and all other persons who may be present at the fire. Such officer in charge shall take proper measure for extinguishing the fire and protection of property, and for preservation of the laws of the state and ordinances and other rules and regulations of the city regarding fires.

    (c)

    Whenever any building in the city is on fire, it shall be lawful for the chief, or his assistant or acting chief, with the concurrence of the city manager, to direct such building, or other building, edifice, fence or fences, which they may deem hazardous or likely to catch fire and communicate to other buildings, to be torn down or blown up or otherwise destroyed for the purpose of checking or otherwise extinguishing such fire. The city council or any individual member thereof, the fire chief, or any member of the department, shall not in any way be held responsible for the damaging of property or the destruction thereof that may occur by reason of the attempt of the department to extinguish such fire.

(Code 1987, § 7-53)