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ORDINANCE NO ~C, 7 /
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW CHAPTER 15A OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ESTABLISHING THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRO-
VIDING PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE DAMAGE TO THE LIVES AND
PROPERT Y OF THE CITIZENS OF FORT WORTH DEFINING ITS
FUNCTIONS PROVIDING FOR A CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
DEFINING THE POW ERS RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE DUTIES OF
THAT OFFICE AND PROVIDING FOR THE SELECTION OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND THEIR INVESTITURE AS FIREFIGHT-
ERS PROVIDING FOR A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE
OF PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN CONFLICT PROVIDING A SEVERA-
BILIT Y CLAUSE AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS on April 4 19$1 a majority of the electorate of the
City of Fort Worth voting in a Charter Amendment election found
and determined that the provisions of Chapter XII Fire Department
of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth should be repealed and a
new chapter substituted therefor to read as follows
The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the es-
tablishment and regulation of a Fire Department
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
TEXAS
SECTION 1
That a new chapter designated Chapter 15A of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth shall be and the same is hereby established
and Article 1 of the Chapter 15A shall read and be as follows
Article 1 Fire Department
Sec 15A-1 Established A Fire Department is
hereby established charged with responsibility to provide
the highest level of protection against fire damage to
lives and property of the citizens of Fort Worth The
Department shall also provide continuous service in the
areas of fire prevention fire control field management
of hazardous materials emergency medical service and
related public education functions and shall enforce all
municipal ordinances and laws state and federal with
whose enforcement it is charged
Sec 15A-2 Office of Fire Chief The Fire De-
partment shall be administered the Fire Chief who shall
be designated by the City Manager and confirmed by the
City Council The Fire Chief shall be responsible for the
proper administration and operation of the Fire Depart-
ment subject to the supervision of the City Manager and
subject to all regulations policies and ordinances of the
City of Fort Worth and the Fire Chief shall promulgate
all rules regulations and orders for the governing of the
Fire Department The Fire Chief will have exclusive con-
trol of the stationing transfer and work scheduling of
all firefighters and other officers and employees of the
Fire Department in accordance with Civil Service law and
City of Fort Worth rules and regulations The Fire Chief
shall have the exclusive right to discipline any of the
officers or employees of the Department in accordance with
Vernons Texas Civil Statutes Ar t 1.269m as amended City
of Fort Worth Rules and Regulations and Fire Department
rules and regulations and orders The Fire Chief shall
have the power to negotiate agreements with other govern-
mental subdivisions for mutual aid in fire protection
subject to the approval of the City Manager
Sec 15A-3 Members to be selected in accordance
with Civil Service regulations exception of Chief
appointment of additional firefighters and officers in
times of emergency The members of the Fire Department
other than the Fire Chief shall be selected in accordance
with Vernons Texas Civil Statutes Art 1269m as amended
and in accordance with such rules and r egulation as the
Civil Service Commission may prescribe provided that in
case of an emergency the City Manager or the Fire Chief
may appoint additional firefighters and officers for
temporary service who will not be considered as regular
employees of the department Each member of the Fire
Department shall be issued a warrant of appointment as a
commission according to the rules and regulations of the
City of Fort Worth and state law and shall b efore enter-
ing into service subscr ibe to an oath of office
Sec 15A-4 Bureau of Fire Pr evention enforcement
of the Fire Code The Fire Chief shall appoint a Deputy
Chief to serve as Deputy Chief in charge of the Bureau of
Fire Prevention and such other members of the bureau from
the ranks of the fire department Such Deputy Chief and
other officers shall serve without additional compensa-
tion The members of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall
be empowered to enforce the provisions of the Fire Code
Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth and to
issue such permits as are required by the Fire Code and
to issue citations for violations of the Fire Code and to
conduct other investigatory functions as specified in the
Fire Code
SECTION 2
This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provision
of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only insofar as
any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in con-
flict and as to all other ordinances or provisions of the Fort
Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith this ordinance
shall be and is hereby made cumulative
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SECTION 3
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections paragraphs sentences clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable and if any phrase clause sentence
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu-
tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases clauses sentences paragraphs or sections of
this ordinance since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase clause sentence paragraph or section
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall b e in full force and effect from and after
the date of its passage and it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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On April 4 1981 a majority of the electorate of the City of Fort Worth
voting in a Charter Amendment Election determined that the provisions of
Chapter XIT Fire Department of the City Charter should be repealed The
electorate-also determined that the City Council shall provide by
ordinance-for the establishment and regulation of a Fire Department
To comply Frith that requirement the attached ordinance was drafted by the
Fire Depar-tment After review and approval by the Office of Management
Services -the draft ordinance was submitted to the appropriate Assistant
City Manager for further approval The Departrent of Law has reviewed the
proposed ordinance for proper form and legal compliance
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Couuncil adopt the attached ordinance esta-
blishing and regulating the Fire Department
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Attachment
APPROVED BY
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DEPARTMENT HEAD: Wade Adkins CITY 'SECRETARY
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