The Fire Department of the City shall consist of the Kearny County Fire Department. Any reference in this code to the “Fire Department”, the “City Fire Department”, or the “Lakin Fire Department” shall mean the Kearny County Fire Department. Any reference to any member or officer of a fire department shall mean a member or officer of the Kearny County Fire Department.

(Code 2003, Ord. 831; Code 2018)

The Fire Chief of the City of Lakin, Kansas, shall be the Fire Chief of the Kearny County Fire Department. Any reference in this code to the “Chief”, “Fire Chief”, “Fire Chief of the City”, “City Fire Chief”, “Chief of the Fire Department”, or “Chief of the City Fire Department”, shall mean the Chief of the Kearny County Fire Department.

(Code 1967, 1-224; Ord. 831; Code 2018)

The chief of the fire department shall be responsible for the discipline of members and is hereby given the authority to suspend or expel any member for the refusal to obey orders, or for misconduct or failure to do his or her duty at a fire. The chief shall also have the right to summon any and all persons present to aid in extinguishing a fire or to aid in removing personal property from any building on fire or in danger thereof, and in guarding the same.

(Code 1967, 8-104)

The chief of the fire department shall have full power, control and command over all persons present at fires, and he or she shall direct the use of all fire apparatus and equipment and command all firefighters in the discharge of their duties. He or she shall take such measures as he or she may deem necessary in the preservation and protection of property and the extinguishing of fires.

(Code 1967, 8-105)

The chief of the fire department shall keep in convenient form a complete record of all fires. Such information shall include the time and location, construction of building, owner, occupancy, how extinguished, value of building and contents, loss on building and contents, insurance on building and contents, members responding to the alarm, and any other information deemed advisable.

(Code 1967, 8-106)

It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department to adopt all prudent measures for the prevention of fires and for this purpose he or she or his or her assistant under his or her direction may, upon request or whenever he or she has reason to believe that the safety of life and property demands it, and as often as he or she may deem necessary, enter any building, yard or premises in the city during reasonable hours for the purpose of inspection, and where dangerous, unsafe or hazardous conditions are found to exist, he or she shall give such directions for the alteration, change or removal or better care or management of the same as he or she may deem proper, and such directions shall be obeyed and complied with by the person directed in that regard and at their expense.

(Code 1967, 8-107)

All fire apparatus and equipment is hereby given and granted the exclusive right of way through all streets, avenues, alleys and public thoroughfares in the city while enroute to fires or in response to any alarm of fire, and no persons or persons shall in any manner obstruct or hinder the apparatus as aforesaid.

(Code 1967, 8-109)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any wagon, carriage, automobile, truck, locomotive, railroad car or any other vehicle over any fire hose laid in any street, avenue, alley, bridge or vacant lot: provided that this section shall not apply to any apparatus or vehicle belonging to the fire department.

(Code 1967, 8-110)

No person shall place or cause to be placed upon or about any fire hydrant, any rubbish, building material, fence, or other obstruction of any character whatsoever, in any manner to obstruct, hinder, or delay the fire department in the performance of its duties in case of fire. Nor shall any person hitch or cause to be hitched to any fire hydrant any animal or animals, nor fasten to same any guy rope or brace, nor back or stand any wagon, truck, automobile or other vehicle within 15 feet of any such hydrant.

(Code 1967, 8-111)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make or sound or cause to be made or sounded or by any other mean any false alarm or fire without reasonable cause.

(Code 1967, 8-112)

No person or persons shall use any fire apparatus or equipment for any private purpose, nor shall any person willfully and without authority remove, take away, keep or conceal any tool, appliance or other article used in any way by the fire department.

(Code 1967, 8-113)