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Cross reference(s)--Administration, ch. 2; personnel, ch. 86.
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Sec. 46-26. Service outside city--Fees; appropriation.
(a) The mayor, fire chief or any person duly delegated authority by the fire chief shall be authorized to dispatch fire companies of the city fire department outside the city limits to combat fires.
(b) The person outside the city limits receiving the fire protection services of the city fire department as contained herein shall pay a service charge of $200.00 for the first hour of service or any fraction thereof plus $100.00 per hour for each additional hour or fraction thereof to the city clerk, 50 percent of which shall go into the city's fire fund, 40 percent of which shall go into a fund to draw interest and to be used to help replace dilapidated and worn out equipment of the fire department (such fund to be called the apparatus replacement fund), and the remaining ten percent to be deposited into the city firemen's pension and relief fund.
(c) At the discretion of the fire chief, the service charge may be waived if the property owner receiving services is a dues paid subscriber to the fire department receiving aid from the city fire department.
(Code 1973, § 11-7)
State law reference(s)--Mayor shall have the power to appoint the fire chief, A.C.A. § 14-43-504; council may authorize firefighting beyond city limits, A.C.A. § 14-53-102; costs incurred in extraterritorial firefighting should be recovered, A.C.A. § 14-53-102(b)(1).
Sec. 46-27. Same--Authority to dispatch fire force; restrictions.
(a) The mayor, fire chief or duly delegated authority of the fire chief shall not dispatch a company of the city fire department to any location outside the city limits at such a time as would cause two companies to be outside the city limits simultaneously, except in cases of assistance asked by the fire chief or mayor of another city or by the fire chief of an organized rural fire department.
(b) Any employee of the city fire department answering any fire call or performing any fire protection function outside the city limits shall be considered an agent of the state and acting solely in a governmental capacity.
(Code 1973, § 11-8)
State law reference(s)--Neither city nor an official or firefighter involved in fighting extraterritorial fire liable for damages, A.C.A. § 14-53-102(c)(1).
Sec. 46-28. Key lock box system.
(a) The following structures shall be equipped with a key lock box at or near the main entrance or such other location required by the fire chief:
(1) Commercial or industrial structures protected by an automatic fire alarm system or automatic suppression system, or such structures that are secured in a manner that restricts access by the Springdale Fire Department during an emergency;
(2) All institutional and nursing care facilities.
(b) All newly constructed structures subject to this section shall have the key lock box installed and operational prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy permit. All structures in existence on the effective date of this section and subject to this section shall have one year from the effective date of this section to have a key lock box installed and operational.
(c) The fire chief has designated that the knox box type of key lock box system is to be implemented within the city and shall have the authority to require all structures to use the designated system.
(d) The owner or operator of a structure required to have a key lock box shall, at all times, keep a key in the lock box that will allow for access to the structure.
(e) The fire chief shall be authorized to implement rules and regulations for the use of the lock box system.
(Ord. No. 3291, 2-11-03)
Secs. 46-29--46-50. Reserved.
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