7-33-4104. Duties of chief and assistant chief of fire department. (1) The chief of the fire department has sole command and control over all persons connected with the fire department of the city or town and has full power and authority over its organization, government, and discipline. The chief may establish disciplinary rules that the chief considers advisable, subject to the approval of the city or town council. The chief has charge of and is responsible for the engines and other apparatus and the property of the town or city furnished to the fire department and shall see that they are at all times ready for use in the extinguishing of fires.
(2) The assistant chief of the fire department shall aid the chief in the work of the department and in the chief's absence shall perform the chief's duties.
History: En. Sec. 6, p. 75, L. 1899; re-en. Sec. 3331, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5114, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5114, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1906; amd. Sec. 726, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 41. Municipal Fire Departments
7-33-4101. Fire protection services
7-33-4102. Applicability of part
7-33-4103. Composition of fire department
7-33-4104. Duties of chief and assistant chief of fire department
7-33-4105. Appointment of chief engineer of fire department
7-33-4106. Appointment of firefighters
7-33-4107. Qualifications of firefighters
7-33-4108. Physical examination
7-33-4110. Volunteer companies not affected
7-33-4112. Mutual aid agreements -- request if no agreement exists -- definitions
7-33-4113. Personnel of fire department not considered municipal officers
7-33-4116. through 7-33-4120 reserved
7-33-4121. Rules governing employment in fire departments
7-33-4122. Term of appointment of firefighters -- probationary period
7-33-4123. Authority to suspend firefighters
7-33-4124. Suspension procedure
7-33-4125. Reduction and subsequent increase in number of firefighters based on seniority
7-33-4127. Compensation of fire department personnel
7-33-4128. Minimum wages of firefighters in cities of first and second class
7-33-4130. Group insurance for firefighters -- funding
7-33-4131. Firefighter's rights in event of city-county consolidation
7-33-4133. Payment of partial salary to firefighter injured in performance of duty