(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the city council shall establish fire departments and provide them with proper engines and such other equipment as shall be necessary to extinguish fires and preserve the property of the city and of the inhabitants from conflagration. (2) In lieu of establishing its own […]
(a) (1) In order to prevent the destruction by fire of property located outside the corporate limits of cities and towns and in order to lessen the loss caused on account of insufficient means to combat fires and as a protection against such loss, the city council or other governing body of any city or […]
(a) (1) The uniformed force of the fire department shall be divided into two (2) platoons, the officers and members assigned to which shall alternate on tours of duty at intervals of not more than fifteen (15) days. (2) (A) The chief of the department shall arrange the working hours of the employees of the […]
(a) All firefighters employed by cities of the first or second class or incorporated towns shall be compensated for all legal holidays established by the governing body of the municipality. (b) This compensation shall be based on the firefighter’s daily rate of pay and in addition to the regular pay schedule. (c) This compensation may […]
The chief of the fire department shall so arrange that each employee shall be granted an annual vacation of not less than fifteen (15) days with full pay.
(a) (1) (A) From and after April 11, 1969, all firefighters employed by cities of the first class and cities of the second class shall accumulate sick leave in accordance with a municipal ordinance at the rate of not less than ten (10) working days nor more than twenty (20) working days per year, beginning […]
Cities of the second class may reimburse a firefighter for replacement of personal clothing destroyed during the performance of active service to a fire department.
Cities of the second class may establish through ordinance a bonus compensation plan for firefighters eligible for retirement under the Firemen’s Pension and Relief Fund Act, § 24-11-801 et seq., or under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Act, § 24-10-101 et seq., to encourage their continued service to the fire department.
(a) For purposes of this section, “municipal fire marshal” means a person who holds a full-time office or position of fire marshal created by ordinance in a city of the first class, and who: (1) Is responsible for the detection and prevention of arson, the enforcement of laws relating to arson and other burning, and […]
