Section 420.20 — Prohibition Of Service By Minors As Volunteer Firefighters.
420.20 PROHIBITION OF SERVICE BY MINORS AS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. It is unlawful for any municipality or independent nonprofit firefighting corporation to employ a minor to serve as a firefighter or to permit a minor to serve in any capacity performing any firefighting duties with a fire department, except for members of a youth, civic, or […]
Section 420.02 — Adoption Of Accepting Ordinance.
420.02 ADOPTION OF ACCEPTING ORDINANCE. Any city or statutory city in the class mentioned in section 420.01 which may wish to avail itself of the provisions of this chapter, shall do so by an ordinance expressly accepting the provisions hereof. The ordinance shall be adopted in the same manner as other nonemergency ordinances, but at […]
Section 420.03 — Membership; Duties; Terms.
420.03 MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES; TERMS. Except in a city having a combined police and firefighters’ civil service commission, the commission shall consist of three members who are citizens of the state and resident of such city, and shall be appointed by the council of the city, and when first created one commissioner shall be appointed for […]
Section 420.04 — Meetings.
420.04 MEETINGS. The commission shall first meet immediately after its appointment and select from its members a secretary who shall serve until a successor is elected. The commission shall, from time to time, fix the times of its meetings, and adopt, amend, and alter rules for its procedure. All records must be kept at the […]
Section 420.05 — Members To Serve Without Pay.
420.05 MEMBERS TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY. Each commissioner shall serve without pay but the council may allow the secretary such compensation, not exceeding $100 per year, as it shall deem commensurate with the additional services rendered. The council shall pay from the municipal treasury all expenses incurred by the commission in connection with the performance […]
Section 420.06 — Powers And Duties.
420.06 POWERS AND DUTIES. The commission shall have absolute control and supervision over the employment, promotion, discharge, and suspension of all officers and employees of the fire department of such city and these powers shall extend to and include the chief and assistant chief of such, and all inspectors, fire wardens, electricians, engineers, auto mechanics, […]
Section 420.01 — Creation.
420.01 CREATION. There may be created in every city, except cities of the first class, and in statutory cities having a population of 2,000 or more, and having a fire department consisting of two or more regularly employed and paid firefighters, a firefighter’s civil service commission with powers and duties as hereinafter provided. History: (1933-23) […]