438.05 FIRE MARSHAL. In every city of the first class in the state which does not now have an official in its fire department designated and acting as fire marshal, under the charter of the city, there is hereby created the office of fire marshal and it shall be the duty of the chief of […]
438.06 DUTIES, POWERS, COMPENSATION. It shall be the duty of the fire marshal to examine all property within the city and enforce the ordinances of the city relating to the care of chimneys, the storage and handling of explosives and enforce all other ordinances and laws of the state pertaining to precautions against danger from […]
438.08 MUNICIPALITIES TO FIGHT FIRES OUTSIDE OF LIMITS. The council or any other body of any municipality having control of its fire department may by resolution adopted by a five-sevenths vote authorize its fire department, or any portion thereof, to attend and serve at fires outside of the limits of the municipality either within or […]
438.09 FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY GET COMPENSATED FOR OUTSIDE FIRE. The body or person having control of a municipal fire department shall have authority to contract with other municipalities or private groups for compensation for services rendered in fighting fires as provided in section 438.08. The compensation agreed shall be a legal charge and collectible by […]
438.10 FIREFIGHTERS AT OUTSIDE FIRES ARE IN LINE OF REGULAR DUTIES. All municipal firefighters attending and serving at fires outside of the limits of the municipality as authorized in section 438.08 shall be considered as serving in their regular line of duties as fully as if they were serving within the limits of their own […]
438.11 CITIES; EXPENSES TO CONVENTIONS, PAYMENT. The governing body of any city of this state, however organized, may appropriate such reasonable sums of money as it deems proper to defray the expenses of members of its regularly organized fire department in attending the state convention of the Minnesota State Fire Department Association, the Minnesota State […]
