§ 170. Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts. 1. The town board of any town or, if the proposed district or extension includes territory in more than one town, the town boards of each of the towns in which such proposed district or extension is situated, acting jointly by a […]
§ 171. Petition and hearing. 1. A petition to establish or extend a fire, fire alarm or fire protection district pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred seventy of this article shall be signed, and acknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, or authenticated in the manner provided […]
§ 172-a. Alteration of boundaries of fire districts. 1. Irrespective of the manner of their original establishment, whenever two or more fire districts adjoin and the boards of fire commissioners of each fire district affected have agreed by a written memorandum of proposed change to alter the boundaries of such fire districts, but not in […]
§ 172-c. Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district. The town board of a town in which any fire protection district has been established, or if established in two or more towns, the town boards of such towns acting jointly by a majority vote of the members of each of such town boards, upon petition […]
§ 172-e. Change of name of fire district. The name of a fire district may be changed upon a resolution of the board of fire commissioners of such fire district after a public hearing thereon. Such public hearing shall be held prior to the first day of September in any year. The notice of such […]
§ 172-f. Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district boundaries. 1. Irrespective of the manner of its original establishment, whenever a board of fire commissioners resolves, by a two-thirds vote, to diminish the boundaries of such fire district, so as to exclude territory previously situate within such fire district, and after a public hearing […]
§ 172-g. Filing of determination. 1. Whenever the board of fire commissioners and the town board shall adopt a resolution diminishing the area of a fire district and including such area in a fire protection district, the town clerk shall cause a certified copy of such resolution to be duly recorded in the office of […]
§ 173. Filing of determination. 1. Whenever the town board or boards shall adopt a resolution establishing or extending a fire alarm district or a fire protection district, or consolidating two or more adjoining fire districts or fire protection districts, or altering the boundaries of a fire district or fire protection district, or dissolving a […]
§ 174. Fire district officers. 1. Whenever a fire district shall be established, within ten days thereafter the town board of the town in which such district is located or, in the case of a district including territory in two or more towns, the town boards of such towns acting jointly by a majority vote […]
§ 175. Election of fire district officers. 1. An annual election shall be held in each fire district on the second Tuesday in December, except that in the Ocean Bay Park fire district, the Lonelyville fire district, the Davis Park fire district, the Cherry Grove fire district, the Fair Harbor fire district and the Fire […]
§ 175-a. Registration for voters. 1. The board of fire commissioners of any fire district may provide by resolution, that a proposition be submitted at any annual fire district election providing that additional personal registration of voters not registered with the board of elections shall be permitted for all elections in such fire district. Such […]
§ 175-b. Absentee ballots for fire district elections; special provisions. 1. The board of fire commissioners of any fire district in which officers are elected, may, by resolution, provide for absentee ballots for fire district elections, in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such resolution shall take effect at the first such election held […]
§ 175-c. Notice of hearings and elections. 1. In addition to any other notice or posting requirement, every fire district secretary shall cause a notice of any upcoming hearing or election to be posted on the fire district website, if one exists. Such notice shall be posted for at least fifteen days prior to such […]
§ 176. Powers and duties of fire district commissioners. Subject to law and the provisions of this chapter, the fire district commissioners of every fire district shall constitute and be known as the board of fire commissioners of such fire district. Such board of fire commissioners 1. Shall elect one of their members as chairman […]
§ 176-a. Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of fire district. 1. The chief shall, under the direction of the board of fire commissioners, have exclusive control of the members of the fire department of the fire district at all fires, inspections, reviews and other occasions when the fire department is on […]
§ 176-b. Volunteer members of fire district fire companies. 1. The volunteer members of a fire company shall be elected and appointed as provided in this section. 2. The board of fire commissioners shall appoint residents of the fire district as the volunteer members of any newly organized fire company. Thereafter, the fire company may […]
§ 176-c. Removal of fire commissioners. Any fire commissioner may be removed for dereliction of duty. Dereliction of duty shall include, but not be limited to, excessive unexcused absences from regularly scheduled meetings. These criteria for removal are in addition to the criteria provided in section thirty-six of the public officers law. Any removal pursuant […]
§ 176-d. Funding of fire districts. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a fire district may include as part of its budget an appropriation to fund an annual firefighters’ inspection-dinner for each fire company within the fire district.
§ 176-e. Training requirements for fire commissioners. Each fire commissioner shall attend and successfully complete a commissioner-specific state-approved training course within two hundred seventy days of the taking of such office. The course will contain training related to legal, fiduciary, financial, procurement, and ethical responsibilities and such other disciplines as may be prescribed by the […]
§ 177. Powers and duties of fire district treasurer. The fire district treasurer shall be the fiscal officer of the fire district and shall receive and have the custody of the funds of the district and shall disburse the same for the purposes herein authorized when so ordered by resolution of the board of fire […]
