Michigan Compiled Laws 215-1895-xxix Chapter XXIX Fire Department. (109.1...109.12)
- Section 109.1 Fire Protection; Ordinances And Regulations; Fire Department, Establishment.
The council of any city shall have power to enact such ordinances and establish and enforce such regulations as they shall deem necessary to...
- Section 109.2 Fire Equipment; Water Supply.
The council may purchase and provide suitable fire engines and such other apparatus, instruments and means for the use of the department as may...
- Section 109.3 Fire Houses.
The council may also provide or erect all necessary and suitable buildings for keeping the engines, carriages, teams and fire apparatus of the department....
- Section 109.4 Fire Chief; Duties; Assistants.
The engineer of the fire department shall be the chief of the department, and, subject to the direction of the mayor, shall have the...
- Section 109.5 Fire Chief; Power To Command Aid At Fire; Refusal, Penalty.
The chief of the fire department, or other officer acting as such, may command any person present at a fire to aid in the...
- Section 109.6 Fire Wardens; Appointment, Duties.
The council may provide by ordinance for the appointment of, and may appoint, such number of fire wardens as may be deemed necessary; and...
- Section 109.7 Fire Ordinances; Limits On Wooden Structures, Construction, Regulation; Escapes.
The council may prescribe by ordinance, from time to time, limits of districts within the city within which wooden buildings and structures shall not...
- Section 109.8 Trades Within Certain Districts Prohibited; Combustibles, Regulation.
The council may also prohibit within such places or districts as they shall deem expedient, the location of shops; the prosecution of any trade...
- Section 109.9 Prohibited Structure; Nuisance, Abatement.
Every building or structure which may be erected, placed, enlarged, repaired or kept, in violation of any ordinance or regulation made for the prevention...
- Section 109.10 Compensation Of Officers, Fire Fighters, And Employees; Compensation For Injuries.
The officers, fire fighters, and employees of the department shall receive compensation as the council may provide. The council may provide suitable compensation for...
- Section 109.11 Destruction Of Buildings At Fires; Damages, Settlement; Jury Trial.
The engineer in charge of the department at any fire, with the concurrence of the mayor or any 2 aldermen, may cause any building...
- Section 109.12 Harbor Fire Ordinances.
The council of any city located upon any of the navigable waters of the state may, by ordinance, prescribe such regulations to be observed...
Last modified: October 10, 2016