0443 Fire Department DutiesORDINANCE NO. 443
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY;
REAFFIRMING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OKEECHOBEE CITY FIRE
• DEPARTMENT; RECOGNIZING BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRE DISTRICT;
PROVIDING FOR THE FIGHTING OF FIRES WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICT;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is heAeby a~~ tcmed that one o{ the px many tupons,ibZ tiez
o6 the goveAnment o6 the City o6 Okeechobee, Ftoxida is to pnov.ide 6otc the
pnoteetion o6 ti6e and pnopetcty.
SECTION 2. Fan the punpozes stated in Section 1, the city a~6 tcmz a bite
d ztn.Let exists which emeompazz ez the em iA.e .ineonponated t imitz o6 the City
o6 Okeechobee and within this bite disttiet, the city accepts it's tespons ibit ty
bon the protect ion o j t i.6e and ptcopeActy $nom 6itez on other such eon4tagnationz.
SECTION 3. The Okeechobee City Fixe Depaxtment, which has been ongavi ized and
operating ion oven seven decades is neeogn.ized as the ~ite6.ighting arm oA the
City of Okeechobee and as the tote taw6ue depatitment authon,i..zed to attack and
sight ~ixe~s and other such con6tagnati.onz within the 6 tc.e d.isttr is t herein
neeogn.ized zublect to such written mutual aid agreements, as may be authon.ized
by the City Councit.
SECTION 4. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
Int,toduced arty on 6ix6t nead.ing this 13th day o6
On?nbe , 1981.
Mayon
ATTEST:
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City CZenk.
Introduced and pasted on second and 4.inat nead.ing this 27th day o4
Oc tobeA 1981.
Mayon
ATTEST•
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