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§ 34-30 (4) Notice of an annual meetin shall be given by notice in 1 and as prescribed in the laws, or be a fire departrn~ tablished by a city, town or and operate under the law~ governing such departmen~ (5) Each fire department sh~ chief, an assistant chief, ~ officers and personnel wit]~ 19 firefighters who are elil accordance with G.S. 118. members, their addresses, numbers, .and social securit be given to the fire marsl July I of each year and wi the addition of new memb, (6) All active members of a fir good standing shall have tion, such as a card, badg, identify them as a bona fid~ one other than an active or in good standing shall be ~ this identification in his pc~ (7) Each fire department shall~ 9 or better rating with th~ vides office and shall hav~ equipment as required by t~ ment of insurance for init: These are minimum requi fore, efforts should be made ing fire protection through chases and water supply d equipment specified shall condition and operative a mary pumpers shall be annual service test, as pr. ISO, and records of the te~ with the fire marshal. (8) Each department shah carr ance on its personnel and e, indemnity amount of at leas and further holding the c, from any responsibility for d or expenses resulting from its firefighters or from the equipment. Each fire depar carry worker's compensatio~ Supp. No. 1 CABARRUS COUNTY CODE ~to elect officers cal newspapers ~partment's by- ~nt lawfully es- :anitary district !and provisions (9) 21 have a fire ther necessary a minimum of lble firemen, in i8. A list of all heir telephone numbers must d on or before fin ten days of 's. (10) department in ~me identifica- or car plate to i firefighter. No etired member Llowed to have session. ~aintain a class insurance ser- and maintain state depart- d certification. ~ments; there- oward improv- (11) quipment pur- ~elopment. Ail kept in good iall times. Pri- ~bjected to an ~cribed by the shall be filed liability insur- ~ipment in the $1,000,000.00, mty harmless mages, claims, he activities of Deration of its ~ent shall also Insurance on (12). its active members in order to provide those members with the benefits of the worker's compensation act. A certificate of insurance for each department shall be on file at the fire marshal's office. The fire department shall carry out an organized training program which shall provide a minimum of 36 hours per year training. The training program shall in- clude the training and qualifying of appa- ratus drivers. Written records shall be kept on all drills and include subject taught, instructor, hours, and members attending. The fire chief for each department is re- sponsible for stressing safety throughout the department and all phases of the de- partment activities. Emphasis shall be placed on safe driving of department owned apparatus and the firefighter's personal automobile to emergencies, as well as on safe practices while fighting a fire. Only qualified drivers shall drive the fire appa- ratus. Drivers shall operate apparatus with caution at all times and allow no one but active firefighters to ride the apparatus when it is on call to a fire or other emer- gency. The senior fire officer within whose area a fire emergency occurs is the authority on the fire scene or when a fire occurs outside a recognized fire district the senior fire officer of the first arriving departmen~ shall be the authority. Each fire department shall respond to the call of the fire marshal who shall assist the officer in charge in coordi- nating the activities of the responding fire departments, when requested, at the fire emergency. The senior fire officer responsible for .th~ fire emergency shall make a full investiga- tion of each fire to determine, if possible, the cause of the fire. A report of the find- CD34:4