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initial certification. These are minimum requirements; therefore, efforts should be made toward improving fire protection through equipment purchases and water supply development. All equipment specified'shall be kept in good condition and operative at all times. Primary pumpers shall be subjected to an annual service test as prescribed by the 1SO and records of the test filed with the fire marshal. (e) Each department shall carry liability insurance on its personnel and equipment, leaving the county free from any responsibility for damages or claims resulting from the activities of its fire fighters or from the operation of its equipment. Each fire department shall also carry workmen's compensation insurance on its active members in order to provide those members with the benefits of the Workmen's Compensation Act. A certificate-of insurance for each department shall be on file at the fire marshal's office. (f) The fire department ~hall carry out an organized training program which shall provide a minimum of thirty-six (36) hours per year training. The training program shall include the training' and qualifying of apparatus drivers. Written ~ecorda shall be kept on all drills and include subject taught, instructor, hours, and members attending. (g) The fire chief for each department is responsible for stressing "safety" throughout the department and all phases of the department's activities. Emphasis shall be placed on safe driving of department owned apparatus and the fire fighter's personal automobile to emergencies, as well as on safe practices while fightinE a fire. Only qualified drivers shall drive the'fire apparatus and the names of qualified drivers shall be posted in the fire station and furnished to the membership of the department. Drivers shall operate apparatus with caution at all times and allow no one but active fire fighters to ride the apparatus when it is on call to a fire or other emergency. (h) The senior fire officer w/thin whose area a fire emergency occurs is the authority on the fire scene or when a fire occurs outside ~ recognized fire district the senior fire officer of the first arriving department shall be the authority. Each fire department shall respohd to the call of the fire marshal who shall have the authority to coordinate the activities of responding fire departments at the fire emergency. (i) The senior fire officer responsible for the fire emergency shall make a full investigation of each fire to determine, if possible, the cause of the fire. A report of the findings of this investigation shall be forwarded to the fire marshal within thirty (30) days of the fire on forms supplied by the fire marshal. If evidence shows the fire may be incendiary or if persons are injured or killed, the fire marshal and other necessary state and local officials shall be notified immediately. (J) The department shall furnish to the Board of County Commissioners an independent audit of receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year conducted by an accountant certified by the State of North Carolina. This audit, including a financial statement for the previous -3-