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- ORDINANCE No. / 1� <br />-T� <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHNMT <br />OF A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, PROVIDING <br />OFFICERS THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS <br />AND DUTIES, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FIRE <br />PREVENTION.Q0 LIFE SAFETY, AND PRESCRIBING <br />PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana; <br />SECTION 1. <br />CREATION OF BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />A Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department of the City <br />of South Bend is hereby established which shall be operated under the <br />supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department. <br />The Chief of the Fire Department shall designate an officer or <br />member of the Fire Department as Director of the Bureau of Fire Prevention <br />who shall hold this office at the pleasure of the Chief of the Fire Department. <br />The Chief of the Fire Department shall determine the number of <br />Inspectors on said Bureau and shall detail members of the Fire Department <br />to duties on the Bureau. <br />The word Uperson° whenever used in this ordinance shall be construed <br />to include person, persons, firm or corporation. <br />The word "approved" when applied to materials, type of construction <br />and appliances, refers to approval by the Director of the Bureau of Fire <br />Prevention as a result of investigations and tests conducted by him or <br />by reason of accepted principles or tests by the National Board of Fire <br />Underwriters or the Underwriterst Laboratories,_Inc., or the National <br />Bureau of Standards. <br />SECTION 2. <br />DUTIES OF BUREn7J OF FIRE PREVENTION <br />It shall be the duty of the members of the Bureau of Fire Prevention <br />to enforce all laws and ordinances covering the following: <br />1. The prevention of fires. <br />2. The storage and use of explosives and flammables. <br />3. The installation and maintenance of automatic and other <br />private fire alarm systems, and fire extinguishing equipment. <br />lot a 2nd HEADING .3--2 7-,-6'0 <br />THE x(Nllf 4. The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes. <br />DMMTE OF PUBLIC HEARING Al-lo -,S-0 5. The maintenance of protection and the elimination of <br />3rd READING a 6 <br />- � Y 4/ hazards in existing buildings and structures, including those <br />NOT APMYED <br />cong tru tion. <br />NI" y a ee `i a J <br />