OR 58-17 Provides for a Volunteer Fire Dept. 5817
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Volunteer Fire Department of
the Town of Coppell, Texas.
S~TION 2: The Volunteer Fire Department of the Town of Coppell,
Texas, shall consist of a Chief and not to exceed twenty-five (28) able-
bodied, active members.
The Mayor of the Town of Coppell, Texas, shall appoint the Chief
by and with the advise and consent of the Town Council.
SECTION 3: The Volunteer Fire Department of the i' own of Coppell,
Texas, shall be the judge of the qualifications of its members and shall
by by-laws provide for the regulation and discipline of its members, and
shall provide for such other officers as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION 4: Whenever any hose of the Fire Department is laid upon
any street or alley for the purpose of being used for the Fire Department,
it shall not be lawful for any kind of vehicle to pass over the same. The
owner or driver of any vehicle who shall drive or cause the same to be
drivem over said hose, shall be deemed guilty of a mesdemeanor punishable
by fine not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars.
SECTION 5: Any person who ahall wilfully delay or prevent any fire-
man from attending any fire or in any manner hinder any fireman, shall be
deemed guilty of an offense, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine
not to exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars.
SECTION 8: Any person who shall wilfully make a false alarm of fire
shall, on conviction, be deemed guilty of an offense punishable by a fine
not to exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars.
SECTION 7: If any person shall, during the continuation of a fire,
in any manner obstruct the work of the firemen or any of them, or shall
conduct himself in a boisterous or disorderly manner, or shall refuse to
obey the officer in command, he shall be deened guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars.
SECTION 8: Every person present at a fire shall be subject to the
order of the Chief and assistants, in extinguishing the fire, and the re-
moval and the protection of property. If any person present at any fire
shall refuae to obey such orders, he shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. Provided, that no person shall be
bound to obey such officer, unless such officer is designated by the
badge of his office.
SECTION 9: It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person not an
active bonafide members of the Volunteer Fire Department of the Town of
Coppell, Texas, to jump on any moving fire apparatus belonging to the
Town, or to ride on the same while in practice, or going to or returning
from a fire·
Any person violating any section of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollarse
The fact that the Town of Coppell, Texas, and its inhabitants, are
in immediate need of the relief afforded by the provisions of this ordinance
creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demanding that any
and all rules requiring ordinances to be passed at more than one meeting
be suspended, and that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its
passage, and it is so ordained.
Ordinance 58-17 was passed and approved by the Town Council
of the Town of Coppell, Texas on June 10, 1958.