Duties of volunteer firefighters of combination fire department.

1. Law
2. Oklahoma Statutes
3. Cities and Towns
4. Duties of volunteer firefighters of combination fire department.

Volunteer firefighters of a combination fire department shall:

1. Be required, when notified, to respond to alarms of fire and other emergencies;

2. Be required to be present at all regular meetings, call meetings and schools presented for the benefit of the firefighters;

3. Be dropped from a fire department’s rolls if such volunteer firefighter has two unexcused absences in succession or three unexcused absences in a period of three (3) months;

4. Notify the chief if such volunteer firefighter is leaving the municipality for an extended period of time;

5. Be expelled from the rolls if such volunteer firefighter refuses to attend training classes provided for him or her;

6. Be expelled from the rolls for the following offenses:

• a.conduct unbecoming of a firefighter,
• b.any act of insubordination,
• c.neglect of duty,
• d.any violation of rules and regulations governing the fire department, or
• e.conviction of a felony; and

7. Reside in the same county as the combination fire department he or she is enrolled in or in a county that immediately borders the county in which the combination fire department is located.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 460, § 5, eff. July 1, 2003.

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