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Title 7 : Fire Protection and Fireworks
Chapter 3 : Fire Department

7-309 : Pumper trucks prohibited from connecting to restrictive fire hydrants.

  1. The Jefferson City Fire Department is prohibited from connecting to restrictive fire hydrants--hydrants which cannot produce 500 gpm at 20 psi.
  2. Volunteer fire departments which serve an area outside the city, where fire hydrants are located on Jefferson City water lines, shall submit written statements to the city manager indicating that they understand this ordinance or policy and agree not to connect a pumper truck to those hydrants which cannot produce 500 gpm at 20 psi residual pressure.
  3. In those areas outside the city where volunteer fire departments fail to sign a statement agreeing not to connect a pumper truck to the fire hydrants reference in (2) above, the city manager is authorized and directed to remove the fire hydrants and notify local and area insurance offices that the hydrants have been removed.

  4. Tanker trucks may connect to restrictive fire hydrants where they can take water by gravity flow without pumping from the fire hydrant. Pumper trucks that are modified so that water flows from the fire hydrant by gravity

    flow into the water tank on a pumper may be used, provided the fire department provides Jefferson City a written statement that it has modified its pumpers and has implemented policies to ensure that the pumper will not pump directly from the fire hydrant.

  5. The city manager is directed to forward, by certified mail, a copy of § 7-309 of the Jefferson City Municipal Code to all volunteer fire departments and other emergency service agencies, including the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, that may serve areas where Jefferson City fire hydrants are located and to publish a copy of Ordinance 93-34 in a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County.
  6. The city manager is directed to inform the volunteer fire departments and other emergency service agencies of the location of each fire hydrant that does not meet state requirements. (1996 Code, § 7-309)
Date Last Updated: 01/05/2026
Codification Date: 08/01/2001

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Mitch Cain

Vice Mayor - Kevin Bunch

Council Member - Ailene Combs

Council Member - Dennis (Rocky) Melton

Council Member - Shelia Purkey

City Manager - James A. Gallup

Recorder - Bettina Chandler

Date Last Updated: 01/05/2026
Codification Date: 08/01/2001

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Mitch Cain

Vice Mayor - Kevin Bunch

Council Member - Ailene Combs

Council Member - Dennis (Rocky) Melton

Council Member - Shelia Purkey

City Manager - James A. Gallup

Recorder - Bettina Chandler