Legal Documents of Maryville

The fire department shall have as its objectives:

1. To prevent uncontrolled fires from starting.
2. To prevent the loss of life and property because of fires.
3. To confine fires to their places of origin.
4. To extinguish uncontrolled fires.
5. To prevent loss of life from asphyxiation or drowning.
6. To perform such rescue work as its equipment and/or the training of its personnel makes practicable. (1999 Code, § 7-302)