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Title 7 : Fire Protection and Fireworks
Chapter 4 : Volunteer Fire Department

7-403 : General powers and duties of the chief.

  1. The chief of the fire department shall be responsible for and shall have general control and supervision of all members of the volunteer fire department; he shall see that all the fire prevention and fire protection activities of the city are efficiently carried out and that all applicable fire regulations are observed within the city.
  2. In addition to the provisions of subsection (1) and pursuant to the requirements of state law, the chief of the volunteer fire department is designated as an assistant to the state commissioner of insurance and is subject to all the duties and obligations imposed by Tennessee Code Annotated, title 53 of chapter 24, and shall be subject to the directions of the fire prevention commissioner in the execution of the provisions thereof. (1973 Code, § 8-37)