This manual is for the use of every member of the W.C.R.S., to help each person better represent the fire profession and the squad.
| Fire--Manuals Fire--Operations Fire--Procedures Emergency management |
MTAS was asked several questions regarding the authority of the City to impose sewer hook up charges and the reasonableness of how those charges are imposed on new customers.
| Sewers Utilities--Extension policies Utilities--Rates and charges |
Several cities were asked whether their volunteer or paid-on-call firefighters receive any monetary compensation.
| Fire--Volunteer organizations Fire--Surveys--Tennessee Personnel--Compensation |
MTAS was asked whether the city can increase its monthly garbage collection fees and use the increase for purposes other than garbage collection.
| Solid waste--Rates and charges |
MTAS was asked several questions related to how Lenoir City complies with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act concerning how the city pays for overtime.
| Fire--Personnel Personnel--Fair Labor Standards Act Personnel--Compensation |
Five cities were asked several questions about sewer lift stations with dry wells and the classification of the space as a "permit required" or a "non-permit required" confined space.
| Wastewater--Facilities Wastewater--Equipment |
MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross authored this analysis of the Signal Mountain Fire Department and offered recommendations for governance, staffing, and organizational structure.
| Fire service--Tennessee Fire service--Organization Fire--Personnel--Tennessee |
The municipal codes of six cities were surveyed to identify how the cities handle the right-of-way excavation bond and surety.
| Right of way Liability Fines and court costs Streets--Cuts and excavation Surety |
MTAS was asked to do a study of police staffing, which resulted in a recommendation for considerable staff reductions in light of the City's need to reduce costs in order to balance the budget.
| Personnel--Administration Personnel--Staffing levels Police--Administration Police--Personnel |
MTAS was asked whether a city can compensate a contractor for the increased price of gasoline it has taken for the contractor to perform a contract for the city.
| Solid waste--Collection--Contracts Contracts--Laws and regulations Purchasing--Bids proposals and specifications |
