Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 15.06 City Fire Code

• For statutory provisions on fire protection generally see Health and Saf. Code § 13000 et seq.; for provisions on fireworks, see Health and Saf. Code § 12500 et seq.; for provisions on high explosives, see Health and Saf. Code § 12000 et seq.

The fire department of the county is hereby designated as, and shall hereafter be known as the fire department of the city of Wasco. (Ord. 303 §1, 1984).

All fire prevention and suppression services within the purview of the functions of the city shall be performed by the department except as otherwise particularly provided by law. (Ord. 303 §1, 1984).

The administrative direction of all fire prevention and suppression services within the purview of the functions of the city shall be vested in the chief of the county fire department. Any duty or obligation delegated to or imposed upon a county fire warden and/or any authority vested in a county fire warden shall be assumed, performed and exercised by the chief of the county fire department. In the performance of any duty or in the exercise of any authority under the provisions of this section, the chief of the county fire department shall act as the head of a department of the city. It is expressly provided that the provisions of this section shall not be construed as the appointment of a county fire warden under the provisions of Section 24008 of the Government Code of the State of California. (Ord. 303 §1, 1984).