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(1) The department shall be equipped with such apparatus and other equipment as may be required to maintain its efficiency and properly protect life and property from fire, accident or other emergency as determined by the chief. The chief shall obtain approval from the town prior to ordering or procuring equipment not already approved in the applicable budget ordinance.

(2) Sensitive and high-value department equipment shall be safely and conveniently housed at the town firehouses. Such equipment shall include vehicles, apparatus, ambulances, drugs and medicines, self-contained breathing apparatus and gear, power tools, and other gear as determined by the chief.

(3) No person shall use any department equipment or apparatus for any private purpose. No person shall remove any department property from department premises, or conceal department property, without prior written approval.

(4) The department shall maintain records and inventories of its equipment and major assets to ensure accountability requirements of applicable laws, rules, and of the terms of grants and contracts.

(5) No nonmember shall enter any place where fire apparatus is housed or handle any department apparatus or equipment unless authorized by standing orders, accompanied by or having approval of an officer or authorized member of the department.

(6) The mayor, in consultation with the chief, shall promulgate standing orders specifying under what circumstances town equipment may be lent to nearby communities in the absence of a mutual aid agreement.

(7) The officer in charge of the department shall have the authority to assign equipment and apparatus for response to calls for outside aid in accordance with any agreements with nearby communities or governing bodies of other organizations; provided, that the absence of such equipment and apparatus will not jeopardize protection of the town.

(8) The chief, or designated subordinate officers, may lend department equipment to other town departments. Any department equipment loaned to other town departments shall be documented and reported to the chief. Loaned equipment shall be returned in as good or better condition as when originally loaned. Any damage or loss shall be reported to the chief. Any repairs shall be done at the cost of the town department which borrowed the equipment. The town department that borrows fire department equipment shall compensate the fire department pursuant to RCW 43.09.201, as amended.

(9) All radio equipment shall be used for emergency or official communications only. The chief shall determine appropriate consequences for misuse of radio equipment. (Ord. 548 § 3, 2012)