Fire Department

THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 359 of 1947

42.13 Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty.

Sec. 13.

The township board in each charter township shall have power to provide for and establish and maintain a fire department and authorize the supervisor, or the township superintendent if one has been appointed, to appoint, subject to the approval of the said board, a township fire chief and such other firemen as may be required to protect persons and property from the hazards of fire in that part of the township located outside the corporate limits of villages. The township board shall make and establish rules and regulations for the government of the department, the employes, firemen, and officers thereof; and for the care and management of the buildings, engines, apparatus, and equipment pertaining thereto. The township fire chief, or any officer acting as such, may command and require any person present at a fire to aid in the extinguishment thereof, and to assist in the protection of property thereat. If any person shall wilfully disobey any such requirement or other lawful order of any such officer, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;– CL 1948, 42.13

Michigan Fire Prevention Code – Act 207 of 1941

http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-act-207-of-1941

Weekly Status Reports to Board of Trustees – 3rd and 4th Quarters 2018

otfd weekly status reports 3rd qtr 2018

otfd weekly status reports 4th qtr 2018 (2)

otfd weekly status reports 1st qtr 2019

Pdf’s of Excel workbook of above

otfd weekly data – incident counts

otfd weekly data ems data

Oakland Fire-Rescue webpages –

http://www.oaklandtownship.org/township_departments/fire_department/index.php