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ORD 286 9 <br />a.Chief means the chief of the fire department which has contractual <br />jurisdiction in each respective fire service district, or his authorized <br />representative. <br />b.Jurisdiction and municipality mean the city as a whole, and also that part <br />of the city corresponding to each separate fire service district. <br />(5)Enforcement.Authority for enforcement is hereby granted to and may be <br />exercised by any or all of the following persons: <br />a.The state fire marshal, or his authorized representative. <br />b.The chief of each fire department, or his authorized representative, within <br />the fire service district of such fire department. The fire chief shall retain <br />primary responsibility and authority for determining response to fire calls <br />and for fire scene command. <br />c.The chief of the police department or his officers. The police chief shall be <br />responsible for coordinating enforcement policy and activities between the <br />respective fire service districts and between the fire chiefs and the building <br />official. <br />d.The building official, or his authorized representative. The building <br />official shall be responsible for coordinating enforcement of the fire code <br />set forth in chapter 46, article II division 2, with enforcement of the state <br />building code adopted in section 86-38 and chapter 78of this Code. <br />(6)Fire prevention.The fire chief may conduct fire prevention inspections or <br />educational programs within the fire service district of each respective fire <br />department consistent with provisions of the fire code, provisions of the <br />applicable fire prevention contract, standard practices of the fire <br />department and applicable provisions of this Code. <br />(c)Right of entry.The members of the fire, police or other city departments <br />shall have the right to enter upon property to investigate a report of or the <br />actual siting of a fire, to take appropriate action to control an illegal fire as <br />defined in chapter 58, article IV, or legal fire that has been left <br />unsupervised, conducted in an unpermitted area, or which otherwise poses <br />a threat to the public health, safety or welfare. <br />SECTION 13. Orono City Code Title I, Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-137 is amended <br />by adding the underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows: <br />Sec. 2-137136. City departments established. <br />53