§ 42-1.6. Duties of the Prince George Fire and EMS (PGFEMS) Board.

The PGFEMS Board shall perform the following duties:

(1)

Adopt by-laws for its operation consistent with this article.

(2)

Review all proposed policies affecting the coordinated fire and EMS system and provide comments and advice to the fire and EMS director and ensure the communication and compliance with system-level policies to all companies and squads.

(3)

Meet regularly in order to consider concerns affecting the coordinated system and provide input regarding:

a.

Incident management;

b.

Nonconformance with system policies; and

c.

Assurance of quality in the delivery of emergency services.

(4)

Review and provide input and recommendations to the fire and EMS director regarding new initiatives for the coordinated system's operating and capital improvement budgets.

(5)

Develop, in collaboration with the fire and EMS director, a grievance procedure that is consistent with the procedure available to county employees to contest disciplinary or operational matters affecting individual volunteers. The general management and discipline of volunteers shall be a station-level responsibility, unless the fire and EMS director must act and take personnel actions affecting any volunteer in order to protect the effective operation of the coordinated fire and emergency medical service system.

(6)

Meet on a regular basis and present a report annually to the board of supervisors regarding the health of the volunteer system.

(Ord. No. O-14-17, § 1, 7-22-2014; Ord. No. O-16-08, § 1, 7-12-2016)

(Ord. No. O-14-17, § 1, 7-22-2014; Ord. No. O-16-08, § 1, 7-12-2016)