Section 1322. Membership.
Membership in the call and volunteer department shall be open to all residents and non-residents in an eight-mile radius of Central Fire Station; however, members shall not be members of any other volunteer or call departments except for full-time employees of the city who may be members of the Gardiner Fire Department as well as members of another fire department. All members must attend two out of every three training sessions and respond to one out of every two alarms in each calendar year to attain the minimum participation level. Vacancy in the rolls of the call department will be filled from the rolls of the volunteer membership whenever possible.
At the end of each calendar year, the chief shall report to the city manager concerning the participation of the membership in training sessions and alarms. Members not attaining the minimum participation level may be removed from the department and will not be eligible for reappointment to the department for a one-year period.
Membership in the department will be open to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, sex, religion, or country of ancestral origin. Fair and adequate opportunity to apply and compete for membership will be provided for women.
Members of the department as of September 1, 1989 shall be grandfathered as members of the department regardless of current call or volunteer affiliation or residence.
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