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§ 34-30 CABARRUS COUNTY CODE (4) Notice of an annual meeting to elect officers shall be given by notice in local newspapers and as prescribed in the department's by- laws, or be a fire department lawfully es- tablished by a city, town or sanitary district and operate under the laws and provisions governing such departments. (5) Each fire department shall have a fire chief, an assistant chief, other necessary officers and personnel with a minimum of 19 firefighters who are eligible firemen, in accordance with G.S. 118-38. A list of all members, their addresses, their telephone numbers, and social security numbers must be given to the fire marshal on or before July I of each year and within ten days of the addition of new members. (6) All active members of a fire department in good standing shall have some identifica- tion, such as a card, badge or car plate to identify them as a bona fide firefighter. No one other than an active or retired member in good standing shall be allowed to have this identification in his possession. (7) Each fire department shall maintain a class 9 or better rating with the insurance ser- vic~es office and shall have and maintain equipment as required by the state depart- ment of insurance for initial certification. These are minimum requirements; there- fore, efforts should be made toward improv- ing fire protection through equipment pur- chases and water supply development. Ail equipment specified shall be kept in good condition and operative at all times. Pri- mary pumpers shall be subjected to an annual service test, as prescribed by the ISO, and records of the test shall be filed with the fire marshal. (8) Each department shall carry liability insur- ance on its personnel and equipment in the indemnity amount of at least $1,000,000.00, and further holding the county harmless from any responsibility for damages, claims, or expenses resulting from the activities of its firefighters or from the operation of its equipment. Each fire department shall also carry worker's compensation insurance on (9) (10) (11) its active members in order to provide those members with the benefits of the worker's compensation act. A certificate of insurance for each department shall be on file at the fire marshal's office. (12). The fire department shall carry out an organized training program which shall provide a minimum of 36 hours per year training. The training program shall in- clude the training and qualifying of appa- ratus drivers. Written records shall be kept on all drills and include subject taught, instructor, hours, and members attending. The fire chief for each department is re- sponsible for stressing safety throughout the department and all phases of the de- partment activities. Emphasis shall be placed on safe driving of department owned apparatus and the firefighter's personal automobile to emergencies, as well as on safe practices while fighting a fire. Only qualified drivers shall drive the fire appa- ratus. Drivers shall operate apparatus with caution at all times and allow no one but active firefighters to ride the apparatus when it is on call to a fire or other emer- gency. The senior fire officer within whose area a fire emergency occurs is the authority on the fire scene or when a fire occurs outside a recognized fire district the senior fire officer of the first arriving departmen~ shall be the authority. Each fire department shalI respond to the call of the fire marshal who shall assist the officer in charge in coordi- nating the activities of the responding fire departments, when requested, at the fire emergency. The senior fire officer responsible for .th~ fire emergency shall make a full investiga- tion of each fire to determine, if possible, the cause of the fire. A report of the find- Supp. No. 1 CD34:4