PASSED

This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Fire Code to describe the Fire Department’s responsibility to provide fire and emergency services through uniformed personnel, including firefighters and Fire Service Paramedics. It authorizes and requires those personnel to act as fire personnel and allows the official in charge of an emergency to direct them in activities such as fire rescue, fire control, and emergency medical services.

Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction And Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode F, entitled "The Philadelphia Fire Code," by further delineating the Philadelphia Fire Department's mission and obligation to provide fire and other emergency services via uniformed fire personnel including Firefighters and Fire Service Paramedics, and clarifying that all uniformed fire personnel, including Fire Service Paramedics, are authorized and required to act as fire personnel.