We use the Fire Departments Rules and Regulations as our own since we have to follow all Rules and Regulations of the Fire Department.
 

Fire Department members are to regard themselves as public employees and are
to be governed by the highest ideals of honor and integrity.  Courteous
conduct is indispensable to good discipline.  All members of the department
will be expected to act accordingly at all times, whether on or off duty,
reflecting credit upon themselves as well as their department.

Section 1 - PROMPTNESS
Officers and members must be prompt and energetic in discharging their duties.
They shall be courageous without being reckless and shall exert their greatest
energy and best ability and judgment to their duty at all times.

Section 2 - MEMBERS RELATIONSHIPS
All officers and members shall treat and address each other in a courteous
manner.  They shall work together in harmony and exhibit a courteous demeanor in their relationships with each other.  Neither officers nor members shall speak
disrespectfully of each other.
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Section 3 - DISCHARGING DUTIES
Officers shall be firm and fair and exact in the discharge of all their duties.  Acting
Officers so assigned shall assume the full duties and responsibilities of the position
to which he / she is assigned.

Section 4 - OFFICERS TITLES
The members of the Department must address their superior officers by their
proper titles at all times.
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Section 5 - ALTERCATIONS
No altercations or fisticuffs will be permitted among members, nor with
visitors, such conduct being a serious breach of discipline and may result in reprimand, suspension, or dismissal.

Section 6 - MEMBERS LANGUAGE
NO member of the Fire Department shall use coarse, profane, or insolent language or show disrespectfulness to a member of
the Fire Department or a citizen.
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Section 7 - MEMBERS CONDUCT
No member shall conduct themselves, on or off duty, in a way that will tend
to bring discredit or ill-repute to the Fire Department, or any of its members as a
group or as individuals.

Section 8 - IMMORAL AND INDECENT CONDUCT
No member shall be party to any immoral or indecent conduct.  Sexual
fraternization between members, while on duty, is prohibited.
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Section 9 - SEXUAL HARASSMENT
No member shall be a party to any form of discrimination or harassment on the
basis of race, sex, religion, age, national origin, or handicap status as defined
by: Title V11 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 as amended, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1974, Chapters 760 and 83-380 of the Florida Statues, the City's Equal Employment Opportunity Polices or any other pertinent legislature, executive, or administrative issuance's.

Sexual harassment may be defined as influencing or offering to influence or
threatening the career, pay, or job of another person, woman or man, on the
basis of prohibited items.  Sexual Harassment mat further be defined as unwelcome deliberate or repeated comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature in a work or duty-related environment.
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Section 10 - OBEYING ORDERS
All members of the Fire Department shall promptly and thoroughly obey all
orders received from superior officers which are not in conflict with the law, ordinance, or Department Rules of Order.

Section 11 - COPY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
All Fire Department personnel shall be furnished a copy of the Administrative
Rules and Regulations, Incident Command Manual, and Operational Procedures
Manual, and all personal shall read and become thoroughly familiar with them, as well as with all special and general orders related to the Department.  Each member is responsible for keeping his / her copies of these manuals updated as revisions
are made.
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Section 12 - INTERNAL AFFAIRS
No information relative to the Internal Affairs of the Fire Department will be
released without proper authorization.