SECTION II:That the first duly constituted
officers of said Fire Department shall be;
| George Allen, Jr. |
Fire Chief |
| Gilbert McColl |
First Deputy Chief |
| Matthew McQuiston |
Second Deputy Chief |
| Harold McQuiston |
Secretary - Treasurer |
Who have been selected by assembly of citizens of
the Village of Savage, and whose selection and appointment is hereby confirmed.
SECTION III:That said Fire Department
shall hold monthly meetings, at regular stated periods, to be designated by its Officers, and make do quarterly
reports of fire conditions and fire hazards within the jurisdictional limits of the Village, to the Village Council.
SECTION IV:That all officers of said department be
selected by vote of the membership of said department at a regular stated meeting to be held each year on the first
Monday in January in each year, commencing January 1952, and that all officers herein named shall serve in office
until their successor is duly selected as provided by SECTION II of this resolution.
SECTION V:That all officers of said Fire Department
shall file with the Village Clerk their oath of office, and upon the filing thereof the Village Clerk shall make due report
thereof to the Village Council at the first regular session thereof held in January of each year.
SECTION VI:That membership in said Fire Department
shall be limited to male citizens of the Village of Savage, or residents adjacent to the Village boundaries, between the ages
of 21 years, and 45 years, and such membership active in said department shall not exceed twenty five in number. Honorary
membership may be created and conferred without limit as to age and number.
SECTION VII:A roster or register of the names
of active members shall be kept. Each member of said Fire Department shall sign said register, before being a regular
active member in said department. Such register shall be kept by the Secretary of the Fire Department, together
with a minute book in which all proceedings of the Department shall be recorded in writing.
SECTION VIII:All Village funds of said Fire Department
shall be deposited into the Fire Fund of the Village with the Village Treasurer. All disbursements shall be evidenced by a
verified claim, duly approved by the officers of the Fire Department, and audited and allowed by the Village Council and
paid by warrant as other Village claims. All verified claims as approved payable from the fire fund shall first be filed with the
Village Clerk and audited by the Village Council before warrant for payment is issued.
SECTION IX:The Village Fire Department may adopt
such rules and regulations for the conduct of their regular meetings and their affairs as it may be deemed proper, not
inconsistent with Village Ordinances, the State of Minnesota Statutes applicable to Fire Departments, or rules and
regulations established by the State Fire Marshall's Office of the State of Minnesota.
SECTION X:That upon execution and passage of
this resolution the same be filed in the Village Ordinance Book by the Village Clerk, and that a certified copy thereof be
filed with the Secretary of the Village Fire Department in its official register.
Done in General Session by the Village Council of the Village of
Savage, Minnesota, this 10 day of September, 1951.
BY THE COUNCIL: Mark Egan President
ATTESTS:
John W. Bergman Village Clerk
9-10-51
Photos from the Past
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This
photo from 1969, shows some of the Savage Fire Department's original trucks. The fire station in the background was
built in 1966 and is still in use today. In the newspaper article that this photo was taken from, the fire station was
called one of "the most modern in the surrounding area."
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This
was the first building the fire department used. It was located next door to where station "60" was built
in the mid 1960's. The water tower in the background is where the fire whistle was eventually mounted. That fire
whistle was used until the mid-1970's when the department switched to a pager system. The water tower stood
until the early 1990's.
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