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Section 24008 Of Chapter 1. County Officers From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) The board of supervisors may appoint a county fire
warden and assistant and deputy county fire wardens as it may
consider necessary. The county fire warden shall aid in enforcing all
laws and ordinances and any rules or regulations adopted by the
State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and by the State Fire
Marshal relating to fires or to fire prevention and protection. The
county fire warden and the county fire warden's deputies and
assistants shall perform those duties relating to fires or to fire
protection and prevention required by the board of supervisors. The
county fire warden, and any assistant and deputy county fire wardens
that are designated by the county fire warden, have the powers of
peace officers to make arrests without warrant for violation of any
state, county, or federal fire laws, and are not liable to civil
action for trespass committed in the discharge of their duties. In
making any arrests, the county fire warden, and the county fire
warden's assistants and deputies shall follow the procedure
prescribed in Sections 4157 and 4158 of the Public Resources Code.
The county fire warden and the county fire warden's assistants and
deputies shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors and
shall be paid salaries and receive reimbursement for mileage while
traveling on official business as determined by the board.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, if the board of supervisors of a county, in which a civil service system has been created for county officers and employees, determines that it is necessary to provide for the appointment of a county fire warden and assistant and deputy county fire wardens, that county fire warden and those assistants and deputies shall be selected and appointed pursuant to the provisions relating to that civil service system and the persons so appointed shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges, and subject to all of the provisions, provided by the system in the same manner and to the same extent as other county officers and employees included in the system. This paragraph does not apply to any county in which the office of county fire warden, or any assistant or deputy county fire warden is excluded from the civil service system.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, if the board of supervisors of a county, in which a civil service system has been created for county officers and employees, determines that it is necessary to provide for the appointment of a county fire warden and assistant and deputy county fire wardens, that county fire warden and those assistants and deputies shall be selected and appointed pursuant to the provisions relating to that civil service system and the persons so appointed shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges, and subject to all of the provisions, provided by the system in the same manner and to the same extent as other county officers and employees included in the system. This paragraph does not apply to any county in which the office of county fire warden, or any assistant or deputy county fire warden is excluded from the civil service system.
