Section 6(10) in Tamil Nadu Fire Service Rules, 1990
(10)Leading Fireman. - (1) The Leading Fireman of a Fire Service shall -(a)be available at the fire station, to which he is posted, while on duty;(b)obey implicitly all orders of his superior officers and maintaining the strictest obedience and civility among those serving under him;(c)see that the men placed under him on duty are properly dressed and are assigned duties pertaining to the fire station and fire appliances and such other duties that may be incidental to the efficient working of the fire station. He shall also be responsible for maintaining the fire station premises clean and tidy and appliances and equipment in neat and efficient working condition and ready for immediate use;(d)see that all equipments, gears, etc., are properly accounted for and be responsible for the same when in charge of fire appliance or equipment. In case of any loss or damage of articles or equipments, uniform, clothing, etc., he shall immediately report it to his next senior officer;(e)keep his superior officers acquainted with all matters coming to his knowledge affecting the fire station staff or the Fire Services Directorate in general;(f)be responsible for keeping the fire station premises, such as appliance rooms, offices, drill yard, watch rooms, workshop, dormitory, drill tower, hose drying tower, etc., neat and clean by washing, when necessary and keeping appliances, equipment, gears, etc., clean and tidy;(g)keep himself alert to attend to fires, special services like rescue jobs, stand-by duties at exhibitions, fairs, puja pandals, pumping out water from waterlogged areas, tanks or ditches, destroying films, fire drills and removing overhead signboards constituting public danger, etc., in the shortest possible time on the alarm being sounded in and to carry out any order given by an officer in this connection to perform the work promptly;(h)thoroughly inspect the fire appliances for which he shall be responsible and report to the officer in charge of the fire station of having verified the same. The Leading Fireman shall be jointly and severally responsible to the officer in charge of the fire station for the appearances, scrupulous cleanliness of vehicles, polishing and painting of equipment, appliances and vehicles, proper cleaning of the hoses, floors, walls, doors and windows of the premises, garages and drill towers and smoke chamber. Leading Fireman and other ranks accommodated in barracks or dormitory shall, solely, be responsible for the proper cleanliness and orderly arrangement of their personal belongings. They shall also be responsible for the safety of the various fixtures, sanitary and electrical fittings in such premises;(i)carry out any duty when ordered by an officer on the fire ground, to efficiently and promptly extinguish the fire or to perform any reasonable work;(j)check up that the wheels and undercarriages of the fire appliances and vehicles are properly cleaned and are in order;(k)perform round duties at night to pay surprise checks on the sentry, fire station properties and guard rooms and report any discrepancy immediately to the control room and to the officer on duty;(l)respect all officers of the fire station by saluting when on parades and drills and otherwise when called during his duty period by coming to attention;(m)perform parade and drills as per scheduled routine or such other drills as may be ordered by the officer in charge and to attend all kinds of authorised demonstration relating to fire service, in and outside fire station;(n)remain in proper uniform during his duty hours. Both the outgoing and incoming batches shall fall in during change-over of duties in proper uniform;(o)assist the fireman in loading and unloading of petrol containers on and from vehicles at the fire station, scene of fire, places of duty at exhibition, fairs, etc., and also places of storage;(p)be responsible for the writing up of general diary. If he is otherwise busy, it may be entrusted to a Fireman who is conversant with maintaining records. The ultimate responsibility for the correct maintenance of the General Diary shall, however, be that of the Leading Fireman;(q)be responsible for the safe custody of all moneys received by him in the absence of the Station Fire Officer and Assistant Station Fire Officer and the proper handing over of all such moneys to the Station Fire Officer and Assistant Station Fire Officer when he comes to duty at the fire station as laid down in Chapter XXIII of the Tamil Nadu Fire Service Manual, Volume I;(r)be responsible for the proper discharge of any other duty assigned to him by the Station Fire Officer or Assistant Station Fire Officer.
