§ 10-1000 General powers of the board of fire commissioners. The board
of fire commissioners of a village, subject to the approval of the board
of trustees:

1. Has the care, custody and control of all village property of the
fire department.

2. May purchase such equipment as is suitable and necessary to prevent
and extinguish fires within the village, or for the purposes of any
emergency and first aid squad organized within the fire department, and
uniforms for all active members of the fire department and keep the same
in good condition and repair.

3. May erect and maintain suitable and necessary buildings for the
fire department.

4. May construct and maintain reservoirs and cisterns and supply them
with water for use at fires.

5. May adopt rules for the admission, suspension, removal and
discipline of the members, officers and employees of the fire
department, may prescribe their powers and duties, and fix their
compensation not inconsistent with section 10-1018 of this article.

6. May adopt rules and regulations governing fire companies and fire
departments, prescribing the duties of the members thereof, and may
enforce discipline and provide for public drills, parades, funerals,
inspections and reviews of the village fire department, or any company
or unit thereof, within the village or at other places within the state,
any adjoining state or in Canada. Such rules and regulations shall not
authorize any member of the board of fire commissioners to interfere
with the duties of the fire chief or the assistant fire chief at such
times as the fire department or any company or squad thereof is on duty.

7. May appoint persons other than members or officers of the
department to take charge of village property, and may fix their
compensation.

8. May employ duty or " persons on call," to serve on a part-time
basis when necessary, and fix their duties and compensation. Such
part-time paid firefighters in the event of injury shall be entitled to
the applicable benefits provided for such part-time paid firefighters
under section two hundred seven-a of the general municipal law and in
the event of injury or death shall be entitled to the applicable
benefits, if any, provided for such part-time paid firefighters under
the retirement and social security law and the workers' compensation
law. Persons who are volunteer members of the village fire department
may be employed as such part-time paid firefighters, but in the event of
injury, death, disease, or infection, resulting from services performed
in line of duty as such part-time paid firefighters they shall not be
entitled to any of the benefits provided for volunteer firefighters
under the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, or under any policy of
blanket accident insurance purchased by the village or purchased by the
fire department to cover only volunteer members of such department.

9. May inquire into the cause and origin of fires occurring in the
village and may take testimony in relation thereto.

11. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a
village may include as part of its budget an appropriation to fund an
annual firefighters' inspection-dinner for each fire company within the
village.