Chapter III CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE OF FIRE SERVICE

Calling of returns, reports, statements, etc. : The Government may call for such returns, reports and statements on any subject connected with fire prevention and fire safety, the maintenance of order and the performance of duties by the Director, fire officers, operational members, members and subordinate operational staff and the same shall be immediately furnished.

Certain Central Rules to apply to employees of Fire and Emergency Services : The provisions of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 as amended by the Central Government from time to time, shall be extended mutatis mutandis to all employees of the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services including Fire Officers, operational members, members and subordinate operational staff.

Fire Officers deemed to be always on duty and liable to employment in any part of Arunachal Pradesh : Every Fire Officer shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to be always on duty and any fire officer or any member or crew of fire officers allocated for duty in any part of Arunachal Pradesh may, if the Director so directs, at any time, be employed on turn out duty in any other part of Arunachal Pradesh so long as the services of the fire officer or any member or crew of fire officers may be required in such other part of Arunachal Pradesh.

Extension of Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules to employees of Fire Service : The provisions of the Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules as amended by the State Government from time to time, shall be extended mutatis mutandis to all employees of the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services, including Fire Officers, operational members, members and subordinate operational staff.

Penalty for violation of duty : Notwithstanding any action which may be taken under the provisions of this Act, any member of the Fire and Emergency services who-

1. (a) is found to be guilty of any violation of duty or willful breach of any provision of this Act or any Rule or order made thereunder ; or
2. (b) is found to be guilty of cowardice;
3. (c) withdraws or abstains from the duties of his office without permission or without having given previous notice of at least two months; or
4. (d) being absent on leave fails without reasonable cause to report himself for duty on expiration of such leave; or
5. (e) accepts any other employment or office in contravention of the provision of Section 21 shall be punishable and may at any time dismiss, remove, suspend or reduce in rank or award any of the punishment to any member of sub ordinate rank in the force.

Effect of suspension of Fire Officer : The powers, functions and privileges vested in a fire officer shall remain suspended while such fire officer is under suspension from office. Provided that notwithstanding such suspension, such person shall not cease to be a fire officer and shall continue to be such subject to the control of same authorities to which he would have been if he had not been under suspension.

Restriction to form association, etc. :

1. (1) No member of the Fire and Emergency Services shall, without the previous sanction in writing of the State Government or of the prescribed authority ;
   • (a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any union, labour union, political association or with any class of trade union, labour union or political association;
   • (b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with any social institution, association, or organization that is not recognized as a part of the Fire Service or is not a purely of a social, technical, recreational or religious nature; or
   • (c) Communicate with the press or publish or cause to be published any book, letter or other document except where such communication or publication is in the bonafide discharge of his duties or is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character. Explanation -
2. (1) If any question arises as to whether any society, institution, association, organization is of a purely social, technical, recreational or religious nature under clause
   • (b) of this sub- section, the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
3. (2) No member of the Fire service shall participate in, or address, any meeting or take part in any demonstration organized by anybody or persons for any political purposes or for such other purposes as may be prescribed.