The Fire Chief has the power and duty to:

• Appoint, discharge, suspend, transfer, or issue instructions to members (civilian and uniformed) of the Department (other than the Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Chief Accounting Employee of the Department) in the line of their duties, subject to the civil service provisions of the charter.
• Expend the funds of the Fire Department in accordance with the provisions of the budget appropriations or of appropriations made subsequent to the budget.
• Recommend to the Board an Annual Departmental Budget covering the anticipated revenues and expenditures of the Department.
• Certify expenditures of the Department to the Chief Accounting Employee.
• File with the Board at least once a month a written report on the activities of the Department.
• Exercise such further powers in the administration of the Fire Department as may be conferred upon the Fire Chief by the Board.