Township of Lopatcong, NJ
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2023-12-28
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 27 Fire Department
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Part 1 Organization and Administration
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Article I Membership Requirements
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration
- Ch 7 Bills, Claims and Vouchers
- Ch 11 Civil Service
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Alliance Against
- Ch 19 Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Ch 23 Environmental Commission
- Ch 25 Executive Session
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 27 Pt 1 Art I Membership Requirements
- § 27-1 Age, residency and physical fitness.
- § 27-2 Attendance and duty requirements.
- § 27-3 Application; election to membership; badges.
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Officers and Employees
- Ch 37 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 39 Payroll; Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 43 Petty Cash Account
- Ch 47 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 53 Recreation Committee
- Ch 55 Rescue and Emergency Squad
- Ch 59 Services Agreements, Municipal
- Ch 63 Volunteers
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 67 Affordable Housing
- Ch 69 Alarm Systems
- Ch 73 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 81 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 85 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 86 Business Registry
- Ch 89 Clothing Bins
- Ch 93 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 97 Curfew
- Ch 101 Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
- Ch 105 Driveways
- Ch 109 Drugs and Smoking
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 115 Fees
- Ch 119 Fire Prevention
- Ch 123 Floodplain Management Regulations
- Ch 126 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Grading
- Ch 129 Graffiti
- Ch 132 Heat, Rental Properties
- Ch 133 Heating Equipment
- Ch 135 Highlands Area Exemptions
- Ch 136 In-Building Radio Communication Specifications
- Ch 137 Insurance
- Ch 140 Lead-Based Paint Inspections
- Ch 143 Littering
- Ch 145 Massage, and Bodywork Establishments
- Ch 147 Noise
- Ch 149 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 153 Off-Tract Improvements
- Ch 157 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 161 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 165 Property Maintenance
- Ch 167 Public Meeting Decorum
- Ch 169 Recycling
- Ch 171 Redevelopment Plans
- Ch 172 Refuse Containers and Dumpsters
- Ch 173 Rent Control
- Ch 174 Salt Storage, Privately Owned
- Ch 176 Secondhand Dealers, Pawn and Consignment
- Ch 179 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 183 Sewers
- Ch 185 (Reserved)
- Ch 187 Skateboards and Similar Recreational Devices
- Ch 191 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 195 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 199 Stormwater Management
- Ch 203 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 207 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 211 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 215 Trailers
- Ch 219 Trees
- Ch 223 Vehicles, Abandoned; Towing
- Ch 227 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 231 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 237 Weed Control
- Ch 239 Yard Sales
- Ch 241 Yard Waste
- Ch 243 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A249 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A255 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 2-15-1978 by Ord. No. 302; 1-17-1979 by Ord. No.
322; 7-20-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-9]
No person shall hereafter become a member of
the Fire Department of the Township of Lopatcong, or any unit thereof,
who shall not be at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United
States and who shall not be in a good condition of physical fitness
to perform the duties of fireman, in accordance with a certificate
to the effect made and signed by a properly licensed practicing physician
of the State of New Jersey after due physical examination for that
purpose.
Every member of the Fire Department shall, in
each and every year, perform at least 60% of duty, said 60% being
composed of answering fire alarms and actual attendance and duty at
fires and not exceeding 20 drills in each and every year.
[Amended 7-20-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-9; 2-19-1992 by Ord. No.
1992-02]
Every person seeking to join the Fire Department shall make application to the company or unit of the Department which he desires to join, and after complying with the provisions of § 27-1 of this article, he shall be a member in good standing with the Fire Department, subject, however, to, and only after, approval of his membership by the Chief and by the Township Council, whereupon he shall be given a badge of membership in his unit by the Township Council, which badge shall be worn at all times and especially when on duty and which shall be delivered up to the Chief or when, if ever, said person shall be under charges involving moral turpitude or neglect of duty or for any cause shall cease to be an active fireman.
