[Adopted 11-9-1969 by Ord. No. 1969-20 (Ch. 41 of the 1977 Code); amended 2-2-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1;
amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
A pension, payable from public funds, is hereby
established for the surviving spouse, children of any volunteer fire
fighter, rescue squad or EMS worker who has died or shall have died
as the result of injuries sustained in the course of performance of
duty as a member of the South River Fire Department or South River
Rescue Squad pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 43:12-28.1 et
seq.
The pension established pursuant to this article
shall be in the amount of $5,000 annually and shall be paid to the
surviving spouse during her/his widowhood/widowerhood, or to the minor
child or children of such fire fighter, rescue squad members, and
EMS worker if he/she leaves no surviving spouse or to such minor child
or children after the death of such surviving spouse.
For the purpose of this article, said pension
shall only be payable after the submission to the governing body of
the Borough satisfactory proof that said volunteer fire fighter or
rescue squad worker suffered a fatality as a direct and proximate
result of fighting a fire, or related line of duty death while performing
their fire fighter, rescue squad, and EMS duties within or without
the Borough while acting as a member of a volunteer fire company and
rescue squad.
The pension shall be in the amount of $5,000
annually and shall be paid to the surviving spouse during her/his
widowhood/widowerhood.
[Adopted 8-11-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-29]