No other volunteer fire companies shall be added
to the Volunteer Fire Departments of Fire District No. 1 or Fire District
No. 2, until such time as the growth of the community, in the opinion
of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Fire Departments of Fire
District No. 1 or Fire District No. 2, respectively, shall deem another
fire company necessary for the best fire protection of the area it
is to serve; i.e., if any newly proposed fire company is in the area
of the Township served by Fire District No. 1, the question of the
wisdom of approving and recommending the recognition of any newly
proposed fire company shall be the responsibility of the duly elected
members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire District No. 1.
If any newly proposed fire company is in the area of the Township
served by Fire District No. 2, the question of the wisdom of approving
and recommending the recognition of any proposed fire company shall
be the responsibility of the duly elected members of the Board of
Fire Commissioners of Fire District No. 2.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect in any way the type, manner or character of any of the six volunteer fire companies mentioned in §
109-1 hereof or to create, establish or set up a paid Fire Department in this Township. The sole purpose of this chapter is to make more efficient the proper functioning of the volunteer fire protection services rendered and to be rendered by the volunteer fire companies of Toms River Township.