[Adopted as Ch. VIII, Part 2, of the 1972
Code]
The action of the Fire and Police Committee
of Council in establishing the Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department
be and the same is hereby ratified and approved by Council.
The bylaws governing the operation of said Edgewood
Volunteer Fire Department so prepared and submitted to Council be
and the same are hereby approved and adopted as the official bylaws
of the Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department.
The Fire Chief of the Edgewood Fire Department
be and he is hereby granted and invested with complete power and authority
over the control and movement of vehicular traffic, and the conduct
of all persons in the vicinity of any fire in the said Borough to
which the fire apparatus of said Edgewood Fire Department has been
summoned, or at which said fire apparatus is in service. Said Fire
Chief is hereby authorized to exclude from the vicinity of any such
fire all persons whatsoever, and to take such steps as he may deem
proper, to prevent persons from interfering with the functions of
the said Edgewood Fire Department while on duty.
[Amended 8-1-2005 by Ord.
No. 1003]
The Borough police of the Borough of Edgewood
are hereby authorized and directed to assist said Fire Chief in the
carrying out of the foregoing authority and they are authorized and
empowered to take such action as may be requested of them from time
to time by said Fire Chief in order to protect the said Edgewood Fire
Department from interference in the conduct of its duties at such
fire. To that end any person or persons refusing to comply with any
lawful order or regulation adopted by the Fire Chief as aforesaid
shall be taken into custody by said Borough police and, upon conviction
of such offense, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$600 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such
fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Adopted as Ch. I, Part 6, of the 1972 Code]
Council of the Borough of Edgewood recognize
and by this resolution does recognize the Edgewood Firemen's Relief
Association and hereby approves the same as now constituted, and the
Borough of Edgewood hereby appropriates and directs the Borough Treasurer
to pay to the treasurer of said Relief Association all moneys received
from the State as foreign fire insurance tax and all further sums
so as aforesaid received from time to time shall be likewise paid
over without further action on the part of the Borough authorities.