The authority of all officers while on duty shall be determined
by their grade; all officers and firefighters shall be subordinate
to the Chief of the Fire Department or, in his/her absence, to the
Assistant Chief, or, in his/her absence, to the Deputy Chief, or in
his/her absence, to the Battalion Chief. The first officers on duty
at a fire shall exercise command until a superior arrives; where two
officers of the same grade shall meet on duty, the one in whose district
the fire occurs shall take command. A company arriving at a fire without
any officer shall be commanded by, a past Chief, ex-officer or the
senior member of the company.
It shall be the duty of the officers to see that the company
is always in a ready condition and shall report to a superior officer
any member or members who willfully damage or destroy any of the property
of the Borough. When superior officers are present, it shall be the
duty of all officers to aid them in the discharge of their duties.
It shall be the duty of the First and Second Lieutenants to
take command of the company, in the absence of a superior officer,
at any alarm of fire in the district and to see that every member
of the company does his/her duty and also have full control of a fire
in his/her district, and all other companies shall take orders from
him/her until a superior officer arrives. At all fires the Lieutenants
shall wear a black helmet and standard Department-issued equipment.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 13-39, Duties of Engineers,
was repealed 9-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2405-2016.
Two fire police from each company shall be appointed by the
company Captain and approved by the Fire Board, as provided by N.J.S.A.
15:8-4.
