[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Kingwood 6-1-1955. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby authorized and established the
Kingwood Township Volunteer Fire Department, to be composed of one
company to be known as "Kingwood Township Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1,"
and such additional companies as the Township Committee may authorize
and approve.
[Amended 10-15-1976 by Ord. No. 4-8-76]
No person shall hereafter become a member of
the Fire Department of the Township of Kingwood or any unit thereof
unless above the age of 18 and not over the age of 45, a citizen of
the United States and a resident of the County of Hunterdon. He shall
be physically fit to perform the duties of a fireman, evidenced by
a certificate to that effect by a practicing physician of the State
of New Jersey, after physical examination for that purpose.
Every member of the Fire Department shall, in
each and every year, perform at least 60% of duty to be composed of
actual attendance and duty at fires and drills, and a record shall
be kept of such attendance and duty by the Chief of the Fire Department
and reported to the municipal officers annually.
Every person seeking to join the Fire Department
shall make application to the company or unit which he desires to
join, and upon his election to membership by vote of a majority of
the unit present and voting, he shall become a member in good standing
of the Fire Department after approval of his membership by the Chief
and confirmation by the municipal officers, and his name shall be
entered on a roll of firemen kept by the Municipal Clerk.
Exemption certificates may be issued to members
of the Fire Department who shall have served seven years in active
duty, under municipal control, as required by Law of April 29, 1936,
as amended May 26, 1936.
