[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Holland 7-5-1983 by Ord. No. 83-11. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is the purpose of this chapter to establish
the Holland Township Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., as the Township's
official volunteer fire company in order to facilitate its entry into
the New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
It is hereby determined and declared that the
Holland Township Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., a duly incorporated
volunteer fire company of the State of New Jersey, is the official
volunteer fire company of this Township.
No person shall hereafter become a member of
the Holland Township Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., or any unit thereof
unless, at the time of appointment, such person is above the age of
18 years and not over the age of 40 years, a resident of this Township
and a citizen of the United States of good moral character. He or
she shall be physically fit to perform the duties of a fireman as
evidenced by a certificate to that effect by a practicing physician
of the State of New Jersey. This certificate shall be provided at
either the member's own expense or the expense of the Holland Township
Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
A.Â
FIRE DUTY
SIXTY PERCENT OF DUTY
Every member of the Fire Company shall, in each and
every year, perform at least 60% of fire duty, as defined by N.J.S.A.
40A:14-55 and 40A:14-56. These statutory definitions are as follows:
Active participation in the usual duties of a fireman under
the direction and supervision of the official in charge of the Fire
Department and force.
Actual recorded attendance and rendering of fire service
at not less than 60% of regular alarms of fire answerable by the members
during any calendar year; the total number of alarms used in computing
said percentage may include not more than 20 fire drills called at
the direction of the official in charge of the Fire Department or
force.
B.Â
A record shall be kept of such attendance and duty
by the Chief of the Fire Company and reported to the Township Committee
annually.
Each person seeking to join the Holland Township
Volunteer Fire Company. Inc., shall make application to the Fire Company,
and, upon election to membership by vote of a majority of the unit
present and voting, he or she shall become a member in good standing
of the Holland Township Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., after approval
of his or her membership by the Chief of the Fire Company and confirmation
by the Township Committee. His or her name shall be entered on a roll
of firemen kept by the Township Clerk.
Upon adoption of this chapter, the Township
Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy
of this chapter to the New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
