[Adopted 8-17-1977 as Ord. No. 290. (Part
2 of Ch, 14 of the 1974 Code of the Township of Lopatcong)]
There is hereby established in the Township
of Lopatcong, County of Warren and State of New Jersey, a Junior Firemen's
Auxiliary for the Lopatcong Township Volunteer Fire Department and
of any other volunteer fire companies that may be hereafter duly established
in said township.
[Amended 1-17-1979 by Ord. No. 322]
A.
No person shall be eligible for membership in the
Junior Firemen's Auxiliary who is less than 16 or more than 21 years
of age. Such persons shall be required to obtain permission to join
the Auxiliary from their parents or guardian, and such members shall
be insured with the same coverage and in the same amounts as provided
for regular volunteer firemen of the municipality.
[Amended 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02]
B.
Any applicant shall be examined by a medical doctor
approved by the township, and said medical doctor must certify to
the township that such applicant is physically qualified to serve
as a member of the Junior Firemen's Auxiliary of said township. The
fees for such medical examinations shall be paid for, on duly executed
vouchers, by the Township of Lopatcong.
Said junior firemen shall be trained for eventual
membership in the Volunteer Fire Department of the municipality, but
no junior fireman shall be required to perform duties which would
expose him to the same degree of hazard as a regular member of the
Lopatcong Township Volunteer Fire Department.
