[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Laurel 7-15-1953 by Ord. No. 1953-4. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There is hereby authorized and established the Mount Laurel Fire Department,
to be composed of two companies to be known as the "Masonville Fire Company
No. 1" and the "Fellowship Fire Company No. 2" and such additional companies
as the Mount Laurel Township Council may authorize and approve.
[Amended 12-6-1965 by Ord. No. 1965-8; 10-19-1970
by Ord. No. 1970-20; 3-5-1973 by Ord.
No. 1973-1; 2-2-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-1]
No person may hereafter become an active member of the Fire Department
of Mount Laurel Township or any unit thereof unless he is above the age of
18 years and not over the age of 40 and a citizen of the United States. He
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, after physical examination for that purpose.
Every active 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, as required by the constitution or bylaws of the company
to which he has applied, he shall become a member in good standing of the
Fire Department after approval of his membership by the Chief and confirmation
by the Township council, and his name shall be entered on a roll of firemen
kept by the Municipal Clerk.
The Municipal Clerk shall issue exemption certificates, as provided
by law, to members of the Fire Department who have or shall have served seven
years in active duty.
[Amended 10-19-1970 by Ord. No. 1970-20; 3-5-1973
by Ord. No. 1973-1; 2-2-1976 by Ord.
No. 1976-1]
A person above the age of 40 years and not over 55 years, who is a citizen
of the United States, may become an auxiliary active member of the Fire Department
of Mount Laurel Township or any unit thereof. He shall be physically fit to
perform the duties of an auxiliary active fireman evidenced by a certificate
to that effect by a practicing physician of the State of New Jersey, after
physical examination for that purpose. Such auxiliary active member shall
not be entitled to receive the benefits of an active member of the Fire Department.
The Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the Manager for a term of one
year from the first day of January of the year of his appointment or until
his successor is appointed and qualified, to be paid such compensation as
shall be fixed from time to time by a general salary ordinance. The Fire Marshal
shall coordinate with the Director of Public Safety the activities of the
various Fire Departments with respect to their effect on the Township as a
whole and the coordination and enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code.
The Fire Departments as heretofore established and empowered pursuant
to law and ordinance are continued.
[Added 12-17-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-20]
A.
All duly qualified applicants for the position of Mount
Laurel Township Firefighter shall be classified in the following classes:
B.
All appointments to the position of Mount Laurel Township
fire fighter shall be made in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A: 14-123.1a, with
all those in Class I to be appointed first and then those in each succeeding
class in the order listed.
C.
All applicants classified as Class I must be residents
of Mount Laurel Township as of the announced closing date of the civil service
examination for the position and must maintain such residency continuously
up to and including the date of appointment.
D.
A copy of this section shall be forwarded to the New
Jersey Department of Personnel.
