There is hereby created and established a part-paid and volunteer
Fire Department for the Township of Pennsauken (hereinafter referred
to as "Township Fire Department" or "Fire Department") which shall
consist of such members, officers and personnel as the governing body
shall deem necessary for the effective government of the Department.
The governing body is the appropriate authority to exercise legislative
authority to:
A. Provide for the maintenance, regulation and control of the Fire Department;
B. Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the government of
the Fire Department and for the discipline of the Fire Department
members, officers and personnel;
C. Determine the terms of office of the members, officers and personnel,
fix their compensation, and prescribe their powers, functions and
duties, all as the governing body shall deem necessary for the effective
government of the Fire Department;
D. Authorize the combination Fire Department of the Township of Pennsauken,
in the County of Camden, consisting of the following:
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(1) Station 1, East Pennsauken Volunteer Fire Association No. 1.
(2) Station 2, Pennsauken Volunteer Fire Company No. 2.
(3) Station 3, Bloomfield Park Volunteer Fire Company No. 1.
(5) Station 5, Delaview Volunteer Fire Company No. 1.
E. There shall be appointed, by resolution of the Township Committee,
paid firefighters who shall be full-time employees of the part-paid
and volunteer Fire Department of the Township of Pennsauken. Said
appointees shall be hired in conformance with civil service regulations
and applicable state laws.