[Adopted 12-12-1962; amended in its entirety 3-19-1996
by Ord. No. 96-2]
The names of all members of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department
shall be entered on a roll of firefighters to be maintained by the Clerk of
the Township of Washington. The secretary of the Volunteer Fire Department
will, in January of each year, provide the Township Clerk with the roster
of the Department, including names and addresses of all firefighting members.
Every member of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department shall,
in each and every year, perform at least the duty as required for their firefighting
classification, as provided in the bylaws of the Washington Township Volunteer
Fire Department, said duty to include attendance and duty at meetings, fires
and drills. A record shall be maintained of each member's duty and attendance
by the Chief of the Fire Department or the officer designated in the bylaws
of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department. A report thereof shall
be made by the Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department annually to the Township
Committee of the Township of Washington.
Exemption certificates may be issued to members of the Washington Township
Volunteer Fire Department who shall have served on active duty for seven years
under municipal control, pursuant to the provisions of the laws of New Jersey.
There is hereby established within the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department a Bureau of Fire Prevention which shall be constituted and shall fulfill the duties set forth in Chapter
72, entitled "Fire Prevention," of this Code.
[Adopted 8-19-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-07]
A petition has been signed by at least 5% of the registered voters and
has been served upon the Township Clerk of Washington Township and the Township
now seeks to designate a territorial location for use as a fire district.
The Township is presently served by the Washington Township Volunteer
Fire Company. There is hereby created Fire District No. 1 in the Township
of Washington, County of Warren, State of New Jersey, the boundaries of which
shall consist of all property located within the corporate limits of the Township
of Washington, as delineated on the Official Map of the Township, as drawn
by Maser Consulting, dated November 30, 2002.
The Township Committee, by resolution, shall provide for the election
of a Board of Fire Commissioners for Fire District No. 1 to consist of five
persons who are residents of Washington Township and shall specify the time
and place for such election.
The Commissioners so elected and their successors shall be a body corporate,
to be known as the “Commissioners of Fire District No. 1 in the Township
of Washington, County of Warren.” The said body corporate shall have
the power to acquire real and personal property for its purposes, may adopt
and use a corporate seal, may sue for or be sued and shall have such powers,
duties and functions as are usual and necessary for said purposes and are
set forth in N.J.S.A 40A:14-70, et seq., as the same may be amended from time
to time.