[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Lower as Sec. 2A-2 of the 1975 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There is hereby authorized and established a
volunteer fire company, known as the "Wildwood Villas Volunteer Fire
Company"; the volunteer fire company may be expanded to include such
additional companies as the Township Council may further authorize
and approve.
There is hereby authorized and established a
volunteer fire company, known as the "Town Bank Volunteer Fire Company";
the volunteer fire company may be expanded to include such additional
companies as the Township Council may further authorize and approve.
There is hereby authorized and established a
volunteer fire company known as "Erma Volunteer Fire Company"; the
volunteer fire company may be expanded to include such additional
companies as the Township Council may further authorize and approve.
[Amended by Ord. No. 81-17; Ord. No. 85-5; 2-17-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-02]
No person shall hereafter become a member of
any fire department of any volunteer fire company or department or
any unit thereof within the confines of the Township of Lower, unless
above the age of 18 and not over the age of 45, a citizen of the United
States, and a resident of the Township of Lower, Cape May County,
New Jersey, or a resident of a municipality located immediately adjacent
to the Township of Lower, subject to the approval of the appropriate
fire district, for upwards of one year. He/she shall be physically
fit to perform the duties of a fireman evidenced by a certificate
to that effect by a practicing physician of the State of New Jersey,
after physical examination for that purpose.
Every 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 Township 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 of a majority of
the unit present and voting 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 officers, and his name shall be entered
on a roll of firemen kept by the Township Clerk.
Exemption certificates may be issued to members
of the Fire Department who shall have served seven years in active
duty under municipal control, as required by law of April 29, 1936,
as amended May 26, 1936.
