[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Township
Council of the Township of Dover (now Toms River) 6-22-2004 by Ord. No.
3884-04. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Volunteer Fire Department of Fire District No.
1 shall consist of the recognized fire companies as at present are
constituted and existent in Fire District No. 1 and which in order
of seniority are as follows: Toms River Fire Company No. 1 of Toms
River; Toms River Fire Company No. 2 of Toms River; Ocean Beach Fire
Company No. 3 of Ocean Beach; and East Dover Fire Company No. 4 of
Windsor Park, all of which are volunteer fire companies.
B.
The Volunteer Fire Department of Fire District No.
2 shall consist of the recognized fire companies as at present are
constituted and existent in Fire District No. 2 and which in order
of seniority are as follows: Pleasant Plains Volunteer Fire Company
No. 1 of Pleasant Plains and Silverton Fire Company No. 1 of Silverton,
both of which are volunteer fire companies.
No other volunteer fire companies shall be added
to the Volunteer Fire Departments of Fire District No. 1 or Fire District
No. 2, until such time as the growth of the community, in the opinion
of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Fire Departments of Fire
District No. 1 or Fire District No. 2, respectively, shall deem another
fire company necessary for the best fire protection of the area it
is to serve; i.e., if any newly proposed fire company is in the area
of the Township served by Fire District No. 1, the question of the
wisdom of approving and recommending the recognition of any newly
proposed fire company shall be the responsibility of the duly elected
members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire District No. 1.
If any newly proposed fire company is in the area of the Township
served by Fire District No. 2, the question of the wisdom of approving
and recommending the recognition of any proposed fire company shall
be the responsibility of the duly elected members of the Board of
Fire Commissioners of Fire District No. 2.
A.
No citizen or group of citizens shall, for the purpose
of organizing a volunteer fire company to be recognized by the Fire
Commissioners, the Volunteer Fire Department or the governing body
of the Township, do so until the following requirements are met.
B.
Prior to filing a certificate of incorporation, such
citizen or group of citizens who desire to organize such a fire company
shall first submit, to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the fire
district in which the proposed company is to be organized, an application
stating:
(1)
The incentive and the location of the proposed company
and the area it seeks to serve and protect.
(2)
A roster of names, addresses and ages of such organizers.
(3)
The availability and physical fitness of the proposed
members to serve as an active fire-fighting force.
(4)
The ability of the proposed members to meet the qualifications
of the New Jersey State Firemen's Relief Association.
A.
The Board of Fire Commissioners shall refer such application
to the Volunteer Fire Department and, after approval or disapproval
by the Volunteer Fire Department, the application shall be referred
back to the proper Board of Fire Commissioners for final action.
B.
After receiving said report from the Volunteer Fire
Department concerning such application, unless the proper Board of
Fire Commissioners shall approve the said incorporation of the said
volunteer fire company before the said certificate is filed and the
said company duly organized, said company cannot become a part of
the Volunteer Fire Department of either Fire District No. 1 or Fire
District No. 2 of Toms River Township.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect in any way the type, manner or character of any of the six volunteer fire companies mentioned in § 109-1 hereof or to create, establish or set up a paid Fire Department in this Township. The sole purpose of this chapter is to make more efficient the proper functioning of the volunteer fire protection services rendered and to be rendered by the volunteer fire companies of Toms River Township.
