This chapter may be cited and referred to as
the "City of Bordentown Fire Department Ordinance of 1977."
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the
context clearly indicates a different meaning, the following definitions
shall apply:
ACTIVE FIREMAN
A member of an individual volunteer fire company within the
city, sometimes collectively referred to herein as "firemen."
APPARATUS
The motor vehicles, hoses, pumps, generators, lights, radios,
ladders, extinguishers, helmets, coats, boots and equipment of every
type and description used by and belonging to the companies.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS
The meaning given or ascribed thereto in this chapter, sometimes
referred to herein as the "Board."
CHIEF
The Chief of the Fire Department of the city, who is annually
elected by the companies and who has overall command of the companies,
officers and firemen within the Fire Department.
CITY
The City of Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey.
COMPANY
An individual volunteer fire company within the city and
being either the Consolidated Fire Association of Bordentown, New
Jersey, or the Hope Hose Humane Company No. 1, sometimes collectively
referred to herein as the "companies."
EXEMPT MEMBER
A member who has been issued an exempt certificate pursuant
to the laws of the State of New Jersey relating thereto.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Fire Department of the City of Bordentown, sometimes
referred to herein simply as the "Department," and composed of the
volunteer fire companies within the City of Bordentown and all of
their members and apparatus.
MAYOR
The Mayor of the City of Bordentown.
MEMBER
A person who has made application to and been elected to
membership in and by a company within the Department as a company
active fireman, sometimes collectively referred to herein as "members."
OFFICER
The Chief, Assistant Chiefs and Captains within the Department,
sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "officers."
Whenever an outside municipality shall contract
with the city for fire-fighting service, the Commissioners shall notify
each fire company of the existence of such contract, and alarms from
such municipalities shall be answered in such manner as may be directed
by resolution of the Commissioners, and, in other cases, no fire company
shall respond to an out-of-town alarm unless a request for assistance
shall be made by the Fire Chief of the municipality or district asking
for assistance and permission is given to the company designated to
answer out-of-town calls by the Chief or, in his absence, one of the
Assistant Chiefs.
Any member of the Department who completes the
time required by law to become exempt by serving seven years as a
State of New Jersey active fireman under municipal control will be
entitled to apply for an exempt fireman certificate as provided for
by the statutes of the State of New Jersey. Any member of the Department
incapacitated by illness and no longer able to serve as an active
fireman may retire as an active member upon certification by a licensed
physician of the State of New Jersey that said member is physically
or mentally unfit for further service as an active fireman.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as
creating an agency relationship between the city and any company,
except that should the City Commission by ordinance contract with
any company or companies of the Department, the members of such company
or companies shall be under the supervision and control of the city
and in performing fire duties and shall be deemed to be exercising
a governmental function.