There is hereby authorized and established the Delaware Township
Fire Department to be composed of one company, to be known as the
Sergeantsville Volunteer Fire Company, and such additional companies
as the Township Committee may authorize and approve.
[Amended 12-26-1972]
No person shall hereafter become a member of the Fire Department
of the Township, or any unit thereof, unless above the age of 18 and
not over the age of 40, a citizen of the United States, a resident
of the Township of Delaware, County of Hunterdon for upwards of one
year. He 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 year, perform
at least 60% of duty to be composed of actual attendance and duty
of 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 municipal
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 municipal 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, 1935, as amended
May 26, 1936.