[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Liberty 4-7-1969. Section 12-2 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 44.
There is hereby authorized and established the Mountain Lake
Fire Department, to be composed of one company to be known as the
"Mountain Lake Fire Company" and such additional companies as the
Township Committee may authorize and approve.
[Amended 6-1-1970; 5-7-1973[1]]
No persons shall hereafter become a member of the Fire Department
of the Mountain Lake Fire Company or any unit thereof unless above
the age of 18 and not over the age of 40, a citizen of the United
States and a resident of the Township of Liberty, County of Warren,
for at least six months. 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 the 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 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 the 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 Municipal Clerk.
