[Amended 10-21-2015 by Ord. No. Z-379]
There is hereby established a Division of Fire in the Department
of Public Safety, which shall be responsible for providing fire prevention
and fire protection in the City. The Division of Fire shall also be
responsible for enforcement of state statutes, rules and regulations
and City ordinances governing fire prevention. The Mayor, or his/her
authorized designee, and the Director of Public Safety shall have
the authority to authorize and approve internal rules and regulations
for the Division of Fire, and its employees, and revise same as necessary,
by executive order.
There is hereby created and established the position of Fire
Chief, who shall also serve as head of the Division. The Fire Chief
shall be appointed in accordance with Title 11A, Civil Service, of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey by the Director of the Department
of Administration. The duties and powers of the Fire Chief are vested
in state statute, rules and regulations and City ordinances.
[Amended 12-4-2002 by Ord. No. DR-76; 11-21-2007 by Ord. No. DR-335; 4-2-2008 by Ord. No. DR-353]; 9-7-2011 by Ord. No. Z-121; 10-17-2012 by Ord. No. Z-216; 5-7-2014 by Ord. No. Z-295; 11-13-2017 by Ord. No. Z-525; 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. B-466; 4-19-2023 by Ord. No. B-555; 3-6-2024 by Ord. No. B-649]
The staff of the Division of Fire shall not exceed the following
sworn personnel, within the budgetary constraints established by the
Council:
Rank/Position
|
Number
|
---|
Chief
|
1
|
Battalion Chiefs
|
8
|
Captains
|
35
|
Firefighters
|
86
|
Fire Marshal
|
1
|
There is hereby assigned and transferred to said Division all
of the subordinate officers and employees in the City of Hoboken holding
their offices and positions under tenure of office under any law of
this state or Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes of
New Jersey and now exercising and performing any of the functions,
powers and duties as heretofore. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to affect or impair the tenure of office, civil service
or pension rights of any of the officers and employees transferred
to said Division.
[Amended 4-3-2023 by Ord. No. B-545]
A. The City of Hoboken, as the appointing authority for firefighter
candidates, hereby requires that each candidate be a resident of the
City of Hoboken on the announced closing date(s) of the open competitive
examination(s), and each candidate shall be required to be a continuous
resident of the City of Hoboken (jurisdiction) from the announced
closing date of the examination down to the date of the appointment
of the candidate to a position of firefighter. A breach in the candidate's
residency as required herein shall disqualify a candidate for appointment.
B. The conditions of residency as required by this chapter shall apply
to all open competitive examinations for firefighters (entry level)
given by the New Jersey Department of Personnel after the effective
date of this section.
C. A certified copy of this section shall be filed with the New Jersey
Department of Personnel.
There is hereby transferred and assigned to said Division all
of the property, books, papers and records relating to any of the
offices and other governmental agencies hereinabove allocated and
assigned to said Division, except such books, papers and records as
are now required by law or ordinances of the City of Hoboken to be
kept in the office of some other officer or department of the City
government.
All appropriations available or to become available to any department,
board, commission, office or other governmental agency, the functions,
powers and duties of which are hereby assigned and transferred to
said Division, are hereby transferred to the Division established
hereby and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which
appropriated.