There shall be three classes of membership in the Department:
active, active life and inactive.
A. An active member is one who has attended a minimum of 50% of required
fire duty as prescribed pursuant to this chapter.
B. An active life member is one who has served 25 years as an active
member and who maintains his residence in the Township of Rochelle
Park and performs at least 50% of fire duty as prescribed pursuant
to this chapter.
C. An inactive member is one who becomes incapacitated pursuant to this
chapter or reaches the age of 62 years, provided that he has been
a member for a minimum of seven years.
All applications for membership in the Rochelle Park Fire Department
shall be presented to the Board of Fire Officers of the Fire Department.
A. An applicant shall be accepted only by the Board of Fire Officers
of the Fire Department. Acceptance shall be certified by the Secretary
to the Township Committee, which acceptance shall be subject to the
approval of the Township Committee.
(1) The admission of such applicant to the Fire Department shall be for
a temporary period of one year. At the expiration of the temporary
one-year period and the completion of the New Jersey Level 1 Firefighter
Certification, the applicant shall be admitted to full membership
of the Fire Department upon recommendation of the majority of the
members of the officers, subject, however, to the approval and confirmation
by the Township Committee.
B. A rejected applicant may appeal to the Township Committee within
30 days after notice of rejection by filing with the Township Committee
and the Board of Fire Officers a written notice of his appeal and
a request for a date for hearing of same. The Township Committee shall
hear the appeal on the date fixed by it and shall give a representative
of the Board of Fire Officers an opportunity to present the Board's
reasons for rejection. The Township Committee shall determine whether
or not the applicant shall be admitted to membership, and its decision
shall be final.
Every fireman who shall present satisfactory evidence to the
New Jersey State Exempt Association that he has attended at least
50% of the calls occurring in the Township of Rochelle Park and that
he has served the Township seven years as an active fireman shall
be entitled to a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Township
Committee, the Township Clerk and the Fire Chief, together with a
badge of such status.