[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479]
A. The line officers of the Fire Department of the Township shall consist
of a Chief, Deputy Chief, First Assistant Chief, Second Assistant
Chief and Third Assistant Chief. The Chief shall be the primary officer
of the Department.
B. The administrative officers of the Department shall be the President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and such other officers as
prescribed by the bylaws of the Fire Department. Their nomination,
election, duties, authority and term of office shall be as prescribed
in the bylaws of the Fire Department.
It shall be the duty of the Chief to meet with the Department
Budget Committee in order to supervise the preparation of the annual
budget, supervise all firematic activities, supervise the Division
of Fire Prevention, supervise the operations of the Fire Academy and
administer the financial disbursements of the Fire Department portion
of the municipal budget and bonded items. He shall make a monthly
and annual report of all fires to the Township Committee. He shall
take charge of all fire investigations. In all cases of fire threatening
injury to or destruction of property, he shall take prompt and effectual
measures and use the means of the Department to extinguish the fire.
In the absence or incapacitation of the Chief, his command shall
devolve upon and his duties be performed by the Deputy Chief or, in
the absence or incapacitation of both, by the First Assistant Chief;
or in the absence or incapacitation of the former officers, by the
Second Assistant Chief; and in the absence or incapacitation of the
former officers, by the Third Assistant Chief; or in the absence or
incapacitation of all five such officers, by the ranking officers
in the district or locality of the fire.