[HISTORY: Derived from §§ 8-3 through 8-8
of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Each fire company shall have active members who actually respond
to alarms and fight fires, and may have junior members and such other
classes of membership as they may by their rules and bylaws provide.
No person shall become an active member of a fire company unless
that person is 18 years of age or older, and unless he shall be physically
fit to perform the duties of a firefighter, as evidenced by a certificate
to that effect by a practicing physician of the state, after physical
examination for that purpose.
[Added by Ord. No. 1376-93]
B.
All appointments to the position of Lawrence Township firefighter
shall be made in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-10.1a, with all those
in Class I to be appointed first and then those in each succeeding
class in the order above listed.
C.
All applicants classified Class I must be residents of Lawrence Township
as of the announced closing date of the Civil Service examination
for the position and must maintain such residency continuously up
to and including the date of appointment.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1441-01]
A.
Junior firefighters, ages 14 through 17, are permitted in each volunteer
fire company by virtue of the establishment for each such company
of a junior firefighter's auxiliary pursuant to state law.
B.
The following rules and regulations shall govern junior firefighters:
(1)
Each junior firefighter shall have parental permission, in writing
and proved, as set forth in statute.
(2)
Each junior firefighter must present evidence of a satisfactory physical
examination by a licensed physician.
(3)
Junior firefighters must maintain grades of "C" or better in each
subject in each marking period. Report cards must be submitted to
Fire Chief each marking period for confirmation of compliance.
(4)
A junior firefighter, age 16 or 17, may participate in activities
until 10:00 p.m. on any night when school is in session the following
day and until 11:00 p.m. on all other nights.
(5)
A junior firefighter, age 14 or 15, may participate in activities
until 9:00 p.m. on any night.
(6)
A junior firefighter, age 14 or 15, may participate in drilling and
training but may only observe other fire activities. Junior firefighters
of this age may not respond to emergency calls either on Fire Company
apparatus or by any other means. Junior firefighters of this age may
ride on Fire Company apparatus in nonemergency activities only.
(7)
Each fire company may promulgate such rules and regulations pertaining
to its junior members as necessary. Said rules and regulations may
not be inconsistent with Township ordinance or statute.
Every person seeking to become an active or junior member of
a Fire Company shall make application, and upon his election to membership
by the members. Each Company may establish its own procedures, qualifications
and probation period, provided the same are reasonably related to
the applicant's capability to respond to alarms and fight fires,
are not contrary to this section or any state law, and provided that
the decision is made by at least a majority of the membership present
and voting. After approval of membership, and confirmation by the
Township governing body, the new member's name shall be entered
on a roll of firefighters kept by the Municipal Clerk, and he shall
be entitled to such badges of membership as are used by that particular
fire company.
The Fire Department consists of three volunteer fire companies
as at present organized in the Township and recognized as doing public
fire duty.
A.
The widow or minor children of any volunteer firefighter or member
of the Township First Aid Squad who shall hereafter be killed or die
as the result of injuries sustained in the course of performance of
duty as a member of a volunteer Fire Company or First Aid Squad regularly
serving the residents of the Township shall be paid a pension.
B.
Such pension shall be the sum of $5,000 per annum, to be appropriated
annually in the Township budget, and paid in the same manner as municipal
employees are paid.
C.
Eligibility for such pension shall continue in the case of a widow
only as long as the status of widowhood continues, and the pension
shall be paid to the widow, or to the minor child or children of such
deceased volunteer Firefighter or First Aid Squad member, if he leaves
no widow surviving him, or to such minor child or children after the
death of such widow.
D.
This section is passed pursuant to and in accordance with the authority
granted in Chapter 168, Laws of 1957, Laws of New Jersey, as amended
and supplemented.
[Added by Ord. No. 1626-00; amended by Ord. No. 1727-02]
A.
Established.
(1)
A Length of Service Awards Program is herewith created in accordance
with Chapter 388 of the Laws of 1997 to reward members of the Slackwood
Volunteer Fire Company, Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Company, Lawrence
Road Volunteer Fire Company and the Lawrence Township Emergency First
Aid Squad, for their loyal, diligent and devoted services to the residents
of Lawrence Township, effective January 1, 2001.
(2)
The LOSAP shall provide for fixed annual contributions to a deferred
income account for each volunteer member who meets the criteria set
forth below; that such contributions shall be made in accordance with
a plan that shall be established by the Township Council pursuant
to P.L. 1997, c. 338 (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-183 et seq.); and that such
plan shall be administered in accordance with the laws of the State
of New Jersey, the United States Internal Revenue Code, and this section.
(3)
The LOSAP shall provide for annual contributions as credit to each
eligible member who meets the criteria as follows:
C.
Program points.
(1)
Each volunteer member shall be credited with points for volunteer
services provided to the Slackwood Volunteer Fire Company, Lawrenceville
Volunteer Fire Company and Lawrence Road Volunteer Fire Company, as
provided below:
|
LOSAP Point System
|
Point Entitlement
|
Maximum Point Entitlement
|
|---|---|---|
|
Participation in emergency responses
|
1
|
115
|
|
Training drills
|
1
|
12
|
|
Attendance at meetings
|
1
|
12
|
|
Special events assignment
|
1
|
12
|
|
Total points
|
151
| |
|
Other points entitlement elected or appointed positions (only
one entitlement of 25 points can be attained)
|
25
|
25
|
|
Chairman appointed to committees (only one entitlement of 10
points can be attained)
|
10
|
10
|
(2)
Each volunteer member shall be credited with points for volunteer
services provided to the Lawrence Township Emergency First Aid Squad,
as provided below:
|
LOSAP Points System — 100 Points Per Year Required
| |
|---|---|
|
Point Requirements
|
Maximum Point Entitlement
|
|
Chief
|
25
|
|
President
|
25
|
|
All other line or elected officers
|
20
|
|
Trustee
|
5
|
|
Duty night
|
2 points per night
|
|
Call responses
|
1 point per call
|
|
Courses
|
1 point per CEU
|
|
Teaching (volunteer) (20 points maximum)
|
1 point per hour
|
|
Meetings
|
2 points per meeting
|
|
Drills
|
2 points per drill
|
|
Special assignments (stand-by, cleanup squad room, landscaping,
vehicles, community education)
|
5 points per assignment (30 points maximum)
|
