The Town of Belvidere, not having a paid or par-paid fire department,
hereby recognizes and contracts with the Good Will Fire Co. No. 1,
Inc., a volunteer fire company for the purpose of extinguishing fires
and furnishing related emergency services as permitted pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-68.
The Chief of the Fire Department and all executive officers
of the Department shall be elected and shall serve terms of office
pursuant to the procedures and terms established in the Constitution
and By-Laws of the Fire Department, as the same may be revised from
time to time. The Town Council shall appoint the Fire Chief selected
by the Department as the Fire Chief of the Town for a term of office
co-extensive with that as elected by the Department.
The membership of the Fire Department shall be determined the sound discretion of the members in good standing of the
Department in accordance with its Constitution and By-Laws, as the
same may be revised from time to time and in accordance with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations. The Fire Department shall establish classes
of membership and rules and regulations with respect thereto, including,
but not limited to, active, social, honorary, rescue, junior, life,
cadet and fire police, in accordance with its Constitution and By-Laws,
as the same may be revised from time to time.
Exemption Certificates shall be issued to members of the Fire
Department who shall have served and complied with the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-56, as the same may be amended from time to time.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall prepare and file with the Town
Clerk, annually, the statement, under oath, setting forth the name,
residence, age and citizenship of every member of the Fire Department,
the date of his or her admission to membership, and the percentage
of fire duty credited to each such member for the preceding year.
The Council shall rely upon this submission in determining to whom
exemption certificates shall be issued.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall be charged with the responsibility
of ensuring the proper use, care and maintenance of any vehicles or
equipment owned by the Town that are utilized by the Department. The
Chief shall make, from time to time, recommendations to the Town Council
with respect to appropriations, supplies and repairs, in furtherance
of the efficient operation of the Fire Department.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PERSON
A natural person or persons, partnership, corporation, association,
firm or other legal entity.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The person having received emergency services provided by
the Fire Department.
The purpose of this article is to provide authority, procedures
and requirements to seek collection and reimbursement for the reasonable
costs of responding to such incidents by the Fire Department for fire
service calls, hazardous material incidents, environmental incidents,
and safety and rescue incidents coordinated via Warren County Dispatch
and 911 responses, those that use hazardous material abatement equipment
and materials are also eligible for reimbursement.
The governing body of the Town of Belvidere authorizes the Good
Will Fire Co. No. 1, Inc., and/or Town of Belvidere to recover the
real and reasonable costs incurred for firefighting materials or equipment
used and expended; the costs of the use of fire trucks, fire engines,
rescue equipment, tankers and other vehicles; the costs of hazardous
situation abatement materials involved in any fire, safety and rescue
incident or operation, and hazardous abatement incident, including
vehicular accidents or fires.