The Fire Chief or his or her designee, as may be in charge at the scene of a fire or other emergency involving the protection of life and/or property, are empowered to direct such operations as may be necessary to extinguish or control any suspected or reported fires, gas leaks or other hazardous conditions or situations or to take any other action necessary in the reasonable performance of their duty. The Fire Chief or his or her designee may prohibit any person, vehicle or object from approaching the scene and may remove or cause to be removed from the scene any person, vehicle or object which may impede or interfere with the operations of the Fire Department. The Fire Chief or his or her designee may remove or cause to be removed any person, vehicle or object from hazardous areas. All persons ordered to leave a hazardous area shall do so immediately and shall not reenter the area until authorized to do so by the Fire Chief or his or her designee.
A vehicle shall not be driven or propelled over any unprotected fire hose of the Fire Department, when laid down on any street, alleyway, private drive or any other vehicular roadway, without the consent of the Fire Chief or his or her designee in command of said operation.
Upon the approach of any authorized emergency vehicle giving audible and visual signal, the operator of every other vehicle shall immediately drive the same to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right-hand edge or curb of the street or roadway, clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle or vehicles shall have passed, unless otherwise directed by the Fire Chief or his or her designee or a police officer.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, other than one on official business, to follow closer than 300 feet from any fire apparatus traveling in response to or from a fire alarm or to drive any vehicle within the block or immediate area where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
A person shall not, without proper authorization from the Fire Director, Fire Chief or his or her designee in charge of said Fire Department emergency equipment, cling to, attach himself or herself to, climb upon or into, board or swing upon any Fire Department emergency vehicle, whether the same is in motion or at rest, or sound the siren, horn, bell or other sound-producing device thereon or manipulate or tamper with or attempt to manipulate or tamper with any levers, valves, switches, starting devices, brakes, pumps or any equipment or protective clothing on or part of any Fire Department emergency vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage or deface or attempt or conspire to damage or deface any Fire Department emergency vehicle at any time or to injure or attempt to injure or conspire to injure Fire Department personnel while performing departmental duties.
A. 
The driver of any emergency vehicle, as defined in § 95-29 of the Code,[1] shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights on or disobey any existing traffic regulation, except when said vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire. Tactical strategies, such as but not restricted to move-ups, do not constitute an emergency call. The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
(1) 
Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of existing traffic regulations.
(2) 
Proceed past a red or stop signal or other sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.
(3) 
Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as the action does not endanger life or property.
(4) 
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
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Editor's Note: This refers to a section found in a previous version of this article, which defined "emergency vehicle" as follows: "Shall be restricted to those which are defined and authorized under the laws of the State of New Jersey."
B. 
The exemptions herein granted to an emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds an audible signal, bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to obscure from view, damage, deface, obstruct, or restrict the access to any fire hydrant or any Fire Department connection for the pressurization of fire suppression systems, including fire hydrants and Fire Department connections that are located on public or private streets and access lanes or on private property.
B. 
If, upon the expiration of the time mentioned in a notice of violation, obstructions or encroachments are not removed, the Chief Fire Marshal or his or her designee shall proceed to remove the same. Costs incurred in the performance of necessary work shall be paid from the municipal treasury on certificate of the Chief Fire Marshal or his or her designee and with the approval of the Fire Director and Township Manager, and the legal authority of the municipality shall institute appropriate action for the recovery of such costs.
A person shall not sell, trade, loan or give away any form, type or kind of fire extinguisher which is not approved by the Chief Fire Marshal or his or her designee or which is not in proper working order or the contents of which do not meet the requirements of the Uniform Fire Code. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the sale, trade or exchange of obsolete or damaged equipment for junk when said units are permanently disfigured or marked with a permanent sign identifying the unit as junk.
A person or persons shall not erect, construct, place or maintain fences, gates, chains, bars, pipes, wood or metal horses or any other type of obstruction in or on any street within the boundaries of the municipality unless authorized by the Township. The word "street" as used in this article shall mean any roadway accessible to the public for vehicular traffic, including but not limited to private streets or access lanes, as well as all public streets and highways within the boundaries of the municipality.
No person shall store or park or cause to be stored or parked any internal-combustion-engine vehicle commonly known as a "motorcycle," "moped," "go-cart" or "dirt bike" in or on any apartment unit porch, balcony, patio, entrance, exit or any other private area of an apartment or multifamily dwelling unit.