[Amended 3-19-1976]
The Fire Department of this township shall consist
of Forked River Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Lanoka Harbor Volunteer
Fire Company No. 1 and Bamber Lakes Volunteer Fire Company No. 1,
and shall consist of not more than one hundred eighty (180) active
members. All active members of said companies shall be approved by
the Township Committee of this township. The duties of said volunteer
fire companies and their officers and members shall be as provided
by law, and moneys for the maintenance of such companies shall be
provided for according to law.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
All active members of this Department shall
have reached the age of eighteen (18) years. Each prospective member
shall make an application in writing, signed by the applicant, giving
his or her name, age and length of residence in the township. With
said application, there shall be an accompanying certificate made
by a practicing physician of the State of New Jersey to the effect
that, after a physical examination for that purpose, said physician
certifies that the applicant is physically fit to perform the duties
of a fire fighter.
No person shall be an active member of the companies
who is not a citizen of the United States of America and who is not
a resident of the Township of Lacey, in the County of Ocean.
Each voting member shall be a resident of the
Township of Lacey aforesaid, and all officers of the said companies
shall be citizens of the United States of America and residents of
said township.
The companies shall choose from their list of
active members the following officers: Chief, Assistant Chief, Captains
and Engineers. All other officers shall be selected from the companies'
voting membership according to their respective rules, regulations
and bylaws.
[Amended 6-28-1979 by Ord. No. 16-79]
The name of each person elected to active membership
in said companies and proposed as a member of the Department shall
be presented through the Secretaries of the said fire companies to
the Township Committee of the Township of Lacey for confirmation.
Prior to confirmation by the Township Committee, the Secretaries shall
request a criminal record check of each prospective member through
the Lacey Township Police Department.
An annual statement shall be furnished the Township
Committee by the Secretaries of the said fire companies, listing the
fire calls, drills, record of attendance at fires and fire drills
and such other information as shall from time to time be requested
by the Township Committee.
[Added 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-36]
All funds appropriated for the Lacey Township
Volunteer Fire Department by the governing body shall be accounted
for annually to the governing body pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-34.
[Added 7-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-95, there is hereby established,
within the Lacey Township Fire Department, the Lacey Township Junior
Firemen's Auxiliary.
[Added 7-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
Membership in the Lacey Township Junior Fireman's Auxiliary
shall be limited to persons not less than 14 or more than 21 years
of age. Written permission to join the Auxiliary is required from
the parents of persons between the ages of 14 and 21.
[Added 7-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-98, the
Township Committee hereby establishes and adopts rules and regulations
to govern the activities of the Junior Firemen's Auxiliary. A copy
of the rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection
in the office of the Township Clerk during normal business hours.