The Township Committee of Mannington Township (hereinafter known as
the "Township") is cognizant that the Mannington Fire Company is an independent
volunteer fire company located within the Township, possessing its own fire-fighting
equipment and membership, from which it recognizes its own Fire Chief, and
governed by its own bylaws and rules and regulations now in existence or hereafter
adopted.
The Mannington Fire Company has served a fire-fighting function in the
Township and regularly responds to requests to do so within the Township.
The Township recognizes the Mannington Fire Company as the fire-fighting
unit of first instance to be initially called in case of fire in the Township,
inasmuch as the said Mannington Fire Company is the only fire company, volunteer
or otherwise, physically located within the Township.