[Amended 1-1-1954 by Ord. No. 353; 7-21-1970 by Ord. No. 551; 12-3-1974 by Ord. No. 635]
There is hereby constituted and created a paid
Fire Department in and for the City of North Wildwood, in the County
of Cape May, New Jersey, which said Department shall consist of a
Chief and as many paid firemen as shall be determined and deemed necessary
by the Public Safety Committee of said City to properly protect the
lives and property of the inhabitants thereof; and which said paid
Fire Department shall at all times be governed by the Public Safety
Committee of said City and at all times be under its direction, supervision
and control.
[Added 7-2-1996 by Ord. No. 1239]
The City of North Wildwood has notified Civil
Service that City resident applicants to the paid North Wildwood Fire
Department, who pass the civil service examination, are to be entitled
to priority over nonresidents as long as it remains lawful to do so.
A resident applicant, for the purpose of this section, is one who
is a resident of the City of North Wildwood on the date of his or
her application and continues to be such a resident up to the time
of his or her appointment.
[Added 11-8-2017 by Ord.
No. 1731]
The Public Safety Committee shall have full
power and authority to appoint, suspend, try and remove all members
of the paid Fire Department and to make, amend, repeal and enforce
rules and regulations for the government, direction, management and
discipline of the paid Fire Department; but nothing herein shall be
deemed to repeal any of the existing rules and regulations of the
said Department.