Title 40A, Title 40A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40A:14-28.1 Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to paid members of fire departments. 4. A person shall not be removed from employment or a position as a paid member of a paid or part-paid fire department or force, whether that department or force be cre…

40A:14-29. Promotion of members and officers in certain municipalities In any municipality except in cities of the first class a promotion of any member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force to a superior position shall be made from the membership of such d…

40A:14-3. Acting county fire marshal In the event that a county fire marshal shall become incapacitated or otherwise disabled, the board of chosen freeholders of the county may appoint an acting fire marshal to hold such office during the period of such incapacity or disability. …

40A:14-30. Removal from fire hazards of tangible personal property; custody; arrest of offenders Any member or officer of a municipal fire department or force subject to the rules and regulations thereof in connection with a fire may remove any tangible personal property involved…

40A:14-31. Transfer of a fire patrol to a municipality In any municipality wherein there is a fire patrol or protective association organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 9, Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, such fire patrol or protective association upon its discontinua…

40A:14-32. Use of fire fighting equipment by training organizations The governing body of any municipality or the board of fire commissioners of any fire district, by resolution, may authorize the use of their fire fighting equipment no longer required for operation by any county…

40A:14-33. Municipality may contribute money for general purposes of incorporated volunteer fire department In any municipality where there is an incorporated volunteer fire department which is limited to raising in any one year for the purposes of the department a definite sum, …

40A:14-34 Municipal appropriations to fire companies. 40A:14-34. The governing body of any municipality may raise and appropriate funds to be granted to the boards of fire commissioners of any fire district or volunteer fire companies located therein, up to a total annual appropr…

40A:14-35. Fire protection from adjoining municipality 40A:14-35. The governing body of a municipality may appropriate such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to aid a municipal paid or part-paid fire department and force in an adjoining municipality, or to aid a board of…

40A:14-36. Compensation for losses sustained by volunteer firemen The governing body of a municipality, by resolution, may appropriate annually such sums of money as they shall deem necessary for the purpose of compensating any volunteer fireman, not in receipt of compensation fo…

40A:14-37 Volunteer firefighters' life insurance. 40A:14-37. a. In any fire district maintaining a volunteer fire department, or wherein there shall exist one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies affording fire protection to the fire district, the membership whereof are …

40A:14-38. Board of commissioners may continue insurance for volunteer firemen In any fire district in this State maintaining a volunteer fire department, or wherein there shall exist one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies affording fire protection to said fire distric…

40A:14-39. Other compensation not to affect eligibility to receive insurance benefits No member of any volunteer fire department or of any incorporated volunteer fire company shall be considered ineligible to receive said insurance benefits because he may otherwise receive any fo…

40A:14-41. Conversion of volunteer to paid fire department; referendum No municipality having a volunteer fire department shall establish a paid fire department and convert its volunteer force into a paid fire department unless and until the ordinance providing therefor shall hav…

40A:14-42. Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to paid positions In any municipality where there is a volunteer fire company or force, maintained and controlled by the municipality, having no paid fireman and thereafter a paid position therein is created or establis…

40A:14-43. Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to newly established paid fire department In any municipality where there is a volunteer fire company or force, maintained and controlled by the municipality, and the governing body of the municipality, by ordinance, sh…

40A:14-44. Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to a part-paid fire department In any municipality where there is a volunteer fire company or force, maintained and controlled by the municipality and a part-paid fire department composed of both paid and volunteer fire…

40A:14-45. Service credits and conditions upon appointments to paid or part-paid fire departments In any municipality where an examination is scheduled to determine appointments to the paid or part-paid fire department and force, any qualified fireman having served in the volunte…

40A:14-46. Two-platoon system in certain municipalities having a paid fire department and force The governing body of a municipality, having a paid fire department and force, by resolution, may divide the members and officers of such department and force into 2 platoons, one plat…

40A:14-47. Two-platoon system for fire department in certain municipalities; establishment; referendum In municipalities, except cities of the first class, wherein a proposal for a 2-platoon system shall have been adopted the governing body of the municipality, or the board or of…

40A:14-48. Two-platoon system for fire department in cities of the first class; emergency service; compensatory time off In cities of the first class, the governing body, by resolution, or the board of fire commissioners or officials in charge of a fire department and force, may …

40A:14-49. Fifty-six hour week for members and officers; referendum The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may adopt a schedule of hours of actual duty for the members and officers of a paid or part-paid fire department and force based upon an average of 56 hours p…

40A:14-50. Certain emergency service and compensation "Emergency" as used herein shall include any unusual conditions caused by any circumstances or situation including shortages in the personnel of the paid or part-paid fire department and force caused by vacancies, sickness or …

40A:14-51. Emergency service; compensatory time off In cases of conflagration or other emergency, the officials in charge of the paid or part-paid fire department and force in any municipality, shall have authority to retain on duty any member and officer of such department and f…

40A:14-52. Schedule of hours of actual duty In any municipality, the governing body, by ordinance, may adopt a schedule of hours of actual duty for the paid officers and members of the fire department and force, to average for each 42 hours per week in any 8-week cycle, except in…

40A:14-53. Traffic regulations in fire areas The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may authorize the officials in charge of the paid or part-paid fire department and force to establish fire areas to regulate traffic and parking therein and provide penalties for vi…

40A:14-54. Firemen in the performance of their duties to have powers of police officers The members and officers of the paid or part-paid fire department and force of a municipality shall have the powers and authority of police officers within the municipality, to be exercised wh…

40A:14-54.1. Authority at scene of fire of fire official in charge of supervision or direction of operations The chief or other superior officer of any municipal paid or part-paid fire department or volunteer fire company, or a State fire warden, who is charged with the duty of s…

40A:14-55 Definitions relating to fire departments and exempt firemen. 40A:14-55. Definitions relating to fire departments and exempt firemen. "Fire department and force", "fire department or force" or "fire department" means the officers and members organized to fight fires in t…

40A:14-56 Exempt fireman certificate; eligibility. 40A:14-56. A member of the fire department and force of a municipality shall be entitled to an exempt fireman certificate when it appears that at the time of his appointment he was of good moral character and was not under 18 or …

40A:14-57. Verified list of nonexempt members to be filed with municipal clerk The official in charge of the fire department and force shall annually file with the municipal clerk a verified list of all of the members not having exempt fireman certificates. The list shall contain…

40A:14-58. Members of volunteer fire company on disbandment entitled to exempt fireman certificates Whenever a volunteer fire company is disbanded and replaced by a paid or part-paid fire department and force, the members of such company who shall have served as such at least 2 y…

40A:14-59 Issuance of exempt fireman certificates. 40A:14-59. The governing body of a municipality shall issue exempt fireman certificates to members of the fire department and force entitled thereto. The certificate shall be issued in quadruplicate, in form, substantially as fol…

40A:14-6. County fire marshal's powers not to conflict The powers, functions and duties of a county fire marshal shall not be deemed to conflict with the ordinances of any municipality relating to the removal of fire hazards nor shall a county fire marshal have any powers or juri…

40A:14-60. Tenure of exempt firemen in office, position or employment of State, county, municipality, school board or board of education; removal upon charges after hearing Whenever any person possessing an exempt fireman certificate holds an office, position or employment of the…

40A:14-61. Exempt firemen entitled to certain rights, privileges or benefits Whenever in any law any rights, privileges or benefits are granted to exempt firemen holding appointive offices, positions, or employments in either the State, county or municipal government, such law sh…

40A:14-62. Tenure of exempt fireman in office, position or employment of intermunicipal commissions Whenever any person possessing an exempt fireman certificate holds an office, position or employment under a commission elected or appointed by the governing bodies of 2 or more mu…

40A:14-63. Office or position held by an exempt fireman not to be abolished or changed or emoluments reduced to terminate services No department of the State government nor any board of chosen freeholders of a county, or governing body of a municipality, or a school board or boar…

40A:14-64. Tenure in office held by an exempt fireman Whenever an exempt fireman holds a State, county, municipal or a board of education office not created by the Constitution, he shall hold such office during good behavior and shall not be removed unless for good cause after a …

40A:14-65. Office not to be abolished for economy reasons or otherwise to terminate services of an exempt fireman having tenure; exceptions No department of the State government, nor any board of chosen freeholders of a county, governing body of a municipality or board of educati…

40A:14-67. Intermunicipal fire departments and forces The governing bodies of 2 or more adjoining municipalities, by reciprocal ordinances, may provide for the establishment and maintenance of a joint fire department and force, or for their contributions for the maintenance and o…

40A:14-68 Contracts with volunteer fire companies; member holding public office. 40A:14-68. a. In any municipality not having a paid or part-paid fire department and force, the governing body, by ordinance, may contract with a volunteer fire company or companies in such municipal…

40A:14-7. Creation and establishment of fire departments and forces The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may create and establish a paid or part-paid fire department and force and provide for the maintenance, regulation and control thereof, and except as otherwis…

40A:14-7.1. Arson investigation unit a. The governing body of any municipality which has established a paid or part-paid fire department or force may, by ordinance, create an arson investigation unit within the fire department or force and provide for the maintenance, regulation …

40A:14-70 Fire district designation; procedure; election of commissioners. 40A:14-70. a. In any municipality not having a paid or part-paid fire department and force, the governing body, upon application of at least 5% of the registered voters or 20 legal voters, whichever is the…

40A:14-70.1. Establishment of a volunteer fire company within a fire district; contract with volunteer fire company outside fire district 40A:14-70.1. a. Any persons desiring to form a volunteer fire company to be located within or otherwise servicing the area encompassing a fire…