A Bureau of Fire Prevention of the Borough of
Fort Lee is hereby established.
Within the Bureau of Fire Prevention is hereby
created the office of Chief Combustible Inspector. The Bureau of Fire
Prevention shall consist of a Fire Prevention Advisory Committee,
the Chief Combustible Inspector, a secretary and such additional employees
to assist the Chief Combustible Inspector as the Mayor and Council
may deem necessary.
The Chief Combustible Inspector of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention of the Borough shall be appointed by the Mayor
with the approval of the Council. The Chief Combustible Inspector
shall at all times be responsible to the Mayor and Council and shall
also act and operate in coordination with the Fire Department of Fort
Lee.
The office of Chief Combustible Inspector of
the Bureau of Fire Prevention all be considered a full time employment,
eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, excluding legal holidays as defined
by the Mayor and Council, excluding vacations as per schedule. The
Chief Combustible Inspector shall be in the office approximately two
hours (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) a day and shall inspect and perform
the other necessary functions outside of the office for approximately
six hours a day. The Chief Combustible Inspector must set his hours
so that they can be as uniform as possible. The annual salary payable
to the Chief Combustible Inspector and all other inspectors shall
be as set forth in the salary ordinance of the Borough. All combustible
inspectors shall also be required to wear a full regulation fire uniform
and a summer uniform at all times during his hours of employment.
A.
The Chief Combustible Inspector shall be selected
and appointed from those firemen who have served as such in a permanent
capacity for at least five years next preceding as an active member
of a fire company of the Borough in the Fire Department of the Borough,
and also the Chief Combustible Inspector must be and remain a resident
of the Borough in order to continue to hold the office of Chief Combustible
Inspector, subject to the provisions of Subtitle 3 of Title 11 of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey (1937), generally known as the
"Civil Service Law."[1] Before an individual shall qualify for the office of Chief
Combustible Inspector, the individual shall have been employed by
the Borough as a civil service certified inspector for at least two
years prior to the making of application for a Chief Combustible Inspector.
[1]
Editor's Note: See no N.J.S.A. 11A:1-1 et
seq., the Civil Service Act.
B.
To qualify for appointment as a Combustible Inspector,
the individual shall be selected and appointed from those firemen
who have served as such in a permanent capacity for at least five
years next preceding as an active member of a fire company of the
Borough in the Fire Department of the Borough and also the Combustible
Inspector must be and remain a resident of the Borough in order to
continue to hold the office of Combustible Inspector subject to the
provisions of Subtitle 3 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes of New
Jersey (1937), generally known as the "Civil Service Law."[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See no N.J.S.A. 11A:1-1 et
seq., the Civil Service Act.
There is hereby created a Fire Prevention Advisory
Committee to serve in advising the Chief of the Fire Department and
the Chief Combustible Inspector in matters concerning the Fire Prevention
Code. The Fire Prevention Advisory Committee shall be appointed by
the Chief of the Fire Department to serve their terms during good
behavior and satisfactory services and shall not be removed from office
except by written order by the Fire Chief showing cause. The Fire
Prevention Advisory Committee shall consist of two active ex-Chiefs
from each of the four districts in the Borough, thus totaling eight
members who shall be appointed by the Chief of the Fire Department.
The term of the two members from each fire district shall be as follows:
One to serve for one year; one to serve for two years. No active officer
of the Fire Department shall be appointed as a member of the Fire
Prevention Advisory Committee; provided, however, that in the event
that there are not sufficient active ex-Chiefs to serve as members
of the Fire Prevention Advisory Committee, then, in that event, there
shall be appointed in their place and stead the highest ranking active
officer of the particular fire district.
A.
The Chief Combustible Inspector shall make monthly
reports and the reports shall be submitted to the Chief of the Fire
Department at the regular monthly meeting of the Fire Prevention Advisory
Committee and a copy of such report shall be sent to the Mayor and
Council of the Borough. The reports shall contain such statistics
and details as shall be deemed necessary by the Fire Chief and the
Mayor and Council.
B.
The Chief Combustible Inspector shall attend the meetings
of the Fire Prevention Advisory Committee.
A.
It shall be the duty of the Chief Combustible Inspector
to inspect all buildings and premises except the interiors of private
dwellings for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected
any conditions liable to cause fire or any violations of the provisions
or intent of the fire prevention code and of any other ordinance affecting
the fire hazard and to insure compliance in all places of assembly
with all laws, regulations and orders dealing with overcrowding, use
of decorative materials, maintenance of exitways and maintenance of
fire alarms and fire detecting systems and fire extinguishing systems
and appliances and to perform such other duties as may from time to
time be deemed necessary. The Chief Combustible Inspector shall inspect,
as often as may be necessary, but not fewer than four times a year,
all specially hazardous manufacturing processes, storages or installations
of gases, chemicals, oils, explosives and flammable materials, all
interior fire alarms and automatic sprinkler systems and such other
hazards or appliances as the Chief Combustible Inspector of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention shall deem necessary and shall make reports of
such hazards to the Fire Chief and the Mayor and Council of the Borough
and the Chief Combustible Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
shall issue such summons as may be necessary for the enforcement of
the laws and ordinances governing the same and for the safeguarding
of life and property from fire.
B.
The Chief Combustible Inspector shall also inspect
those premises which the Fire Chief shall deem necessary for the purpose
of maximum protection and safety of the firemen in their duty.
C.
The Chief Combustible Inspector shall be responsible
for the collection of all fees and he shall turn over and deliver
to the Tax Collector of the Borough all moneys so received semimonthly.
There is hereby established a Secretary to the
Chief Combustible Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. The
Secretary shall be appointed by the Mayor and with confirmation by
the Council. The duties of the Secretary shall be as follows:
The office of the Secretary of the Bureau of
Fire Prevention shall open from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. daily, except
legal holidays and weekends, and such other hours as designated by
resolution of Mayor and Council.
Nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent
the Chief Combustible Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention from
making any inspection herein referred to.
It is hereby declared by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough that the provisions of this chapter and the codes adopted
hereunder shall be prospective and shall relate to buildings erected,
constructed or materially altered after July 7, 1971, and in no way
shall the provisions of this chapter be deemed or considered retroactive.
Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding,
the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to alter or
otherwise affect the provisions of the Zoning Code of the Borough
or any amendments or supplements thereto.
