The Maywood Civil Defense Fire and Rescue Unit,
as heretofore formed, equipped and organized, is hereby abolished.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-95, there is hereby
established in the Borough of Maywood a Junior Fire Fighters' Program.
The Maywood Junior Fire Fighters' Program shall
have the following purposes:
A. To augment the Maywood Volunteer Fire Department.
B. To provide training for junior fire fighters and fire
fighters on the waiting list of the Volunteer Fire Department.
C. To provide rescue training to members of the Volunteer
Fire Department when so authorized.
[Amended 5-26-2015 by Ord. No. 5-15]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-96, no person shall be eligible
for membership in the Maywood Junior Fire Fighters' Program who is
less than 16 or more than 21 years of age. Persons under the age of
18 years shall be required to obtain permission to join the Junior
Fire Fighters' Program from their parents or guardian. Such permission
shall be in writing and acknowledged by a notary public of the State
of New Jersey. The candidate must be a resident of the Borough of
Maywood.
The Junior Fire Fighters' Program shall consist
of no more than 25 members, subject to the approval of the Board of
Fire Officers.
The rules and regulations shall be in accordance
with "Appendix B - Guideline/Procedures of the Maywood Fire Department
Junior Fire Fighters' Program" of the bylaws of the Maywood Fire Department.
Resignations from the Junior Fire Fighters'
Program shall be forwarded to the Board of Fire Officers for appropriate
action.
Junior members are subject to the chain of command
and rules and regulations of the fire company to which they have been
assigned, e.g., Peerless, Protection or Undine.