[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Nether Providence 2-11-1965 as Ord. No. 404. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The volunteer fire companies now in service
in the Township of Nether Providence, namely, South Media Fire Company
and Garden City Fire Company, shall together form the Fire Department
of the Township of Nether Providence and shall hereafter be designated
as "Nether Providence Fire Company No. 1" and "Nether Providence Fire
Company No. 2," respectively.
For the purpose of fire protection and fire
prevention, the Township of Nether Providence is hereby divided into
two (2) separate fire districts, as follows:
A.
District I shall consist of all that area of the Township
beginning at a point at Crum Creek on the former Herschel Smith property
in direct line with Copples Lane, thence southwesterly along Copples
Lane to Providence Road, thence south on Providence Road, thence along
the northerly property line of the Leslie Lane homes to the intersection
of West Rose Valley Road and Bickmore Drive, and thence northwesterly
on West Rose Valley Road to Brookhaven Road.
B.
District II shall consist of all that area of the
Township located south and west of District I.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
All fire protection including investigation
as to the causes of fires within the area of District I shall be the
primary responsibility of Nether Providence Fire Company No. 1; and
all such activities within the area of District II shall be the primary
responsibility of Nether Providence Fire Company No. 2.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
The fire companies shall prepare, and the Committee
shall receive and transmit to the Commissioners of Nether Providence
Township, a unified annual budget for the operation of the fire companies.
Upon receipt of said budget, the Board of Commissioners may, in its
discretion, appropriate Township funds to be paid directly to the
fire companies in such amounts, at such times during the year and
for such authorized fire protection purposes as the Board of Commissioners
shall direct. Any Township funds so appropriated and paid shall be
used by the fire companies for authorized and budgeted fire protection
purposes and for no other use or purpose.
Promptly after close of each calendar year beginning
with the year 1965, each fire company which has received Township
funds during such year shall make its books and records available
to the Township Auditor, who shall proceed to examine said books and
records to determine whether Township funds have been used for the
purpose appropriated and budgeted as aforesaid. The powers and duties
of said Auditor in performing said audit shall be the same as prescribed
for the auditing of Township accounts under the First Class Township
Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 550101
et seq.
[Amended 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581]
Administration of the Nether Providence Fire
Department shall be vested in the Fire Committee. The Committee shall
be composed of six persons, two persons as appointed by the Township
Commissioners, two persons as appointed by the Executive Committee
of Garden City and two persons as appointed by the Board of Directors
of South Media. It is intended that, of the two persons appointed
by each fire company, one will be conversant with the fire equipment
and the other with the fire company's finances. The Committee shall
be composed so that, in voting on any matters, which will constitute
recommendations or positions of the Committee, each fire company shall
have one vote and each of the representatives appointed by the Township
shall have one vote, constituting a total of four votes, three of
which shall be necessary to constitute a recommendation or a binding
position of the Committee. The function of the Committee shall be
to coordinate the matters of mutual concern between the Township and
the fire companies. It shall form the exclusive liaison between the
fire companies and the Township.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to repeal in whole or in part any existing ordinance of the Township
relating to fire protection or fire prevention.
