Members shall, at the annual meeting of the Fire Department,
elect the following officers, who shall hold office for a term of
one year commencing on the first day of January or until their successors
are elected and qualify. The election of these officers shall be subject
to the confirmation and approval of the Township Committee, and their
election shall be certified to the Township Committee.
A.
Qualifications to be accepted as a candidate for Officer in the Rochelle
Park Volunteer Fire Department:
(1)
Any person promoted, assigned, assumed or elected to any fire service
position of which include the management of emergency operations must
have obtained, at a minimum, Incident Management Level 1 Certification
issued by the State of New Jersey Division of Fire Safety.
(a)
In order to qualify for Incident Management Level Certification,
a person must meet the following requirements:
[1]
Have obtained Firefighter 1 Certification issued by the New
Jersey Division of Fire Safety;
[2]
Have three years of documented experience in the fire service.
(This means three years as a firefighter and does not include time
spent in an Explorer post or Junior Firefighter program);
[3]
Attended a twelve-hour classroom-based Basis Incident Management
Course (1-200) offered or approved by the New Jersey Division of Fire
Safety.
B.
Fire Chief.
(1)
To qualify for election to the office of Fire Chief, a member must
previously have served as an Assistant Fire Chief, or Fire Chief of
the Rochelle Park Volunteer Fire Department.
(3)
The Fire Chief, together with the Assistant Fire Chief, shall have
control over the Fire Department, subject to the control of the Fire
Commissioner.
Members of the Fire Department shall, at the annual meeting
of the Fire Department, vote on the recommendation to the Township
Committee of the following officers. Said recommendations shall not
be binding on the Township Committee, as it is the appointing body
of these officers who shall hold office for a period of one year commencing
on the first day of January next preceding their appointment or until
their successors are appointed.
A.
Custodian of Fire Records.
(1)
The Custodian shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Township
Committee.
(2)
He shall have control, supervision and custody of all records of
the Fire Department and of the members thereof. The aforesaid records
shall be the property of the Township of Rochelle Park, and, upon
the expiration of his term of office, shall be surrendered to his
successor or to the Township Clerk, as the Township Committee may
direct.
(3)
He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the
Fire Commissioner, subject to the ultimate control of the Township
Committee.
(4)
He shall receive an annual salary as established by the Salary Ordinance
of the Township of Rochelle Park.
B.
Chaplain. He shall perform the usual duties commensurate with this
office.
A.
In the event that the Township Committee rejects the elected officer,
a special meeting of the Fire Department shall be called by the Fire
Commissioner not later than two weeks after said rejection, and all
fire companies shall be notified. The name of the officer or officers
elected or recommended at the second election shall be submitted to
the Township Committee for its confirmation or rejection.
B.
In the event of rejection by the Township Committee of the election
of any officer or recommendation for appointment of any officer, the
Fire Commissioner may request a meeting with the Township Committee
and the Board of Fire Officers to reexamine the rejection.
C.
In the event that the Township Committee rejects the second election
or recommendation, the Fire Commissioner shall call a second meeting
in the manner herein prescribed until the Township Committee shall
have confirmed and approved the election or recommendation of such
officer.
D.
In the event of such rejection, the Township Committee shall report
the reasons for the rejection to the Department.
