There is hereby created and established in and for the Borough
of Leonia a Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary subject to the conditions
of this article.
This organization shall be known as the "Leonia Junior Firefighter's
Auxiliary."
The Leonia Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary shall consist of no
more than eight members.
The qualifications for membership in the Leonia Junior Firefighter's
Auxiliary shall be as follows:
A. Each member shall be a resident of the Borough of Leonia.
B. Each member shall be examined by and certified to be in good health
by the duly licensed physician approved by the Leonia Fire Department,
who shall certify, in writing, as to the applicant's good health.
C. An applicant for membership must be a citizen or permanent resident
of the United States and have attained the age of 16 years and have
resided in the Borough of Leonia for at least six months immediately
preceding the filing of the application. The member of the Leonia
Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary shall continue to be eligible for membership
up to and including the member's 18th birthday, unless, at that time,
the member has made formal application to join the regular Volunteer
Fire Department of the Borough and there exists no opening for the
member in the regular Department, in which event, the member may continue
in active membership in the Junior Auxiliary until such time as an
opening in the regular Department occurs.
Applications for membership in the Leonia Junior Firefighter's
Auxiliary shall be made on approved forms as prescribed by the Fire
Department of the Borough of Leonia, and shall conform in all respects
with any applicable state law or local ordinance or regulation promulgated
by the Mayor and Council of the Borough. Each application for membership
shall be accompanied by a statement from the applicant's parent or
guardian consenting to the applicant's membership in the Junior Firefighter's
Auxiliary.
Members of the Leonia Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary shall be
insured with the same coverage and with the same amount as members
of the regular Leonia Fire Department.
The training of members of the Leonia Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary
shall be the responsibility of the Chief of the Fire Department, who
shall provide, through designated members of the regular Department,
an educational program in firematics designed to train said members
toward their eventual membership in the regular Volunteer Fire Department
of the Borough of Leonia.
Junior volunteer firefighters may assist a regular firefighter
in pulling, packing and cleaning a fire hose, may wash apparatus and
attend a fire hose at a fire from outside of any building, provided
that a regular member of the Department shall be with the junior at
all times. No member of the Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary shall directly
approach a fire or enter a burning building. While attending a fire,
a member of the Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary shall be fully equipped
in regulation clothing and gear provided by the Borough.
The Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary shall from its membership
elect a President, a Vice President and a Secretary-Treasurer and
shall adopt such bylaws as may be, from time to time, approved by
both the regular Volunteer Fire Department of the Borough and the
Mayor and Council of the Borough.
The Fire Chief of the regular Volunteer Fire Department of the
Borough shall file regular reports, not less than semiannually, with
the Mayor and Council of the Borough concerning the membership, training
and status of the Junior Firefighter's Auxiliary.