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.