Borough of Hopatcong, NJ
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2023-09-20
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 17 Fire Department
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Article IV Police Powers
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Appointed Officials
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Claims Approval
- Ch 13 Court, Joint Municipal
- Ch 17 Fire Department
- Ch 17 Art IV Police Powers
- § 17-14 Police powers; penalty.
- Ch 20 Funds and Accounts
- Ch 24 Health, Board of
- Ch 28 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 33 Officers and Employees
- Ch 38 Police Department
- Ch 43 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 47 Sewer Utility
- Ch 51 Water Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 57 Affordable Housing
- Ch 59 Alarm Systems
- Ch 63 Alcoholic Beverages; Entertainment Licenses
- Ch 74 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 78 Buildings and Structures, Unsafe
- Ch 81 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 87 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 90 Clothing Bins
- Ch 93 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 Wildlife Management
- Ch 108 Fees; Filming
- Ch 112 Firearms
- Ch 116 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 118 Fire Protection
- Ch 120 Fire Prevention
- Ch 124 Floodplain Management
- Ch 129 Games of Chance
- Ch 132 Highlands
- Ch 137 Ice-Retardant Systems
- Ch 143 Lawn Fertilizers
- Ch 147 Littering
- Ch 150 Massage Establishments
- Ch 152 Hotel and Motel Occupancy Tax
- Ch 154 Natural Area Preserve
- Ch 163 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 167 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 175 Pool Halls and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 179 Property Maintenance
- Ch 186 Sewers, Public
- Ch 189 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 191 Site Plan Review
- Ch 194 Smoking
- Ch 197 Lot Grading Plan
- Ch 201 Solid Waste
- Ch 203 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 205 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 209 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 215 Taxation
- Ch 219 Taxicabs
- Ch 224 Towing
- Ch 228 Trees
- Ch 231 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 237 Water
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 245 General Provisions
- Ch 248 Animals
- Ch 249 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 251 Fees
- Ch 255 Food Handling
- Ch 259 Nuisances
- Ch 262 Pigeons
- Ch 266 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 270 Rodents
- Ch 274 Sanitary Code
- Ch 278 Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 282 Smoke Control
- Ch 286 Tobacco Products
- Ch 290 Water Supply
- Appendix
- Ch A294 Verizon Communications Franchise
- Ch A295 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Zoning
- Ch 242 Zoning
A.
All Department and company officers and other specific
fire fighters appointed by the Chief, and each of them, are hereby
vested with all powers of police officers of the Borough of Hopatcong,
as defined in N.J.S.A. 15:8-4. Such officers shall, before entering
upon their duties, qualify by taking and subscribing to an oath that
they will justly, impartially and faithfully discharge their duties
according to the best of their ability and understanding. Said oath
shall be administered by the Municipal Clerk and subscribed in duplicate.
The original copy of said oath shall be filed with the Municipal Clerk,
and the copy thereof filed with the Secretary of the fire company
making such appointment.
B.
It shall be the duty of the fire police to perform
their duties under the supervision of the fire officer in charge of
the fire or fire drill. The duties of said fire police, subject to
the supervision aforesaid, shall be to:
(1)
Protect property and contents.
(2)
Establish and maintain fire lines.
(3)
Perform such traffic duties as are necessary from
the fire station to and at the vicinity of the fire, fire drill or
other emergency call until the arrival of a duly authorized police
officer; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall give
the fire police or any of them the right to supersede a duly authorized
police officer.
C.
If any person shall unreasonably refuse to obey the
orders of the fire police, such fire police may arrest him and keep
him under arrest until the fire is extinguished or the drill completed.
If the offender is found guilty by a Municipal Court or County Court
or District Court, he shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$200, and costs.
