New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 73 - STANDARDS FOR FIRE SERVICE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 7 - FIRE POLICE OFFICER
Section 5:73-7.5 - Appointment provisions
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:73-7.5
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) No member of a volunteer fire company shall be appointed or perform the duties of a fire police officer unless the member is properly certified by the Office of Training and Certification.
1. Exceptions to
this specification are set forth in 5:73-7.6.
(b) Candidates for fire police officer shall:
1. Be a member of a duly
organized volunteer fire company;
2. Document the successful completion of the
"New Jersey Fire Police Basic Training Course" or an equivalent course approved
by the Office of Training and Certification; and
3. Take and subscribe an oath administered by
the municipal clerk and subscribed to in triplicate.
i. The original copy of the oath shall be
filed with the municipal clerk.
ii.
A copy of the oath shall be filed with the secretary of the fire company making
the appointment.
(c) Qualified members shall serve for a term of office not exceeding five years from the date of appointment.
(d) After proper training and appointment, a qualified member shall be recognized as a fire police officer and shall serve in such a capacity anywhere in the county in which he or she is appointed or in any other county where the member is called upon to act.
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