New Jersey § 40a:14-70
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 40a:14-70, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40a:14-70.
a. Any persons desiring to form a volunteer fire company to be located within or otherwise
servicing the area encompassing a fire district or other type of volunteer organization
which has as its objective the prevention of fires or regulation of fire hazards to
life and property therein shall first present to the board of fire commissioners a
written application for the organization of such company. Such application shall be in the form of a duly verified petition signed by them
stating the kind of company which they desire to organize, the name or title thereof,
the number and names of the proposed members thereof, and their places of residence. The board of fire commissioners, after considering such application and approving
the members of the proposed company, may by resolution grant the petition and constitute
such applicants a volunteer fire company of the district. b. The board of fire commissioners of a fire district not having a paid or part-paid
fire department and force may contract with a volunteer fire company or companies
for the purpose of extinguishing fires, upon those terms and conditions as shall be
deemed proper. The members of the company shall be under the supervision and control of the board
of fire commissioners and in performing fire duty shall be deemed to be exercising
a governmental function; however, the appointment or election of the chief of the
volunteer fire company shall remain the prerogative of the membership of the fire
company as set forth in the company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
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