(A) Appointment of the Fire Official/Fire Marshal. The Fire Official/Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the Township Committee. Said Fire Official/Fire Marshal shall meet the requirements and qualifications as set forth by the division of fire safety and shall be certified to the same.
(B) Terms of office. The terms of office for the Fire Official, Deputy Fire Officials and the Fire Inspectors/Investigators/Fire Prevention Specialists shall be set forth by the Township Committee.
(C) Inspections/investigators and employees. The Fire Department shall appoint such inspectors/ investigators/fire prevention specialists and other employees as may be necessary to carry out all required inspection activity in the Fire Department. Such inspectors shall be under the supervision and control of the Fire Official. All life hazard use inspectors shall be certified by the state.
(D) Deputy Fire Officials. The Fire Department shall appoint such Deputy Fire Officials/Fire Marshals as necessary to maintain the safe and efficient operations of the local enforcing agency in the absence of the Fire Official/Fire Marshal. Their authority shall be the same as a fire inspector except in such times, as assigned by the Fire Official/Fire Marshal in writing to fulfill his/her duties and act on his/her behalf due to his/her absence or lack of availability. This authority may also be granted by the Township Committee, if the Fire Official/Fire Marshal should become incapacitated to perform the duties for a period of time.
(1) Said Deputy Fire Officials/Fire Marshals shall meet the requirements and qualifications as set forth by the division of fire safety and shall be certified to the same.
(2) Said Deputy Fire Officials/Fire Marshals shall be approved by resolution of Township Committee.
(E) Attorney. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:71-3.2(d), the Fire Department shall appoint an attorney as the designated local enforcing agency attorney.
(F) Removal from office. The Fire Official and the fire inspectors/investigators/fire prevention specialists and other employees of the enforcing agency shall be subject to removal by the Township Committee for inefficiency or misconduct. All employees to be removed shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard by the appointing authority or designated hearing officer.
(Ord. 312-17, passed 12-27-17)