Fire Police Around The World
Fire Police exist in fourteen states of the United States including Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as well as some other countries, such as New Zealand. They must take an oath of office and be sworn in by a municipal clerk or official, mayor, magistrate, judge, sherriff or justice of the peace - depending upon jurisdiction and local authorizing laws. At fire service incidents, Fire Police assume either the full or necessary powers of a police constable.
Some texts list Burlington County, New Jersey as forming one of the first Fire Police units. Laws in New Jersey State code as early as the 1850s supported Fire Police in their duties.
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