New Jersey Statutes Title 40A. Municipalities and Counties 40A § 14-9.9

(1) was serving as an officer or member in good standing in any paid or part-paid municipal fire department and force;

(2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a firefighter title in a municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a firefighter title in a municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and

(3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a firefighter within 60 months prior to the appointment.

(1) Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that municipality;

(2) the municipality has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of persons eligible for such appointments; and

(3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. A municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, may not employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the firefighter title to be filled.