Clifton Fire Department Inc.

“The assistant treasurer is the spouse of a director. In addition, the president's son is also a director.”

“The organization is a membership corporation. There are four classifications of members: active, reserve, exempt and life members. New members must be residents between the ages of eighteen years and seventy years, in the territory where the corporation is empowered to operate, who are in sound health and of good character, are eligible to membership. Applicant's background must be free of any felony convictions for arson or sexual. Applicant must also meet requirements of the membership corporation law article 10, section 110 of the new york state law pertaining to volunteer firefighters. All new members must complete within two years the new york state firefighter's essentials course and a standard first aid course. Active members must be approved by the chili town board before they can qualify and shall be on probation for one year.”

“The members elect the board of directors from the members in good standing.”

“As a membership organization, there are times that the board will defer decision to the general membership however these decisions generally do not involve the normal operations of the organization, rather the board will defer decisions to the membership that involve membership, policy, and other various activities of the organization.”

“Board receives and reviews 990 prior to filing”

“Conflict of interest policy was approved by board on 6/1/2014. At that time, all members of the organization were required to sign an acknowledgement that they had read the policy and that there were no conflicts.”

“Available upon request from the organization.”