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Fire departments in the state of New Jersey, United States. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. N. New Jersey Forest Fire Service (8 P)
Today, these 21 towers provide New Jersey an inexpensive and effective first response system that aids the New Jersey Forest Fire Service in quickly suppressing and in preventing damage caused by reported wildfires. The Forest Fire Service estimates that 25 percent of wildfires within the state every year are first spotted by a lookout. [7]
Long Beach Fire Department (New York) Mount Sinai Fire Department; New York City Fire Department; Oceanic H&L Company No. 1; Plandome Fire Department; Rescue Hook and Ladder Co.1 Haverstraw NY; Richmond Engine Co. 1; Sayville Fire Department; Schenectady Fire Department; Wantagh Fire Department; Yonkers Fire Department
This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting , rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction , which is typically a municipality , county or fire protection district.
Watchung (/ w ɑː ˈ tʃ ʌ ŋ /) is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles (47 km) west of New York City.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, [10] [11] an increase of 648 (+11.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,801, [20] [21] which in turn reflected an increase of 188 (+3.3%) from the 5,613 counted in ...
Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.
Discussions to consolidate the North Hudson fire departments began in the early 1980s. [5] The North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR) was established on January 11, 1999. The former fire departments of North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, West New York, and Guttenberg were merged to provide a safer, more efficient fire department. A ...
There once were more than 10,000 fire lookout persons [1] staffing more than 5,000 of fire lookout towers or fire lookout stations in the United States alone. [2] Now there are far fewer of both. Also there are a number of fire lookout trees. The U.S. state of Wisconsin decided to close its last 72 operating fire lookout towers in 2016. [3]