Third-generation firefighter Tom Conroy Jr. is the current chief of volunteers. Craig Schuehler, his father and two brothers are active members of the company. The group continues to recruit new members despite the many generations of families it has. We need people, our youth especially, to volunteer to save lives and property ensuring the highest quality of life in Collingswood and everywhere. After an initial screening, recruits receive in-house basic firefighting training and take courses at the county college.
Trainees assist at the fire scene and learn other emergency medical training.
They become volunteer firefighters at the age of 18. The company's original firehouse on Collings Avenue was a wood-framed building that was destroyed by fire around the turn of the century. In 1902, a two-story brick fire station was built. Over the years, it has undergone renovations and in 1984, a recreation room was added. Today's fire station houses three pumpers, two ambulances and a refurbished 100-foot ladder truck, which the company bought in 1978.