page_title: Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
section_title: Fire
hierarchical_section_title: Bridgewater Township, New Jersey / Emergency services / Fire
caption_attribution_description: English: Country Hills Fire Department in w:Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
context_page_description: Bridgewater Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 44,464, reflecting an increase of 1,524 from the 42,940 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 10,431 from the 32,509 counted in the 1990 Census. As of the 2019 Population Estimates Program census estimate, the township's population was 43,968.
  Bridgewater Township was created by Royal charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, under the Township Act of 1798. During the nineteenth century, portions of the township were taken to form Warren Township, Branchburg Township, Somerville, Raritan and Bound Brook.
context_section_description: Bridgewater has six all-volunteer fire companies, which provide fire suppression and assist in vehicle extrication and rescue attempts:
  Country Hills Fire Company (District 3)
  Green Knoll Fire Company (District 3)
  North Branch Fire Company (District 3)
  Bradley Gardens Fire Company (District 2)
  Finderne Fire Company (District 4)
  Martinsville Fire Company (District 1)
caption: Country Hills Fire Department
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