New Brunswick Fire Department

==Overview ==
The New Brunswick Fire Department is a career fire department that employs around 67 firefighters, 8 captains, 11 lieutenants and 4 deputy chiefs. They protect a population of approximately 55,000 residents in an area of almost 6 square miles, and respond from 3 firehouses. New Brunswick serves as the corporate headquarters and production facilities of Johnson & Johnson, and Bristol Myers Squibb as well as a few other global pharmaceutical companies. New Brunswick is also home to Rutgers University- New Brunswick campus.
==History ==
The New Brunswick Fire Department was formed in 1764 when the first bucket company was formed. Washington Engine Company No. 1 was formed in 1795, Raritan Hook & Ladder was formed in 1795, in 1803 it was reorganized into Raritan Engine Company No. 4, Neptune Engine Company No. 2 was formed in 1796, Phoenix Engine Company No. 3 was formed in 1798, Protection Engine Company No. 5 was organized in 1817 and reorganized in 1852, The Hook & Ladder Company was organized in 1835, Liberty Hose Company was organized in 1853 and later became Engine Company No. 7 and Hibernia Engine Company No. 6 was organized in 1865. They became a paid department in 1914.
===Companies/Stations===
Station 	Address 	In Service	Notes
Engine Company No. 3	Dennis Street 	?-1973 	
Engine Company No. 4	81 Remsen Avenue	1886-1981 	Now a community center and the New Brunswick firefighters museum.
==Apparatus Roster ==
=== Fire Headquarters  - 93 Joyce Kilmer Avenue===
:Engine 1  - 2019 Ferrara Cinder (1750/750) (SN#H-6505)
:Ladder 1  - 2017 Rosenbauer Commander (-/-/100' Cobra mid-mount platform)
:Ladder 2 (Spare) - 2003 American LaFrance (-/-/93' LTI mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 1)
:Rescue 3  - 2012 Freightliner M2 / Rosenbauer (Cross staffed by Ladder 1)
:Engine 11 (Spare) - 1991 Spartan / Marion (1500/750) (Ex-East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department (New Jersey))
:Car 21 (Deputy/Tour Commander) - 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe
: Utility 23 - 2010 Ford F-350 / Reading 
: Marine 1 - Avon w/motor & trailer
===Engine Company No. 2 - 6 Burnet Street===
Built 1972
:Engine 2 - 2015 Ferrara Cinder (1750/750) (SN#H-5637) (Ex- Engine 5)
:Engine 12  (Spare) - 2007 Seagrave Marauder II (2000/750) (Ex-Engine 1)
:Car 203 (Prevention) - 2020 Chevrolet Equinox
:Marine 2 - Avon w/motor & trailer
:Spare - 2015 Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Car 21)
===Engine Company No. 5 - 75 Bartlett Street===
:Engine 5  - 2023 Ferrara Cinder (1750/750) 
:Engine 15  (Spare)- 1995 Spartan / Saulsbury (1500/500) (Ex-East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department (New Jersey))
==On Order ==
Rosenbauer Commander (-/-/100' mid mount platform) (Ordered January 2024)
==Retired Apparatus ==
:2007 Seagrave Marauder II pumper (2000/750/20) (Ex-Engine 2, ex-Engine 5)
:2000 Seagrave pumper (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 12, ex-Engine 1)
:1995 Seagrave pumper (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 15, ex-Engine 5)
:1988 Grumman Panther pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 14)
:198? LTI Olympian aerial (-/-/100' rear mount platform) (Ex-Ladder Tower 1)
:1980 Mack MC pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 12, ex-Engine 2)
:1977 Mack MB / Howe pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 11, ex-Engine 1)
:1976 Ford F-800 / Ranger rescue (Ex-Rescue 4) (Ex Milltown Fire Department)
:1973 Ward LaFrance (-/-/100' LTI tractor-drawn) (Ex-Ladder 2) (Ex-Ferndale Volunteer Fire Company (Maryland))
:1926 Mack AC pumper
==External Links==
* New Brunswick Fire Department
* New Brunswick Fire Department Facebook page
==Station Map==
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Category:Former operators of Ranger apparatus
Category:Former operators of Ward LaFrance apparatus