Bell and Siren Club

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==Overview ==
The Bell and Siren Club provides canteen/rehab services to the Newark Fire Department, East Orange Fire Department, South Orange Fire Department and Bloomfield Fire Department. The club will also respond to other departments in Essex County if requested. Service includes free refreshments served from a club-owned mobile canteen unit, known as Emergency Field Unit 1 or “the Rig.” Its radio call sign is Headquarters 17.
==History==
The Bell and Siren Club was formed on April 23, 1949 and placed its first truck in service in 1952. Used vehicles were used until the first new truck was added in 1966.
From the early 1950s to the 1960s, the club also provided an ambulance exclusively to transport firefighters to the hospital. The service was discontinued due to rising insurance costs and issues certifying staff.
The mobile canteen was located in Newark until the city began closing and consolidating its firehouses in the mid-1990s and the club was told that space was no longer available. Space was found in an old ambulance garage adjacent to East Orange Fire Headquarters and the club moved in 1996.
==Apparatus Roster==
===East Orange Fire Headquarters - 468 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard===
:Emergency Field Unit 1 (AKA Headquarters 17) - 2007 GMC 5500 / Krammes Kustom Body
==Retired Apparatus==
:1981 Chevrolet / K&B canteen
:1966 Ford / Boyertown canteen
==External Links==
* Bell and Siren Club
Category:Fire department auxiliaries (New Jersey)
Category:Essex County, New Jersey