Fire departments of Morris County, New Jersey

The fire departments of Morris County, New Jersey, United States, are primarily volunteer services. The Morristown, Dover, Morris Township, Madison, Cedar Knolls, Whippany, and Picatinny Arsenal fire departments are the only paid department in the county. Many departments are switching to the Morris County dispatch center.

Fire departments

Boonton Fire Department (01)

The Boonton Fire Department protects the town of Boonton. It is dispatched from two fire stations (located on 311 Boonton Avenue and 100 Washington Street), and has five companies:

  • Maxfield Hook & Ladder Company No. 1
  • Salvage & Rescue Company No. 1
  • Maxfield Hose & Engine Company No. 1
  • Harmony Hose & Engine Company No. 2
  • South Boonton Hose & Engine Company No. 3

Its fleet consists of five pieces of apparatus. A 1997 Sutphen Pumper (Maxfield Hose and Engine), 2 2000 Seagrave Pumpers (South Boonton Hose and Engine and Harmony Hose and Engine), a 1986 Mack Truck with a Saulsbury rescue body (Salvage and Rescue), and a 1998 Seagrave 100' Rearmount ladder with pre-piped waterway (Maxfield Hook and Ladder). The department also has a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT, formally known as FAST), a Dive Team, and a Swift Water rescue team.

Boonton Township Fire Department (02)

The Boonton Township Fire Department protects the township. It has two stations with two engines, a rescue pumper, a water tender and a boat.

Denville Fire Department (08)

  • Company 1 (Main Street)
  • Company 2 (Union Hill)
  • Conpany 3 (Valley View)

Dover Fire Department (09)

The Dover Fire Department protects the Town of Dover and Borough of Victory Gardens. The department has both paid career members, and volunteers. There is only one station located in the center of town on Warren Street. Reserve pieces are kept at the former Victory Gardens Fire Department building.

  • Engine 5
  • Engine 9
  • Engine 7 (Reserve piece – former Victory Gardens engine)
  • Ladder 8
  • Rescue 6
  • Squad 10
  • Squad 11 (Reserve piece – former Victory Gardens ambulance)

Hanover Township Fire Deparment(12)

  • District 2 (Whippany Fire)
    • Rescue 80
    • Engine 81
    • Engine 82
    • Engine 83
  • District 3 (Cedar Knolls Fire & EMS)
    • Car 30
    • Truck 33
    • Engine 34
    • Engine 35
    • EMS 38
    • EMS 39

Mendham Boro Fire Department (18)

  • Engine 1
  • Engine 2
  • Quint 3
  • Car 4
  • Rescue 5

Mendham Township Fire Department (19)

  • Brookside Engine co. 1
  • Ralston Engine co. 1

Mine Hill Township Fire Department (20)

  • Located at 230 US Highway 46 Mine Hill, NJ, 07803
  • Covers all of Mine Hill township as well as provides mutual aid to Wharton, Dover, Roxbury, Randolph as well as other towns upon request.
  • Apparatus include:
  • Engine 121 (Antique Piece from 1954)
  • Engine 122 (2000 Pierce Engine)
  • Engine 123 (1989 Mack Engine)
  • Tender 121 (2006 Pierce 2000G Tender)
  • Quint 124 (2006 Pierce Rear Mount 75ft Aerial)
  • Utility 125 (1989 Chevy Suburban) Transportation of equipment
  • Command 129 (2003 Ford Expedition) Chiefs Command Vehicle

Morris Township Fire Department (22)

The Morris Township Fire Department is a combination department with 20 sworn career firefighters and approximately 85 volunteer firefighters. The department has protected its residents from fire and other emergencies since 1910. In 2015 companies responded to approximately 1,600 emergencies within Morris Township and neighboring municipalities. In 2015 Morris Township Fire Department also ranked highest in the county for the most fires. The career staff also runs a first responder engine also known as a duty engine to all Advanced life support Medicals within in the Township from 6am to 6pm. The department is currently staffing Station 1 and Station 2 with career personnel 24 hours a day, and stations 3, 4 and 5 from 7am–5pm, seven days a week. The Township of Morris consists of 1 Career Fire Chief, 1 Career Deputy Fire Chief, 1 Fleet Services Mechanic, 4 Part time Battalion Chiefs, 5 Volunteer Captains, 5 stations with 5 Engine Companies, 2 Ladder Companies, 1 Rescue Company, 1 Reserve apparatus and 2 special service units. (Air Unit, Decontamination Unit) The Morris Township Fire Department currently operates a Decon Unit as part of the County Hazmat Task Force for use at hazardous materials incidents across Morris County.

  • Station 2 (77 Whippany Road) Responds First Due to Collinsville, Martin Luther King Avenue, Cromwell Hills, Normandy Park, Normandy Heights, Columbia Park, Morristown Beard School, Normandy Park School, Route 24 and I-287 as well as mutual aid to Madison, Morristown and Hanover.
    • Engine 2
    • Utility 2
    • Morris County Park Police (Ex-military Truck)
  • Station 3 (132 Western Avenue) Responds First Due to Rolling Hill, Washington Valley, Burnham Park, Sunderland, Rabbinical College of America, Hillcrest School, Delbarton School and Villa Walsh School, as well as mutual aid to Morristown, Mendham Township, and Harding Township.
    • Engine 3
  • Station 4 (2 Burnham Road) Responds First Due to Rose Arbor, Fairchild, Butterworth, The Summit, Bradford Estates, Sussex Avenue, Frelinghuysen Middle school, Alfred Vail School, St. Virgils School and many other businesses, neighborhoods and county facilities. Also responds mutual aid to Morris Plains, Parsippany, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Randolph, New Jersey Morristown, and Greystone Park.
    • Engine 4
    • Ladder 2
    • Rescue 6
    • Utility 1
  • Station 5/Fire Headquarters (20 Dwyer Lane) Responds First Due to Normandy Park, Normandy Heights, Convent Station, Woodland, Moore Estates, Woodland School, I-287 and Many other businesses and neighborhoods as well as mutual aid to Madison, Morristown, Florham Park and Harding Township.
    • Engine 5
    • Ladder 1
    • Engine 6 (RESERVE)
    • Decon Unit
    • Air Unit
    • Utility 3
    • Chief 1
    • Deputy Chief 2
    • Duty Battalion Chief

Morris Plains Fire Department (23)

  • The Morris Plains Fire department also known as the 23rd District.
    • Quint 1
    • Utility 2
    • Engine 3
    • Engine 4
    • County Air Truck

Morristown Fire Bureau (24)

The Morristown Fire Bureau has three firehouses, Speedwell, Morris Street, and Market Street. Only speedwell is active.

    • Engine 1
    • Engine 2
    • Engine 3 (RESERVE)
    • Ladder 1
    • Platform 2 (RESERVE)
    • Rescue 5
    • EMS 7
    • Car 5 (Captain’s Vehicle)

Mount Olive Fire Department (27)

  • Budd Lake Fire
  • Flanders Fire & EMS

Parsippany Fire Departments (29)

  • Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department District No. 1 provides fire protection for Mount Tabor, Greystone, Puddingstone, Upper Powdermill, Lower Powdermill, Glacier Hills, Tabor Lake, and Sedgefield sections as well as a RIC team, and Vehicle Rescue capabilities.
    • Tarn Drive
      • Chief 619 (2013 Chevy Tahoe)
      • Engine 613 (1993 Pierce Engine)
      • Rescue 614 (2008 Pierce Rescue)
    • Powdermill Road
      • Engine 615 (2000 Pierce Engine)
      • Tower 611 (1997 Pierce 100' Tower Ladder)
    • Simpson Avenue
      • Engine 616 (2001 Ford/Pierce Mini Pumper)
  • Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire Department District No. 2 provides fire protection to Rainbow Lakes, Interpace Parkway, and Park Road sections as well as a stretch of I-80
    • Fox Hill Road
  • Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Company District No. 3 provides fire protection to Lake Parsippany Section
    • Halsey Road
      • Ladder 632 (2007 75' Pierce Quint)
      • Engine 631 (2012 Pierce Type I Engine)
      • Engine 634 (1995 Spartan Type I Engine)
      • Rescue 633 (2017 Pierce)
  • Lake Hiawatha Fire Department District No. 4 provides fire protection to Lake Hiawatha Section as well as a RIC team.
    • North Beverwyck Road
      • Truck 643 (65' Quint)
      • Engine 642
      • Engine 641
      • Squad 644
  • Rockaway Neck Volunteer Fire Department District No. 5 provides fire protection for Rockaway Neck section, and sections of I-80, and I-280. District 5 also provides HAZMAT coverage.
    • Old Bloomfield Ave
    • South Beverwyck Road
  • Parsippany-Troy Hills Fire Association District No. 6 provides fire protection to Tivoli Gardens, Cambridge Village, Hills of Troy, Morris Hills Shopping Center, Green Hill Shopping Center, Hilton/Hampton Hotels, Sylvan way and Campus Drive Area, Jefferson Road Area, Lake Intervale, and Mazdabrook Housing and Senior centers, as well as sections of I-80, I-287, Route 46, Route 10, and Route 202.
    • 60 Littleton Road (Main station)
      • Engine 662 (1990, twin of Engine 661)[1]
      • Ladder 663 (2003)[2]
      • Tower/Truck 664 or T-6 (1998 102' with platform)[3]
      • Engine 665 (2010)[4]
  • Smith Road (Sub-station)
    • Engine 661 (1990, twin or Engine 662)[5]
    • Old Engine 665[6]

Lonh Hill Townships Fire Department (30)

  • Millington Fire Company
  • Stirling Fire Company

Randolph Twp Fire Department (32)

  • Company 2 (Millbrook)
  • Company 3 (Mt. Freedom)
  • Company 4 (Ironia)
  • Company 5 (Shogum Mtn.)



Rockaway Boro Fire Department (34)

    • Main Station (1 E. Main St.)
  • Engine 411
  • Engine 412
  • Truck 413
  • Utility 414
    • Sub station (Beach street)
  • Water Rescue 430

Rockaway Township Fire Department (35)

  • Company 1 (Hibernian)
  • Company 2 (Mt. Hope)
  • Company 3 (Marcella)
  • Company 4 (Birchwood)
  • Company 5 (White Meadow Lake)

Roxbury Township Fire Department (36)

  • Company 1 (Succasunna)
  • Company 2 (Landing)
  • Company 3 (Berkshire Valley)

Washington Township Fire Department (38)

  • Company 1 (Long Valley)
  • Company 2 (Fairmount)
  • Company 3 (Schoolys Mtn)

Wharton Fire Department (39)

  • Engine 320
  • Engine 322
  • Ladder 321
  • Rescue 323

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