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Monmouth County Fire/EMS Department

Agency overview
Established	Historically 1742, Incorporated 2012
Employees	1,100 volunteer personnel 518 career personnel 58 support
Staffing	Combination (Career & Volunteer)
Fire chief	James Tiberius Kirk
EMS level	38 BLS 16 ALS
Motto	"Semper Eadem" Ever the Same
Facilities and equipment
Stations	44 Stations Organized into 7 Battalions
Fireboats	4

The Monmouth County Fire/EMS Department (MCFD) is a combination career/volunteer county-level agency that provides "..fire prevention, fire protection, emergency medical services, and community outreach programs" for residents of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Department is composed of volunteers from 33 different fire companies throughout the county, as well as career firefighters affiliated with The Monmouth County Professional Firefighters and Paramedics Association, According to the 2010 Combination Fire Department Run Survey The Monmouth County Fire/EMS Department covers a response area of approximately 471 square miles, protects approximately 650,000 people, and has an annual operating budget of 95 million dollars. The same survey attributes 20,907 fire calls to the county along with 75,370 EMS calls for a total of 96,277 calls for service in 2010, Placing the MCFD among the busiest combination departments to submit statistics.

History

In 1742, the town of Ocean Grove, New Jersey became the first governmental entity to pass a fire prevention ordinance. The simple ordinance stipulated that all residential and commercial buildings had to be equipped with a smoke chimney. In 1886, the town of [Anytown, New Jersey] organized the first volunteer fire company in the county. With a donated budget of $27, the fire company bought a two-wheeled hand truck equipped with a barrel, pump, and hose. Two years later, in 1888, the town of [Anytown, New Jersey] organized the Anytown Fire Association following two major town fires. Ben Franklin had the first fire station built at a cost of $342.

It wasn't until the 2010s that the County organized its fire services at is known today. The [insert training organization] created a Fire Service Extension to train firefighters and is widely regarded as a focal point for fire training for departments located east of the Mississippi River.

In 2012 the county incorporated career firefighters within its volunteer force based on the Fire Service Think Tank which stated:

• At least four "career firefighter/EMT's" at each station.
• All paid firefighters should be county employees.
• A unified command structure should be developed under the direction of a County fire chief.
• Fire communications should be consolidated under the County fire chief.

The Department of Fire Protection was created on June 14, 2012 which consumed all other previous fire organizations under a single command.<

List of Fire Chiefs

Francis Drake
Walter Ralegh
Henry Morgan
William Kidd
Edward Teach
Bartholomew Roberts
James Cook
Horatio Nelson
John Silver
James Tiberius Kirk

Organization

The Monmouth County Fire/EMS Department is composed of 3 distinct commands, Emergency Operations, Administrative Services, and Special Operations. Each of the commands are headed by a Deputy Chief who reports directly to the Fire Chief.

The Emergency Operations Command (EOC) is the largest and most visible to the public. The EOC includes daily operations and of all emergency services, both Fire and EMS. The EOC incorporates both sworn career and volunteer Fighterfighter/EMT's. The EOC is further split into Northern and Southern Divisions. The dividing line between North and South within the fire department is New Jersey Route 36 from Long Branch to Tinton Falls and Monmouth County Route 537 from Tinton Falls to Mercer County. Within each division there are a set of battalions, Battalions 1,2,4,and 6 are located in the Northern Division and Battalions 3,5,and 7 are located within the Southern Division. "The MCFD's busiest service areas are located within Battalions 1,3,and 5.

A further breakdown of Battalions into communities and stations within the county is as follows:

BATTALION 1 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?
BATTALION 2 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?
BATTALION 3 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?
BATTALION 4 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?
BATTALION 5 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?
BATTALION 6 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?
BATTALION 7 serves all communities in the general vicinity of ?

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Battalion 2 includes stations ?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
Battalion 3 includes stations ?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
Battalion 4 includes stations ?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?
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The Administrative Services command includes Human Resources, Logistics and Supply, Fiscal Affairs, Facilities and Resource Planning, and Apparatus Maintenance. The Administrative services command incorporates both sworn career firefighters and career civilian employees.

The Special Operations Command includes The Office of the Fire Marshal, Risk Management and Safety, Professional Standards, The Fire/EMS Training Academy, and Technical Services. Technical Services includes, but is not limited to the department's Haz-Mat Team, Bomb Squad, and specialty rescue companies.

Stations

Co. 801 - Engine, Truck, Rescue Squad, Ambulance

Equipment

The MCFD is a progressive agency with a full complement of modern fire training, equipment, and vehicles. MCFD utilizes county owned 2012 freightliner ambulance and medic units other fire departments within MCFD can purchase their own Ambulance unit. The ambulance units respond to Basic Life Support calls the people that respond and staffed on the ambulance are certified New Jersey EMT's and or first responders. Medic units are Engines generally respond to incidents such as ambulance or medic locals as a first responder, local alarms, box alarms, and rescue locals. Departmental rescue squads/engines respond to incidents generally described as more life-threatening such as Accidents or accidents with one trapped. A special service (Truck/Rescue Squad/Quint) can act as RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) on a working fire if needed. Truck companies respond to generally fires, and odor of natural gas within a residence or business. The Rapid Intervention Team is used to search for firefighters or any other people on the fire scene if lost or trapped.

References

Category:Fire departments in New Jersey [[:Category:Monmouth County, New Jersey