old Middlesex county station numbers

[mike314]

Did all Middlesex county fire departments have station numbers? When did they stop using them?

 

[ACADEMIContractor]

Did all Middlesex county fire departments have station numbers? When did they stop using them?

Middlesex County, NJ Fire Departments

Middlesex County, NJ has 74 Fire Departments and Fire Stations. Select a Station to See Contact Info, Photos, Fire Chief, Firefighters, Apparatus, Paid/Volunteer Staffing Statistics and More...

www.firedepartment.net

 

[ACADEMIContractor]

Middlesex County, NJ Fire Departments

Middlesex County, NJ has 74 Fire Departments and Fire Stations. Select a Station to See Contact Info, Photos, Fire Chief, Firefighters, Apparatus, Paid/Volunteer Staffing Statistics and More...

www.firedepartment.net

You don’t stop having Fire Station Numbers

 

[svolks209]

Some use them. Some don't. This is the most comprehensive list I've ever come across.


Fire & EMS Stations

Cty Num.	Local Num.	Name	Dist.	Municipality
19	--	Rutgers Univ. ES	n/a	Rutgers
20	B10	NJ Forest Fire Service	n/a	n/a
21	66	PPPL ESU	n/a	Plainsboro
22	57	Applegarth Engine Co.	2	Monroe
23	23a/b	Monroe Fire District 3	3	Monroe
24	--	Arbor Hose Company	3	Piscataway
25	--	Avenel FC#1	5	Woodbridge
26	900	Brookview VFC	3	E. Brunswick
27	1/3A	Carteret FD	--	Carteret
28	1/2/3	Cheesequake VFC	2	Old Bridge
29	--	Colonia Vol. Chem. H&L Co.	12	Woodbridge
30	48F	Cranbury FD	--	Cranbury
31	1	Defender No.1 of Dunellen	--	Dunellen
32	800	E.B. Independent FC	2	E. Brunswick
33	?	Edison FD	--	Edison
34	--	Fords VFC	7	Woodbridge
35	--	Holmes Marshall FC	2	Piscataway
36	1	Helmetta VFD	--	Helmetta
37	1	Highland Park VFD	--	Highland Park
38	--	Hopelawn Engine Co.#1	8	Woodbridge
39	--	Iselin VFC	11	Woodbridge
40	--	Iselin VFC#1	9	Woodbridge
41	24	Kingston VFC	3	S. Brunswick
42	?	Jamesburg FD	--	Jamesburg
43	--	Laurence Harbor FC	1	Old Bridge
44	--	Madison Park FC	4	Old Bridge
45	--	Keasbey Protection FC#1	4	Woodbridge
46	49	Plainsboro FC	--	Plainsboro
47	47	Metuchen FD	--	Metuchen
48	1/2/3/4	Middlesex FD (4 co's)	--	Middlesex
49	62?/?	Milltown FD	--	Milltown
50	20/21	Monmouth Junction VFC	2	S. Brunswick
51	51	Monroe Township VFC #1	1	Monroe
52	--	N.B. FD	--	New Brunswick
53	--	New Market FC	1	Piscataway
54	1	N.B. Vol. Engine Co. #1	--	N. Brunswick
55	2	N.B. Vol. Engine Co. #2	--	N. Brunswick
56	--	North Stelton FC	4	Piscataway
57	700	Old Bridge VFC	1	E. Brunswick
58	--	Perth Amboy FD	--	Perth Amboy
59	--	Port Reading FC	2	Woodbridge
60	--	Possumtown FC	2	Piscataway
61	3	N.B. Vol. Fire/Ladder Co. #3	--	N. Brunswick
62	22/23	Kendall Park VFC	1	S. Brunswick
63	--	River Road FC	2	Piscataway
65	--	Sayreville FD	--	Sayreville
66	--	South Amboy FD	--	S. Amboy
67	--	South Old Bridge FC	3	Old Bridge
68	--	South Plainfield Fire	--	S. Plainfield
70	--	South River Fire	--	S. River
71	--	Spotswood Fire	--	Spotswood
72	--	Woodbridge FC	1	Woodbridge

 

[ansky]

I used to volunteer in Highland Park. We used our station number when a call came in and someone was manning the radio inside the station. We could then call Station 37 over the radio and request additional resources and such.

 

[mike314]

I never heard these numbers used. They arent used like other counties where they are dispatched by the county or share frequencies. I think Union County used to use station numbers too

 

[NJFFDisp]

Union County used colors to identify fire departments...its been a while but I can remember three Red=Westfield White=Mountainside Blue=Roselle Park.

 

[mdsxfire]

I’ve really only ever heard metuchen use their number when they call the firehouse they say station 47, we have ours lettered on the apparatus but have never used it, we use our Somerset county number more when responding M/A

 

[svolks209]

Monroe (all three departments) Jamesburg, Spotswood, Plainsboro, Cranbury all use a station number.

 

[etr37]

Haven't listened much lately, but can confirm (as Ansky noted) that Highland Park VFD (not Dispatch, but the Stationhouse) would identify as "Station 37" over the air.

 

[mike314]

Were all Middlesex County fire companies dispatched on the same channel at one time?

 

[robbinsj2]

Were all Middlesex County fire companies dispatched on the same channel at one time?

No. As discussed in a separate recent thread 33.82 was a common channel among a good handful of municipalities but not all and, to your question, dispatch was localized without a cohesive numbering system across the county. There was that list of countywide numbers established at some point, and presumably still extant, but seldom used with most local numbers not conforming.

 

[JL2441]

Monroe (all three departments) Jamesburg, Spotswood, Plainsboro, Cranbury all use a station number.

Plainsboro and Cranbury do NOT use the original station numbers assigned by Middlesex County.
Rather they utilize station numbers that align them with the surrounding Mercer County stations.

 

[mike314]

Does anyone know what New Market fire station 2 on dunn avenue is used for? Thats one of the smallest stations I ever saw.

 

[mdsxfire]

Does anyone know what New Market fire station 2 on dunn avenue is used for? Thats one of the smallest stations I ever saw.

im guessing your talking about the one on Jarrad ave on the bend? it as far as i know is just a single engine to provide coverage for the north western part of their district

 

[mike314]

I saw photos of fire engines with Monroe Township Fire Company No. 1 and Central Monroe Volunteer Fire Company on them. Does anybody know what happened to those companies?