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About Us
EBIFC was organized in 1938. Its first
apparatus, a 1940 Ward LaFrance, was painted white, beginning our tradition of
white apparatus. The original firehouse of Independent Fire Company was
built in 1938 on Willow Street Emergency Medical Services in the township are provided by the East Brunswick Rescue Squad. Some members of EBIFC, as well as OBVFD and Brookview, are trained and certified as EMT's, enabling us to render emergency medical aid when EMS providers are not yet on the scene and also assist them when needed.
In East Brunswick, as elsewhere, 911 is used for reporting all emergencies. All alarms of fire and other emergencies are received by dispatchers on duty at Police Headquarters in the Public Safety Building in the Civic Center Complex. Upon receipt of an emergency call which requires the response of any of the fire companies in town, the dispatcher determines in which area the incident is reported, activates the pagers of the individual members and then sounds the sirens for that area. The three fire companies in East Brunswick are dispatched on the frequency of 33.82 MHz (County Fire Band). East Brunswick Township uses a Motorola Type II UHF trunked radio system for all of its township services, including Police, Fire and EMS. The frequencies used are 500.3125, 500.4375, 500.5875, 500.8375, 502.4875, and 502.6625. Additionally 453.1375 is used by the fire companies for Fire Ground operations.
Elected Officers and other Officials
2008 Line Officers Chief - 800 - James E. Varick Assistant Chief - 850 - Robert F. Zelehoski Captain - 855 - Jeff Withum Captain - 854 - Robert J. Rodgers Lieutenant (Willow Street Station) - 851 - Brian Adams Lieutenant (Lawrence Brook Station) - 852 - Ryan DeGraw Lieutenant (Dunhams Corner Station) - 853 - Scott Anderson Safety Officer (Appointed by the chief) - 880 - Robert Weissman
2008 Administrative Officers President - Richard Jewett Vice President - John Rodgers Treasurer - Phillip Kelton Recording Secretary - Robert Dunphy Corresponding Secretary - Andrew Scharf
Trustees Scott D. Kelton - 5 year term expires 2008 Paul A. Colon - 5 year term expires 2009 Edward Juba - 5 year term expires 2010 William C. Grande - 5 year term expires 2011 Donald Havens - 5 year term expires 2012
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near Cranbury Road. A new 4 bay main
station was constructed on the same site in 1990. In 1966 an additional
station was dedicated on Ruth Street in the Lawrence Brook area. A third
station at Dunhams Corner Road and Ryders Lane was dedicated in 1973.
Since then, both Lawrence Brook and Dunhams Corner stations have been
renovated and expanded with large additions. Currently, renovations and
additions are in the planning and design stages for the Willow Street Station.
These include a new building to house the offices of the Commissioners of Fire
District 2, Bureau of Fire Prevention and East Brunswick Independent.
Of the three fire companies in town, East
Brunswick Independent covers the largest area, consequently resulting in the
highest call volume. In 2006, EBIFC responded to 817 fire calls.