ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Laurence Harbor Fire Company is an all volunteer company. We proudly provide a wide range of fire protection services to a beach community with an area encompassing approximately 3.1-square miles. We are of a diverse population, approximating 5,800 people.
We operate out of 2 stations, and protect a primarily residential area that is mixed with some commercial and industrial facilities. Included within our District are the following: Cooper Elementary School, Memorial elementary School, the MetroPark complex consisting of 2 multi-storied office buildings, Parkview at Madison a 240-unit apartment complex, an ever growing townhouse development known as Bridge Pointe with over 300 units and Industrial Dr. with around a dozen Industrial Warehouses.

Our area of Fire-Rescue coverage includes: Laurence Harbor, Cliffwood Beach, Genoa, approximately a 4-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway, (mile markers 123 to 119, north and south), part of Cheesequake State Park, the shoreline of Raritan Bay, (from the Morgan Bridge on the north to Whale Creek on the south), an approximate 2-mile length of New Jersey Transit railway and an approximate half-mile stretch of Cheesequake Creek.
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We also are called upon to provide mutual aid to Cheesequake ( District #2 ), the towns of Morgan, South Amboy, Cliffwood, Matawan and any other that make the call. Our department is a quasi-governmental organization; the members of which, are on a volunteer status, and maintain a 24/7 vigilance. We maintain 2-Rescue Pumpers, 1-Pumper, 1-Medium Duty Rescue Truck, 1-Brush Truck, 2-Marine Boats, 1-Brush ATV, 1-Chief's Vehicle, 1-Assistant Chief's Vehicle and 1-Support Vehicle. We currently carry an ISO rating of 4.

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The Laurence Harbor Fire Department is proud of its history, and serves the residents with the following objectives in mind:
  • To provide the best possible protection to the residents of Laurence Harbor and the surrounding communities under the Mutual Aid Plan and as set forth in the Standard Operating Procedures of this department.
  • To provide fire protection, fire inspection and fire safety education services to our community.
  • To foster interest in all matters pertaining to the volunteer service and to promote the welfare and social advances of all volunteer firefighters. 
  • To inculcate love of country, good citizenship, civic virtue and self sacrifice, and to perpetuate the spirit, which from the early days has actuated volunteer fireman in the rendition of service of the highest type in the protection of life and property from fire without hope of fee or reward.
  • To promote the improvement and advancement of the Laurence Harbor community and its residents.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The Laurence Harbor Fire Department is proud of its history, and serves the residents with the following objectives in mind:
  • To provide the best possible protection to the residents of Laurence Harbor and the surrounding communities under the Mutual Aid Plan and as set forth in the Standard Operating Procedures of this department.
  • To provide fire protection, fire inspection and fire safety education services to our community.
  • To foster interest in all matters pertaining to the volunteer service and to promote the welfare and social advances of all volunteer firefighters. 
  • To inculcate love of country, good citizenship, civic virtue and self sacrifice, and to perpetuate the spirit, which from the early days has actuated volunteer fireman in the rendition of service of the highest type in the protection of life and property from fire without hope of fee or reward.
  • To promote the improvement and advancement of the Laurence Harbor community and its residents.