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Provide efficient and timely emergency response for the purpose of preservation
of life, property and environment from fire and other hazardous situations.
Provide public education and awareness about fire safety and related hazards.
Actively participate in the community to provide for the safety and well
being of the people who live, work and visit in Haddonfield.
Provide emergency and non-emergency support services to the community and
other public safety agencies.
Provide the members of the Haddon Fire Company No.1 with the highest quality
of training and education.
Provide a safe and healthy environment to benefit the mental and physical
well being of the members of the Haddon Fire Company No.1.
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Haddon Fire Co. No.1 Founding Members
March 8, 1764
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Sam
Clement
Thomas Redman
William Griscom
John Matlack
Isaac Kay
John Hinchman
Robert Price
John Langdale
Jacob Clement
John Gill
Thomas Champion |
James Davis
John Githens
Samuel Clement Junior
Thomas Cummings
Edward Gibbs
Hugh Creighton
Grafer Smith
Benjamin Hartley
Benjamin Vanleer
Thomas Redman Junior
Thomas Edgerton |
Haddon Fire Company Co. No.1 proudly remains the
second oldest volunteer fire company in continuous existence in
the United States.
Major milestones in our history are:
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1764 - On March 8, 26 men
- being among the chief owners property and heads of families
in the village - met in the Friends Meeting House (then located
on what is now Haddon Avenue) to form the Friendship Fire
Company of Haddonfield. Each member was required to furnish
two leathern fire buckets; the company supplied six ladders
and three fire hooks. (The names of some of the founding members
will be known to current residents, as street names in Haddonfield:
Redman, Hinchman, Gill. Numerous current residents can trace
their ancestry through the founding members of the Fire Company.)
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1811 - Reorganization and
name change, to Fire Company of Haddonfield.
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1857 - Reorganization and
name change to Haddonfield Fire Department.
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1887 - Reorganization and
name change to Haddon Fire Company No.1.
The Company currently has a complement of 52 members. In addition,
we have 10 junior members, in our Explorer program, established
in 2001. Interested in learning more? For information and
a membership application, call 429-4308.
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| Numbers to Know |
Emergency Fire/Police/Ambulance:
911
Police Department
(Non-Emergency):
(856) 429.3000
Fire Department
(Non-Emergency):
(856) 429.4308
Fax (856) 428-9165
Borough Hall:
(856) 429.4700
Emergency Public Works:
(856) 429.3000
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