The volunteer fire department was born in 1903. Its first firehouse was located in the Glen behind the school off Forest Way. The Stable on Roseland Avenue provided horses to haul equipment. The sounding of a bell on top of the firehouse was the alarm used to alert firefighters to respond. This station was destroyed in a fire and the fire department moved to the newly completed Borough Hall in 1913. The fire department moved to new quarters again with the 1965 addition to borough hall to its current location on Roseland Avenue.

The department had since switched from horses to automobiles to tow the ladder truck and hose reels. The Borough’s first engine, a used Willys Overland with a fifty gallon chemical tank and rubber hose was purchased in 1914. A full sized Boyd pumper replaced the original engine in 1916. The next engine, a LaFrance, replaced the Boyd in 1933. This engine had a booster tank which could more quickly dowse flames with water. In 1949 the Borough added a FMC John Bean pumper with a high pressure water fog device. The Bean engine was replaced in 1956 with a International FMC John Bean 750 GPM pumper. The LaFrance served until 1964 when it was retired and replaced with a 1964 International FMC John Bean 750 GPM Pumper-fogger. Firefighters also obtained gas masks which permitted a quicker entry into burning structures. In 1982 Ford FMC 1000GPM pumper was placed in service marking a change to diesel automatic shift vehicles from gasoline stick shift vehicles. Next came a 1990 E-One Cycle 1500GPM five man pumper and a 1997 E-One American Eagle 1250 GPM eight man Pumper. These two engines are still in use by the Borough.

Over the past twenty years the department has appointed some ten Fire Department Chiefs. They are Tom Intile, Harold “Skip” Johnson, Harold “Bud” Sargent, Jonathan Greene, Rupe Hauser, Jim Egan, Mark Wells, Chris Kreger, Glen Taylor and currently Jim Egan.