The Kearny Fire Department consist of 4 Engines normally manned by 3 to 4 men (1 officer or acting officer), 1 Truck Company with 2 men and 1 Fast Team/RIT team with an officer and a firefighter. We work a 24/72 shift and currently have approximately 99 members. All are members of FMBA Local 18 of the New Jersey Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association
		We have four stations serving an area of nine square miles with a population of approximately 39,000. Consisting of residential buildings of all sizes up to five stories, with light industry mixed throughout, there are 11 schools, 21 places of worship, one hospital and one health care facility in the main area of residency. This area has a population density of about 12,500 per square mile. The rest of the makeup of the town consists of heavy industry, including chemical plants, railyards, trucking hubs, large U.S.Postal transfer, N.J. Transit switching and maintenance facility, the Hudson County Jail and a large area of marshland (government protected bird sanctuary). There are also four major volume highways to cover, the N.J.Turnpike from just north of exit 15E north (on two extensions) to just south of 16W and 16E, Interstate 280, truck routes 1& 9, and the Pulasky Skyway 1& 9. All members are trained as EMT?s, all apparatus are equipped with oxygen and patient stabilization and monitoring equipment. We respond as First Responders to supplement the EMS services for the town. As of December 1997 all members were trained in defibrillation and new defibrillation units were added to all apparatus.
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