Wood-Ridge Fire Department

Recent Calls

Sun. Feb 23rd 2020

At 17:23 hours, the WRFD was dispatched to Rt. 17 South, in front of East Coast Toyota for the report of a car on fire. FFs responded and found the engine compartment of the car was on fire. The fir...

Carbon monoxide incident

Mon. Feb 17th 2020

At 14:38 hours, the WRFD was dispatched to 501 Avalon Dr., Apartment 5203 for the activated carbon monoxide detector. FFs recorded 25 ppm of CO on the meters. The source was found to be a faulty sto...

Stuck occupied elevator

Mon. Jan 20th 2020

At 13:55 hours, the WRFD was dispatched to the Wesmont Station train station for a stuck occupied elevator. FFs responded, reset the system and removed three parties from the elevator car. The elevat...

House fire

Mon. Jan 20th 2020

At 08:29 hours, the WRFD was dispatched to 162 14th St. for the reported odor of smoke in the house. A thorough investigation by firefighters lead to opening up and finding a small smoldering electr...

Lodi commercial building fire

Thu. Jan 2nd 2020

At 20:54 hours, Lodi Fire Command requested an engine respond to 116 South Main St., Lodi for a fire in a commercial building. Chiefs Cribben and Schulz, E901 and R903 responded and assisted the Lodi...

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New member

Wed. Apr 1st 2020

At the March meeting, Chief Cribben appointed Jake Reiter to a one year probationary firefighter period and assigned him badge #30. Good luck Jake!

COVID-19

Sun. Mar 22nd 2020

As we continue to respond to FIRE and EMS emergency calls, with the help of the WR DPW, our ambulances, fire trucks and firehouse are all regularly decontaminated to ensure the safety of our members a...

2020 Chief's Installation Dinner

Sat. Jan 11th 2020

The Wood-Ridge Fire Department held its annual Chief's Installation Dinner at the Fiesta on January 11, 2020. Fire and EMS officers were sworn in by Senator / Mayor Paul Sarlo.2020 WRFD Officers ...

Santa Ride

Sat. Dec 21st 2019

On December 21st, Santa stopped by the Wood-Ridge firehouse to spread some Christmas cheer! He was available for pictures prior to getting on E902 for his ride around town. We hope everyone enjoyed ...

WR Tree Lighting

Fri. Nov 29th 2019

On November 29th, R903 delivered Santa Claus to the annual Wood-Ridge Tree Lighting ceremony. Merry Christmas!

One Hundred and Twenty Three Years of Dedicated Service

1897-2020

Welcome to the official website of the Wood-Ridge Fire Department and Emergency Squad. We are an all-volunteer organization providing fire suppression and emergency medical services to the Borough of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey.

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine -

Kurt Vonnegut

2020 US Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths - 17

Please click on "The Fallen" section above

for more information on these heroes.

COVID-19 PSA

THANK YOU!

THINKING OF BECOMING A WOOD-RIDGE FIREFIGHTER and/or AN EMT?

WATCH THE VIDEOS BELOW

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!

"Join Our Family, Help Us Protect Yours"

The Wood-Ridge Fire Department is looking for members to join our family. Be part of the community and know that you make a difference in peoples lives.

If you are interested in becoming a member please contact the Fire Department at 201-939-2387 or send us an e-mail in the CONTACT US section above. We currently have four types of memberships:

FIRE / EMS FIRE Only EMS Only

Junior Fire Department (16-18 yrs)

Take a look around and please sign our guest book.

Thank you.

Last update - 4/1/20

News added

THE BOROUGH OF WOOD-RIDGE IS NOW USING

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FOR ALERTS, ADVISORIES AND COMMUNITY MESSAGES

FROM THE BOROUGH & THE WRPD

PLEASE INSTALL SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN YOUR HOME AND TEST THEM MONTHLY... USE THE "CONTACT US" BUTTON ON THE LEFT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON TYPE OR AREA OF PLACEMENT. ALSO, SMOKE DETECTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY TEN YEARS AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY FIVE YEARS...

SMOKE & CO DETECTORS SAVE LIVES!