Month: July 2018

Fair Haven Water Rescue Unit
Water Rescue

Water Rescue

July 15, 2018

Water Rescue Unit Information and Duties While the location of Fair Haven between the picturesque Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers provides beauty and recreation for its citizens, if also provides the makings of difficult emergency situations, including nautical emergency medical incidents, drownings, ice rescues and, unfortunately, recovery of bodies. Growing out of an early “Dive Team” organized in 1962, today’s Water Rescue Unit has expanded its training and services to address the full scope of EMS, Search and Rescue and Ice [click for more]

FHFD Fire Police
Fire Police

Fire Police History

July 15, 2018

During the latter part of the 19th Century, New Jersey legislators realized a vital need to help local police, marshals, and peace officers. They were especially concerned about areas in the state where police protection was woefully inadequate and provided by perhaps only one enforcement officer. To meet this problem, the Fire Police Law was enacted. The earliest recorded mention of Fire Police appointments in the Borough of Fair Haven was at a Borough Council meeting held on January 11, [click for more]