In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its holiday greeting event to first aid and rescue squads, firefighters, police officers, and so many real heroes in our community, who sacrifice a lot to save lives, and deserve our honor and respect, especially in this holiday season.
Established on March 1, 1875, the Westfield Fire Department is one of the town’s oldest service institutions active today. Starting out as a volunteer department, the Fire Department evolved into a career department in 1904. The department is now made up of 36 sworn firefighters, and two civilian administrative assistants.
There are four Duty Tours that work 24-hour shifts, with 72 hours off between shifts. All Staff personnel work a standard Monday to Friday 40-hour work week.
Fire Houses
405 North Ave W. (Fire Headquarters)
1029 Central Ave. (Fire Station 2)
These two stations are manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and house the following apparatus:
All sworn members of the department are NJ State Certified EMTs, and assist the Westfield Rescue Squad with emergency calls in town.
Led by Ben Zhou (12/13, 4-6 pm, 2 hrs), GPA members (12/13, 5-6 pm, 1 hr for all), Ethan Zhou, Justin Lambert, Thomas Braizinha, Xing Liao, Owen Lin, Jasper Wu, Marcus Kou, prepared best wishing cards, collected donations, joined for the event and delivered the gifts to the real heroes at Westfield Fire Department (405 North Ave W., Westfield).