Editing Bordentown, New Jersey (section)

====Emergency services====
Hope Hose Humane Fire Company 1 dates its founding to 1767, making it the nation's second-oldest volunteer fire service, having taken its current name from the combination in 1976 of the Hope Hose and the Humane fire companies.<ref>Rittenhouse, Lindsay. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/07/bordentown_city_fire_company_raises_money_toward_h.html "Fire company begins fundraising for 250th anniversary, restoration project"], [[NJ.com]], July 6, 2015. Accessed October 21, 2016. "Hope Hose Humane Company 1 traces its firefighting roots to 1767, making it nine years older than the country and the second-oldest all volunteer fire department in the United States, the company says.... Paul Walsh, historian and secretary for Hope Hose Humane, said he even finds items on eBay such as old badges from Hope Hose and Humane fire companies that he then purchased. The companies merged into Hope Hose Humane in 1976."</ref>

Consolidated Fire Association dates back to the 1966 merger of three separate volunteer fire companies.<ref>[http://www.consolidatedfire.org/ Home Page], Consolidated Fire Association. Accessed October 21, 2016. "Consolidated Fire Association was established July 5th 1966 when the Citizen Hook and Ladder Co., The Delaware Fire Co. and Weccacoe Hose Co. dissolved and merged into one new fire association."</ref>