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==Emergency services== ===Police=== The Hillsdale Police Department has provided police services to the Borough of Hillsdale since 1921.<ref name=Police>[https://www.hillsdalepolice.com/content/history History], Hillsdale Police Department. Accessed January 23, 2023.</ref> As of 2023, there are a total of 22 members of the department: one [[Chief of Police|chief]], one [[Police captain|captain]], two detectives, 18 [[Police officers|officers]], in addition to three full-time and seven part-time [[Dispatcher#Public safety dispatchers|dispatchers]].<ref name=Police/> The HPD is a full-time department funded by taxes. The force is responsible for all aspects of policing in the borough, including responding to fire and medical emergency calls. Each patrol car is equipped with a [[first aid]] kit, [[oxygen]] tank, and an [[Automated external defibrillator]]. Officers of the Hillsdale Police Department are members of Hillsdale PBA Local 207 of the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association. ===Fire=== The Hillsdale Fire Department (HFD) is an [[Volunteer fire department|all-volunteer fire department]], started in 1902.<ref>[https://hfpl.org/localhistory/Hillsdale_Fire_Dept_1902_1952.PDF ''Hillsdale Fire Department: Fifty Years of Service 1902-1952''], Hillsdale Free Public Library. Accessed January 22, 2023.</ref> The department consists of one [[Fire Chief|chief]], one deputy chief, two Captains, and four lieutenants. The department's headquarters is located at 383 Hillsdale Avenue, and houses two [[Fire apparatus#Fire engine|pumpers]], Engine 27-1 and Engine 27-2; one [[Fire apparatus#Turntable ladder|tower ladder]], 27 Truck, and one [[Fire apparatus#Rescue Unit|rescue unit]], 27 Rescue. There is also a [[Fire chief's vehicle]] and a vehicle for the Assistant Chief. HFD is part of Bergen County Fire Battalion 7, is responsible for fire suppression and rescue services on the stretch of the Garden State Parkway that passes through the Borough (mile markers 167.7-168.4) and dispatching is done by Bergen County Dispatch 'FireComm' ===Ambulance=== The Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service was established on January 5, 1954. The service is run by six officers: president, vice president, captain, lieutenant, secretary, and treasurer.<ref>[http://www.hillsdaleamb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=12 Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151000/http://www.hillsdaleamb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=12 |date=July 26, 2011 }}, Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service. Accessed December 4, 2014.</ref> The HVAS is an all-volunteer [[Emergency Medical Services in the United States#Organization and funding|independent public emergency medical service]]. As such, they do not bill for services, and their equipment is not directly paid for by the borough. Funding is provided by donations and support from the borough. The service provides [[basic life support]], and is staffed primarily by certified [[emergency medical technician]]s. They have one [[Emergency Medical Services in the United States#Ambulances|Type III ambulance]], Ambulance 36. The primary jurisdiction of the HVAS is the Borough of Hillsdale, but the service also regularly responds to requests for mutual-aid from the neighboring [[First Aid Squad]]s of [[Old Tappan, New Jersey|Old Tappan]], [[Emerson, New Jersey|Emerson]], [[Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey|Washington Township]], [[Westwood, New Jersey|Westwood]], [[River Vale, New Jersey|River Vale]], and Tri-Boro ([[Park Ridge, New Jersey|Park Ridge]], [[Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey|Woodcliff Lake]], and [[Montvale, New Jersey|Montvale]]). The HVAS is a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council, the Pascack Valley Volunteer Ambulance Association, and the Pascack Valley Mutual Aid Group, which includes organizations covering eight neighboring municipalities.<ref>[http://twpofwashington.us/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180007231&cpage_id=180036456 About Us], Washington Township Ambulance Corps. Accessed December 4, 2014. "WTVAC is a member of the Pascack Valley Mutual Aid Group, which includes the Township of Washington, Westwood, Hillsdale, Emerson, Tri-Boro (Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, Montvale), River Vale, and Old Tappan."</ref>
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