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===Emergency services=== ====Police==== In the 1870s, the township was patrolled by Phillip Mulligan and four constables. In 1878, Mulligan was eventually appointed "Police Justice" and in 1885, an ordinance was passed to regulate and establish a police department. In 1891, the first police officers were appointed under the 1895 ordinance. Michael Rodgers (father of Mayor Frank E. Rodgers) was among those appointed. He eventually became the first chief of police. On March 28, 1897, Officer John J. Clark was electrocuted while investigating a downed power line, becoming the first Harrison police officer to die in the line of duty. A plaque at police headquarters is dedicated in his memory.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} The Harrison Police Department is presently led by Chief of Police David Strumolo, who was sworn in March 2018. The department currently consists of 39 members, down from a one-time high of 67 officers in the 1990s. The department consists of several divisions; Administrative, Patrol, Detective, Traffic Safety, Street Crimes, and Community Policing. The department participates in National Night Out, and various cultural and civic events, as well as "meet and greets."<ref>[https://townofharrison.com/165/Police-Department Police Department], Town of Harrison. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> The department was among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash of [[Flight 1549]], for which they received accolades from the survivors.<ref>Staff. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/3008794/article--'Miracle-on-the-Hudson'-survivors-to-return-to-waterfront-to-thank-NJ-emergency-responders- "'Miracle on the Hudson' survivors to return to waterfront to thank NJ emergency responders"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', July 22, 2009. Accessed August 26, 2015.</ref><ref>Tirella, Tricia. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/3073794/article-A-pat-on-the-back-Flight-1549-survivors-thank-local-first-responders-?instance=search_results "A pat on the back; Flight 1549 survivors thank local first responders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006211648/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/3073794/article-A-pat-on-the-back-Flight-1549-survivors-thank-local-first-responders-?instance=search_results |date=October 6, 2017 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 2, 2009. Accessed August 26, 2015.</ref> The Harrison Police Department is recognized as an "accredited police agency" by the New Jersey Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission and the New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Harrison Review and Reform Committee Report|publisher=New York State|year=2021|location=New York|pages=2|language=English}}</ref> ====Fire==== [[File:Harrison Fire HQ Sussex St crop jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fire Department headquarters]] The Harrison Fire Department operates out of a fire station located at 634 Sussex Street and operates a fire apparatus fleet of three engines, one ladder, and several support units and spares. Due to cutbacks, the HFD usually is able to staff one engine with three members and one ladder with three members and one tour commander on duty. The HFD has a table of organization of 29 firefighters. In April 2013, officials from neighboring municipalities and fire departments expressed their frustration at the stresses placed on their firefighters in covering fires in Harrison.<ref>Dolan, Jim. [https://abc7ny.com/archive/9049104/ "Understaffing at Harrison's fire department"], [[WABC-TV]], April 1, 2013. "Harrison, N.J. (WABC) β There is growing anger from several fire departments in New Jersey about the understaffing of a neighboring fire department in Hudson County."</ref> Currently Harrison is staffing two engines and one ladder 24/7. *Engine 1 (spare) 1994 Emergency-One Sentry 1250/750 *Engine 2 2020 Pierce Enforcer 1500/750 *Engine 3 2006 Emergency-One Typhoon 1500/720/10/20 *Ladder 1 2018 Pierce Arrow 107' Tillered Aerial *Ladder 2 (spare) 1991 Duplex/LTI 110' Tillered Aerial *Battalion Chief 2019 Ford Explorer Interceptor β’Deputy Chief 2013 Ford Expedition ====EMS==== As of January 1, 2014, [[Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corporation]] (MONOC) EMS provides 9-1-1 ambulance service to the city of Harrison and nearby East Newark. As part of the agreement, MONOC pays a $1,500 monthly fee for its use of the firehouse on Cleveland Avenue that had previously been used by Harrison Emergency Management Services.<ref>Staff. [http://www.theobserver.com/?p=18007 "Kearny EMS out, MONOC in at Harrison"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820172713/http://www.theobserver.com/?p=18007 |date=August 20, 2014 }}, ''The Observer Online'', January 8, 2014. Accessed February 23, 2014. "Kearny Emergency Management Services (EMS) has vacated the space and, as of New Year's Day, it's been replaced by Monmouth- Ocean Hospital Service Corp. (MONOC) EMS, based in Wall Township Mayor Ray McDonough and the Harrison Town Council voted Dec. 19 to accept the bid submitted by MONOC to provide emergency medical service coverage β basic life support provided by EMTs β for Harrison and East Newark."</ref>
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