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===Fire department=== {{main|Hoboken Fire Department}} {{Infobox fire department |name = Hoboken Fire Department (HFD) |logo = |motto = |staffing = Career |established = 1891 |annual calls = ~3,500 |strength = 132 |battalions = 1 |stations = 4 |engines = 4 |trucks = 2 |squads = |rescues = 1 |M.S.U = |H.R.T = |fireboats = 1 |foam tender = |hazmat = 1 |usar = 1 |FirstResponderBLSorALS = First Responder BLS |commissioner = |superintendent= |chief = Brian Crimmins |district supervisor = }} [[File:1.20.10EngineNo2HobokenByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|Fire Station #1 on Washington Street]] The city is protected by the 132 paid firefighters of the city of Hoboken Fire Department (HFD). Established in 1891, the HFD currently operates under the command of a Department Chief, to whom two Deputy Chiefs report.<ref>[http://www.hobokenfire.org/100new.cfm "Past 100 Years"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152441/http://www.hobokenfire.org/100new.cfm |date=July 26, 2011 }}. Hoboken Fire Department. Accessed June 26, 2011.</ref> The department reported to 3,352 emergency calls in 2010, arriving in an average of 2.6 minutes from the time the original call was received.<ref>[http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/publicsafety/Fire-Department-Audit.pdf#page=18 "Audit of the Fire Department"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721025245/http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/publicsafety/Fire-Department-Audit.pdf#page=18 |date=July 21, 2011 }}. City of Hoboken by Matrix Consulting Group. April 27, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2011.</ref> The HFD has been a Class 1 rated fire department since 1996 as determined by the [[Insurance Services Office]], one of only three in [[New Jersey]], joining [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] and [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080926055925/http://www.hobokenfire.org/about.cfm About Us], Hoboken Fire Department, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 26, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Effective July 1, 1996, the Insurance Service Organization (ISO), a Commercial Fire Insurance Rating Agency, designated the Hoboken Fire Department as the 24th Class 1 Fire Department in the country. Hoboken Fire Department is the only Class 1 Department in New Jersey."</ref><ref>Skoufalos, Matt. [https://www.njpen.com/cherry-hill-fire-department-earns-top-international-safety-rating/ "Cherry Hill Fire Department Earns Top International Safety Rating; Cherry Hill FD completed a three-year accreditation process to earn an ISO-1 classification, just the third department in the state to do so. It could mean lower insurance rates for residents and businesses."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021212/https://www.njpen.com/cherry-hill-fire-department-earns-top-international-safety-rating/ |date=June 19, 2022 }}, NJ PEN, September 6, 2016. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The department joins those of Hoboken and Hackensack as the only three Class I-certified fire departments in New Jersey, and the only one in the Delaware Valley to also have CFAI accreditation. Cherry Hill is one of only 130 ISO-1 fire departments in the United States, in which only 234 of an estimated 30,000 departments are accredited."</ref> HFD's firehouses, including its fire museum, are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>Miguel, Dennis Q. [http://www.hmag.com/2011/05/fire-work-a-stroll-through-history/ "Fire Work: A Stroll Through History"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205032357/http://www.hmag.com/2011/05/fire-work-a-stroll-through-history/ |date=February 5, 2013 }}, ''hMAG, Hoboken Lifestyle Magazine'', May 18, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2011.</ref> The department is part of the Metro [[Urban search and rescue|USAR]] Strike Team, which consists of nine North Jersey fire departments and other emergency services divisions working to address major emergency rescue situations.<ref name=JJ2016>Steadman, Andrew. [http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/05/bayonne_firefighters_participa.html "Bayonne firefighters participate in mock disaster drills in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808160138/http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/05/bayonne_firefighters_participa.html |date=August 8, 2016 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', May 1, 2012. Accessed June 6, 2016. "According to the press release, the Metro USAR Strike Team is made up of nine fire departments from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Morristown as well as the five-municipality North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Agency."</ref> ====Fire station locations and apparatus==== Fire station and company locations in Hoboken are:<ref name=nrhp>{{cite web |url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=9 |title=National Register of Historic Places Listings |access-date=February 25, 2010 |archive-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204612/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=9 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Hudson.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204907/http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Hudson.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Historic Preservation Office, updated April 26, 2016. Accessed June 2, 2016.</ref><ref name=Locations>[http://www.hobokenfire.org/locations.cfm Locations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619014134/http://www.hobokenfire.org/locations.cfm |date=June 19, 2015 }}, Hoboken Fire Department. Accessed February 19, 2011.</ref> {|class=wikitable |- valign=bottom ! Engine company ! Ladder company ! Special unit ! Chief unit ! Address ! Neighborhood |- |[[Engine Company No. 2|Engine 1]] ||Ladder 1 ||Fire Boat 1 (docked in Shipyard Marina), Spare Ladder 3||||1313 Washington Street ||Uptown |- |[[Engine House No. 3, Truck No. 2|Engine 2]] ||Ladder 2 ||Spare Engine 5||||43 Madison Street ||Downtown |- |[[Engine Company No. 6|Engine 3]] ||||Rescue 1 (which is also part of the Metro [[urban search and rescue|USAR]] Collapse Rescue Strike Team)<ref name=JJ2016/>||||801 Clinton Street ||Uptown |- ||Engine 4|||||Haz-Mat 1, Spare Rescue 2, Spare Engine 6||Car 155 (Deputy Chief/Tour Commander) ||201 Jefferson Street ||Midtown |} The [[Assembly of Exempt Firemen Building|Fire Museum]] is located at 213 Bloomfield Street.<ref name=Locations/><ref>[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/visit/about-us/ About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012320/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/visit/about-us/ |date=November 7, 2017 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed November 5, 2017.</ref>
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