North Hudson Regional Fire And Rescue
North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR) provides fire protection and medical assistance to the North Hudson communities of North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, West New York, and Guttenburg, New Jersey. The fire department serves a population of over 195,000 people.
Its members numbered 76 when it opened in 1999, but was 51 as of June 2010. According to North Hudson Regional Firefighters Association President Dominick Marino, this is enough to respond to one fire in North Hudson at a time, but asserted that numerous promotions that month, and the closing of Ladder 2 a week later would hurt response time. As of July 2010, the department's total compliment numbers 273, including firefighters, officers and staff, and its firehouses numbered 15.
In July 2010, NHRFR chaiperson and Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner boasted that NHRFR's response time is under two minutes, compared to the national standard of five minutes.
Its operations are overseen by Directors Michael DeOrio and Jeffery Welz. The current Fire Chief is Frank Montagne.
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