The first motorized pumper was purchased in 1915. The first paid "fire driver" was hired in 1911 as a driver for the horse drawn apparatus. The Department was founded in 1897, as an all volunteer force. Commuter and freight rail lines pass through the district as do portions of the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike and US Routes 1 & 9. The response area includes residential, condominiums/townhouses, industrial, retail, hi-rise office buildings, two senior citizen buildings, a nursing home, five schools and one of the largest shopping malls in the northeast. Woodbridge Township is comprised of 10 sections or towns, and Woodbridge Fire Department serves the residents of Woodbridge Proper and Sewaren, a population of about 22,000 over approximately 5 square miles. ![]() With a population of nearly 100,000, Woodbridge Township is the 6th largest municipality in the state. Woodbridge Township is located in north central New Jersey, near the coast.
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