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Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Services
The Bridgeton Fire Department staffs two Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance, each with two New Jersey certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at all times. When available, on duty firefighters can staff a third or fourth ambulance if needed. In addition, extra ambulances are staffed during special events as well as during high demand time periods. Typically call volume during the summer necessitates adding an additional ambulance during the evening hours. The City of Bridgeton currently maintains a fleet of five Type III ambulances. Providing service to the City of Bridgeton, Hopewell Township and Stow Creek Township, EMS covers 54.5 square miles with a population of 30,680*. *2006 US Census estimate
EMS service expands to Hopewell and Stow Creek 01/01/2008
Effective January 1, 2008, Bridgeton Fire Department Emergency Medical Services now provides primary EMS service to Hopewell Township and Stow Creek Township, twenty four hours per day, seven days a week. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Merge 05/16/2007
Fire and EMS personnel work to stock 727, the new ambulance, and ready it for service.
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Emergency: 911 Business: 451-0091 Fax: 459-1801
Serving Since 1877
Cohansey 1877 Minerva 1840 Neptune 1819
Incident Survey:
2007: 1057 2006: 846 2005: 851 2004: 873 2003: 895 2002: 946 2001: 985 2000: 876
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Effective
January 1, 2007, the City of Bridgeton Fire Department and the
Bridgeton Emergency Ambulance Association (BEAA) /Bridgeton City EMS
have merged, creating an EMS division within the fire department.
Fire Chief David E. Schoch now oversees a department with 83 personnel. The paid and volunteer members of the BEAA and BCEMS are
now incorporated into the fire department. A great deal of work has
been done since the merge to integrate the two departments. Due to
an aging fleet, one of the first priorities was replacement of the
older ambulances. On May 16, 2007 at 10:00am, the first ambulance
arrived at the fire department, complete with a red paint job and
lettering to match the fire apparatus. This new look will be the
scheme used for all future EMS division vehicles. This first
ambulance was manufactured by PL Custom of Manasquan, NJ. It is a
2007 demo unit that was purchased to speed delivery. An additional
unit is ordered and being built, to be delivered sometime in late
summer. 
