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Discover the history of Taunton Fire Company, meet our officers, and learn how we keep Medford Township safe through training and mutual aid.
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Taunton Fire Company
Serving Medford Township, NJ
The Taunton Volunteer Fire Company has proudly served Medford Township and South Jersey for over 75 years — powered entirely by community members like you.
Discover the history of Taunton Fire Company, meet our officers, and learn how we keep Medford Township safe through training and mutual aid.
Read our storyNo experience needed — just a desire to serve. We provide full training and a brotherhood unlike anything else. Make a real difference right here at home.
Apply to joinAs a volunteer company, we depend on community support. Your donation funds equipment, training, and the tools we need to respond when it matters most.
Donate todayThe Taunton Volunteer Fire Company, in its partnership with the Medford Township Division of Fire & EMS, provides fire and rescue services to Medford Township in Burlington County, and, through mutual aid agreements, other communities throughout South Jersey. Taunton’s local service area encompasses approximately half of Medford’s total 40 square miles, and serves about 10,000 of Medford’s total population of 22,000.
The Taunton Volunteer Fire Company operates out of Station 252 on Gravelly Hollow Rd on the south side of the town, and is a completely volunteer-staffed station. The station houses a 2007 Rescue Engine, a 1996 Tender Engine, a 2000 Brush Truck with a water rescue boat, and a 1992 Reserve Engine. The station’s local service area is covered from the hours of 6AM-5PM Monday through Friday by a career firefighting staff that operates out of the Union Firehouse on the north side of town.
After World War II, the population of Medford Township grew rapidly with new families settling into homes built along the edge of the Pinelands and Pine Barrens south of the Medford Village area. In 1946, a group of residents south of Tuckerton Road organized as the Lakes Volunteer Fire Company to support and respond alongside Union Fire Company in the areas south and distant from the historic area in the center of town. A war surplus Jeep provided the first protection for the company and remains on display as a historical piece of apparatus for the township. Now serving as the Taunton Fire Company, the organization’s charter was formalized in 1949.
In 1973, Taunton Fire Company rebuilt our original firehouse into an expanded building that could house additional apparatus, and, within five years, the Lakes Emergency Squad as well, which today has grown into its own station at Jackson and Stokes Roads.
Taunton Fire Company has continued to grow and relocated from the Fairview Road station to a building on Gravelly Hollow Road.
Meet Our Officers →No experience necessary — Taunton Fire provides all the training you need. Whether you're 18 or 80, there's a role for everyone. Our volunteers are your neighbors, your friends, your community.