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05-30-2013, 07:58 PM

The Fire Company was organized May 17, 1907. The name was then the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Company
The first fire house built cost a total of $2,000
The first equipment purchased was six pails and a couple of axes
The first apparatus purchased was a two wheel cart
The present firehouse is owned by the South Plainfield Exempt Association and is rented to the Borough of South Plainfield to house all fire department apparatus.
1936 - Junior Fire Department was started.
1938 – Combination Ladder / Hose Truck equipped with flood lights, booster tank – 200 gallon capacity, portable generator and 225 feet of ladder at a cost of $11,000
1958 – Council approves the hiring of two part time fire inspectors as a yearly salary of $640. They were Peter Ackerman and David Darge.
1959 – South Side Firehouse is dedicated
1963 – Phone alert system was installed
1963 – The Joseph E. Delaney Scholarship Fund was stated in remembrance of our past chief
1967 – New Fire House to be located at the corner of Maple and Hamilton, known as Firemen’s Park at a cost of $125,000
The first 51 years of service, only 5 people died due to fire related causes

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The population of South Plainfield is approximately 20489.
The approximate number of families is 6823.
The amount of land area in South Plainfield is 21.65 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.096 sq kilometers :
The distance from South Plainfield to Washington DC is 183 statute miles. The distance to the New Jersey state capital is 30 statute miles. (Statute miles are "as the crow flies")
South Plainfield is positioned 40.57 degrees north of the equator and 74.41 degrees west of the prime meridian.