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Hillsborough, NJ

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The Hillsborough Bureau of Fire Safety has an extensive public education program to spread the message of fire safety throughout our community. Annually our Fire Marshals educate nearly 5000 children at both public and private schools. The school programs cover the basics like "stop drop and roll" for the younger children to campus and cooking safety for the high school senior class. We also conduct a number of programs for adults as well. Some of these programs include fire safety for senior citizens, conducting fire extinguisher training for local businesses and attending community events. Our department is always trying to find creative new ways to get our message out to the community. We recently started hanging banners with safety messages at our local sports complexes and have hit the big screen with fire prevention tips showing on the screen before the movies start at a local cinema. Social media has also become a large part of our education program, our office is a "Check In" point on Foursquare and operate pages on both Twitter and Facebook. Another part of our fire safety education unit is the fire prevention smoke trailer. This interactive educational tool is used at community events to show fire hazards and teach how to escape a burning home. The trailer is set up like a residential house with a kitchen, living room and bedroom. The unit features heated doors, a working telephone to practice 911 calls, a fire place, working smoke alarms and a smoke machine. If you would like to have us attend your community event or have any questions our about fire safety please contact us (908) 369-4313 ext. 7178 or firesafety@htfd.us

Fire Safety Banners at the sports complexes.

Fire Safety at school.

Fire Safety at summer camp.

Fire Safety Smoke Trailer.

Inside the Smoke Trailer kitchen showing multiple fire hazards.

Participants learn to crawl low under smoke and heat.

Fire Safety at the movies.

Children learning not to be scared of firefighters in gear.

Learning about the fire trucks.

Trailer shows how to exit out to both windows and doors.

Simulated fire place with smoke.

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Hillsborough Township Fire District
10 hours ago
Hillsborough Township Fire District

Tomorrow makes a week that our District’s 3 new hires have been on the job. In that past week they have been answering calls, doing smoke inspections, and doing business inspections. In between all of this, they have been training, from throwing ladders, to driver training, ranger training, and wildfire training. As usual, the training never stops.

This hiring has been special as two of our new hires come from here in town from Hillsborough Twp Station 37 Fire. They have set forth to dedicate their time into taking hours worth of classes to turn their knowledge into helping their community. Tomorrow night all of our new hires get officially sworn in as career firefighters. Join us at 7 p.m at the Hillsborough Municipal Building to congratulate our oncoming firefighters.
#hillsboroughproud #station10 #station36 #station37 #station38
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Tomorrow makes a week that our District’s 3 new hires have been on the job. In that past week they have been answering calls, doing smoke inspections, and doing business inspections. In between all of this, they have been training, from throwing ladders, to driver training, ranger training, and wildfire training. As usual, the training never stops. 

This hiring has been special as two of our new hires come from here in town from Hillsborough Twp Station 37 Fire. They have set forth to dedicate their time into taking hours worth of classes to turn their knowledge into helping their community. Tomorrow night all of our new hires get officially sworn in as career firefighters. Join us at 7 p.m at the Hillsborough Municipal Building to congratulate our oncoming firefighters. 
#hillsboroughproud #station10 #station36 #station37 #station38Image attachmentImage attachment+5Image attachment
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That's awesome! Congratulations! Wish I could have been there, but couldn't be more proud of you.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 I’m going to be a Firefighter

Hillsborough Township Fire District
3 days ago
Hillsborough Township Fire District

"A beautiful colorful rainbow could not exist if it were not for the rain of a grey day - it was born from the very droplets of it."
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Yesterday we had a visitor stop in to make a donation on behalf of Shobha Contractor, a loving wife and mother who tragically lost her life on March 5, 2021 which Hillsborough Firefighters responded to. Since this tragedy, the Contractor family had put together a memorial fund so that her legacy can live on. The mission is to annually fund scholarships for 2 Hillsborough High School students, as well as other charities in Shobha’s name. We are grateful to be in the Contractor’s family thoughts as they are in ours.

You can read more about the Shobha Contractor Memorial Fund here: charitysmith.org/memorial-funds/shobha-contractor/

Hillsborough Twp Station 37 Fire
IAFF Local 4897 Hillsborough Fire Fighters
Flagtown Fire/Rescue - Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Co. #1
Hillsborough Fire Co. #3 - Station 38
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A beautiful colorful rainbow could not exist if it were not for the rain of a grey day - it was born from the very droplets of it.
Author unknown

Yesterday we had a visitor stop in to make a donation on behalf of Shobha Contractor, a loving wife and mother who tragically lost her life on March 5, 2021 which Hillsborough Firefighters responded to. Since this tragedy, the Contractor family had put together a memorial fund so that her legacy can live on. The mission is to annually fund scholarships for 2 Hillsborough High School students, as well as other charities in Shobha’s name. We are grateful to be in the Contractor’s family thoughts as they are in ours. 

You can read more about the Shobha Contractor Memorial Fund here: https://charitysmith.org/memorial-funds/shobha-contractor/

Hillsborough Twp Station 37 Fire
IAFF Local 4897 Hillsborough Fire Fighters
Flagtown Fire/Rescue - Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Co. #1
Hillsborough Fire Co. #3 - Station 38
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Hillsborough Township Fire District
4 days ago
Hillsborough Township Fire District

Some food for thought as we’ve wrapped up Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month. Health issues often take a toll on your mental health, whether it’s a financial burden, or the stress of all the Doctor’s visits. We, especially, as First Responders want to always ensure our health is taken care of. Do you also take care of your mental health? People often make annual check up appointments with their primary doctors and cardiologists, what about seeking a therapist or reaching out for some type of therapy? We always want to remember, this is a Firehouse, and we all become like a big family. Reach out and speak out. #mentalhealthawareness #firefightercancersupportnetwork #firefightercancerawareness #fightthestigma #itsokaynottobeokay ... See MoreSee Less

Some food for thought as we’ve wrapped up Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month. Health issues often take a toll on your mental health, whether it’s a financial burden, or the stress of all the Doctor’s visits. We, especially, as First Responders want to always ensure our health is taken care of. Do you also take care of your mental health? People often make annual check up appointments with their primary doctors and cardiologists, what about seeking a therapist or reaching out for some type of therapy? We always want to remember, this is a Firehouse, and we all become like a big family. Reach out and speak out. #mentalhealthawareness #firefightercancersupportnetwork #firefightercancerawareness #fightthestigma #itsokaynottobeokayImage attachment
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