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Original Feature Posted April 26, 2004 - Re-launched January 28, 2012
Updated October 15, 2024

NEW JERSEY FIRE BOATS
Atlantic Highlands  Atlantic Highlands 2
Bayonne   Brevent Park - Leonardo Brick
Camden Carteret East Dover Edgewater Elizabeth
Gloucester City  Hoboken  Jefferson Township Jersey City   Kearny
Laurelton Linden Longport Newark   North Hudson / Weehawken
Ocean City Perth Amboy Red Bank
Sea Isle City Scullville Secaucus Silverton Stone Harbor
Toms River Union County West Keansburg Westville

NEW JERSEY FIRE BOATS

The State of New Jersey
A number of fire boats are operated in the
New York City metro area.
Camden, New Jersey on the Delaware
River opposite Philadelphia also has a boat.

Camden, NJ Firefighters Local 788
Camden Fire Boat with Delaware City Boat
Newark Firefighters
Newark Fire History
Video Newark F/B John F Kennedy from 1987
Jersey City & Newark Fire Boats working - You Tube Video
Perth Amboy Fire Department
Perth Amboy Marine 5
Boat Fire in Perth Amboy
Video Perth Amboy Marine Unit
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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS
(Monmouth County)

ATLANTIC HEIGHTS, NJ
MARINE 85
Atlantic Highlands Harbor Marina
2020 (1988) Monarch 32' Fireboat

Formerly Secaucus, NJ Marine 1

Photos Sept 2024

Former
ATLANTIC HEIGHTS, NJ
"MARINE 85"
Atlantic Highlands Harbor Marina

26 foot refurbished former USCG boat
Fire pump

Photos Nov 2015

CITY OF BAYONNE
(Hudson County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

BAYONNE, NJ
"MARINE 1"

City of Bayonne, New Jersey
2012 27 foot Safe Boat with twin 225 HP outboards
and firefighting capability.

photos April 2019

BREVENT PARK - LEONARDO
(Monmouth County)

BREVENT PARK, NJ
"MARINE 31-2"

Boston Whaler 25' Fireboat
500 gpm

The Brevent Park Fireboat is docked in the Leonardo Harbor
at a dock on Beach Ave.

Photos Sept 2024

CITY OF CAMDEN
(Monmouth County)

CAMDEN, NJ
"FIRE BOAT 1"

City of Camden, New Jersey
2011 MetalCraft Firestorm 50
50'5" LOA
11,000 gpm

Photos Dec 2011

CARTERET
(Middlesex County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

CARTERET, NJ
"Marine 1"

2011 27' Boston Whaler Vigilant
Approx 500 gpm

Photo May 2021

EDGEWATER
(Bergen County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

EDGEWATER, NJ
"Fireboat 1"

2012 27' Boston Whaler Vigilant
Approx 500 gpm

Photo Feb 2020

EDGEWATER, NJ
"Fireboat 1"

1986 26' Shamrock
Purchased used in 2007

Photos Nov 2015

ELIZABETH
(Union County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

ELIZABETH, NJ
"Marine 4"

2012 21'' Ribcraft
Rescue Boat
On trailer at Station 5

Photo May 2021

GLOUCESTER CITY
(Camden County)

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ
"Marine 5"

2004 SeaArk 27' Boat
Twin Yamaha 200 HP
Originally Camden Marine 1
Acquired by Gloucester City in 2014
Docked area of Freedom Pier, King St & Cumberland St

Photos Nov 2015

HOBOKEN
(Hudson County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

HOBOKEN, NJ
Fireboat 1

2012 Boston Whaler 27' Vigilant
Approx 500 gpm

Feb 2020

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
(Morris County)

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
"FIREBOAT 717"
"DEFENDER"
2016 Silver Ships Explorer 30
33' LOA - 10' Beam - 1500 gpm
Lake Hopatcong

Photos Aug 2019

JERSEY CITY
(Hudson County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

JERSEY CITY, NJ
"MARINE 1"
JOSEPH LUVERO

City of Jersey City, New Jersey
2006 Sea Ark 48' - 3000 gpm
Fire boat is a twin to the Newark fire boat.
The Jersey City fireboats are docked in the Morris Canal Basin
off Audrey Zapp Drive, across the Hudson from lower Manhattan.

Photos Nov 2015

KEARNY
(Hudson County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

KEARNY, NJ
"MARINE 3"

City of Kearny, New Jersey
2013 Lake Assault 25' 6" Landing craft stsyle boat
Approx 1250 gpm
On trailer - Kearny Station 3
Towed and launched as needed.

Photos July 2018

LINDEN
(Union County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

LINDEN, NJ
"MARINE"

City of Linden, New Jersey
2011 27' Boston Whaler Vigilant
Approx 500 gpm

LONGPORT
(Cape May County)

LONGPORT, NJ
"MARINE 3"

Longport, New Jersey
2000s 25' Safe Boat
Approx 500 gpm

Behind Fire Station Atlantic Ave
and S 24th Ave

CITY OF NEWARK
(Essex County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

NEWARK, NJ
"FIRE BOAT 1"

City of Newark, New Jersey
2006 Sea Ark 48' - 3000 gpm
Docked off Corbin Street (not far from Newark Airport)

photos July 2011

NEWARK, NJ
(Retired)
"John F. Kennedy"

Old Fire Boat
Built 1964
4,000 gpm
1989 photo

NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL / WEEHAWKEN
(Hudson County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL
WEEHAWKEN, NJ
"Marine 1"

2014 MetalCraft FireStorm 36
39' 2" LOA - 13' Beam
4700 gpm
At the Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club

Photos Nov 2015

NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL
WEEHAWKEN, NJ
"Marine 2"

2012 27 foot Boston Whaler twin 300 HP Yamaha outboards
and an inboard 130 HP motor driving a 1000 gpm pump.

OCEAN CITY
(Cape May County)

OCEAN CITY, NJ
"Marine 1"

Rescue Boat and Jet Ski

Photos Sept 2024

PERTH AMBOY
(Middlesex County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

PERTH AMBOY, NJ
"Marine 5"

2005 Metal Craft Fire storm 36
Owned by Middlesex County, NJ
Operated by Perth Amboy Fire Rescue
39' LOA
2,500 gpm
38 knots
Perth Amboy Municipal Marina
Raritan River between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York

Dec 2011

SEA ISLE CITY
(Cape May County)

SEA ISLE CITY, NJ
"Marine 1"

2009 26' Lake Assault
Refurb in 2021
Approx 700 gpm

Photo May 2021

SECAUCUS
(Hudson County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

SECAUCUS, NJ
"MARINE 1"

City of Secaucus, New Jersey
2019 Lake Assault 28' Landing craft style
Fire-Rescue Boat
1,500 GPM
Twin 350 HP Outboards

May 2020

OLD BOAT

SECAUCUS, NJ
"MARINE 1"

City of Secaucus, New Jersey
1988 Monarch 32' Fire Boat
This boat originally belonged to the North Hudson Fire Rescue.
It came to Secaucus as the result of North Hudson getting a new
boat in 2014, making this boat available to Secaucus in a trade
for 2 spare fire apparatus.

Old Boat went to Atlantic Highlands, NJ c.2020

Photos Nov 2015

SCULLVILLE
(Atlantic County)

SCULLVILLE, NJ
"Marine 3"

2015 35' Stanley Landing Craft
Approx 1500 gpm

NOTE
Boat was sold to Sunrise Beach, MO
on Lake Ozarks

Photo May 2021

TOMS RIVER
(Ocean County)

TOMS RIVER, NJ
"Marine 2026"

2007 17' Boston Whaler
Rescue Boat

Photo May 2021

UNION COUNTY
(Union County)

MEMBER OF 12 DEPARTMENT NJ REGIONAL FIREBOAT TASK FORCE

UNION COUNTY, NJ POLICE
"MARINE 1"

2016 Sea Ark
Police / Fireboat

WESTVILLE
(Gloucester County)

WESTVILLE, NJ
"Marine 7"

Westville Fire District #1
Boat "Thomas West"
2011 Harbor Guard Fire Hawk 24
24' LOA, 9'5" beam. 21" draft
250 HP Mercury outboard
1200 gpm
Guest Photos James Tucker

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