The West Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Company was formed in 1947.  Our firehouse was started by 28 firemen and with 30 ladies which made up the auxiliary. We now have 36 firefighters and 2 junior members on are rolls. Some of are members are cross trained as First Responders (7) and EMTs (8).  Our first chief was, Richard Leitz served as chief for 24 years (1947 to 1971) the longest any one served as chief.  We have had only ten chiefs in our fire house. The one who served the second longest term was Chief Ed Rowe which was for ten years (1984-1993). The current chief is Mario Vitulli on his fifth year. Our first president was, Leo Van Worst served as president for our first year.  In our history we have had a  lot of presidents 26 to be exact. The longest was President William "OT" Hollingsworth, he served for 12 years from 1979-1999 inconsecutive. Our current president  is Dominic Russano who is on his second year also served as president back in 2000.

Our current building was erected in 1966 a three bay garage with a kitchen and gear room pictured on the left. The picture on the right is of our station in February 1971 it shows are first new piece 1970 Ford Young. The next year the company brought a second Ford Young pumper which served us up to 1994. In the late 80s an addition of  3 offices and a meeting room were added wear the overhang is in the picture above.  In 2002 we add a two bay garage behind the firehouse to house the rescue boats and support vehicles along with the firehouse gym. The next set of plans is to make our station bigger with the addition of about twenty feet on to the truck bays. The West Tuckerton Vol. Fire Co.  responds to an area of 43 square miles in Little Egg Harbor, know as fire district #1.  On average we run about 300 calls a year mostly fire alarms and MVAs. Our station has the only ladder tower for the area, and does the extraction work for the entire Township of Little Egg Harbor as well as the Borough of Tuckerton. This area is made up of The Garden State Parkway , U S route 9, and County highway 539 for are major roads. Are primary mutual aid is with Parkertown (Sta. 70), Mystic Islands (Sta. 72), Tuckerton (Sta. 50), and New Gretna (Sta. 421)

West Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co.

Charter Members

"The Little Red Fire Truck"

Past Chiefs And Past Presidents

Fireman Of The Year

Early call volume

records found with NJSFRA  green sheets

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