The Hackensack Fire Department, provides fire

Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....

 protection to Hackensack

Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 43,010....

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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 in the United States

United States

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. The fire department serves a population of 43,062 people.

History

The Hackensack Fire Department was established April 1, 1871. The first fire company was Bergen Hook & Ladder Co. 1. In 1911 a full time fire department was created.

The Hackensack Ford fire was a tragic fire that occurred in July 1,1988 and killed five Hackensack firefighters. The deaths were due to the collapse of the bowstring truss

Truss

In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes. External forces and reactions to those forces are considered to act only at the nodes and result in...

roof. This tragic event changed the way of fighting a fire when a bowstring truss roof is involved.

Nine firefighters from Hackensack have died in the line of duty.