The Mantua Township (NJ) Fire District was formed in October 2006 through the merger of four individually operated and governed fire companies: the Barnsboro Fire Company, the Mantua Volunteer Fire Company, the Centre City Volunteer Fire Company, and the Sewell Mutual Volunteer Fire Company.
Today, Mantua Township Fire District No. 1 comprises two stations. Fire Headquarters is located in the Sewell section of town, and the substation is located in the Centre City area.
The Mantua fire district is staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at the Fire Headquarters. Station 22 is dispatched by the Gloucester County Communications Center and responds annually to approximately 1,100 incidents. The Mantua Township Fire District operates one Class A engine (Engine 22), one 3,000-gallon water tender (Tender 22), one Ford F-250 brush truck (Brush 22), two Ford F-350 utility units (2217 and 2219), two similar rescue engines (Rescue 22 and Squad 22), and two ERVs (ERV 22 and ERV 22-1). The fire district provides mutual aid support to numerous Gloucester County fire departments and responds on regional structural task forces within Gloucester County and out of county as well as task forces for technical rescue, rescue task force operations, foam, and water tender response.
Rescue 22
Rescue 22 is a custom 2020 KME Severe Service cab with a rescue-pumper body. It is equipped with a 2,000-gpm pump and a 770-gallon water tank. Rescue 22 carries 1,000 feet of 5-inch supply line, 300 feet of 2½-inch dead lay with a gated wye, a 200-foot 2½-inch inch attack line with a smooth bore nozzle, a 200-foot 1¾-inch handline with a smooth bore nozzle, a 300-foot 1¾-inch handline with a smooth bore nozzle, and a 100-foot 1¾-inch trash line with a combination nozzle.
The apparatus features a six-person cab equipped with Scott SCBA, a thermal imaging camera, a multigas meter, and a natural gas detection device. Rescue 22 is outfitted with full rescue capabilities, including Holmatro Pentheon cordless battery-powered rescue tools: a PCU50 inclined cutter, a PSP40 spreader, a PTR50 telescoping ram, and a PCT50 combi tool. The unit is also equipped with high- and low-pressure airbags as well as Junkyard Dog and Paratech Gold Series stabilization equipment. In addition, the rescue carries flammable liquid extinguishing equipment and numerous fire extinguishers.
