Fire Department & EMS

City of Cape May Fire Department

The Cape May Fire Department is a combination department consisting of career and volunteer personnel. We provide the fire and technical rescue protection at all incidents in the City of Cape May. The Cape May Fire Department also provides the first due engine company for parts of the island that include sections of Lower Township. We are the Rapid Intervention Crew for Station 61 Townbank VFC , We provide emergency medical services for Cape May, West Cape May, Cape May Point and civilians on the U. S Coast Guard Training Center.  Off Duty and volunteer members are called to duty on all box fire alarms and when an additional ambulance is requested, stretching the career staff to capacity.

The career staff are all members of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 3495. Career members are trained in many technical rescue capabilities. These rescue skills include:

•  Surf rescue
•  Swift water rescue
•  Ice rescue
•  Hi angle rescue
•  Confined space rescue
•  Hazardous material
•  Structural collapse
•  Vehicle extrication

Many of the career staff are certified fire instructors as well as have training in fire cause and investigation.

The Cape May Fire Department protects the city with four BLS ambulances, one engine, one squad,  a tower ladder, a medium duty rescue truck, a 4x4 utility vehicle, a chief and deputy chief vehicle, a five ton military surplus flood truck and a sixteen foot aluminum boat for flooding.

The U.S. Coast Guard Fire Department Station 59 supplies an engine and West Cape May VFC supplies a ladder company on all first alarm assignments and target hazard responses. The Erma VFC Station 62 provides the rapid intervention crew for Cape May. Second alarm assignments to the City of Cape May bring an Engine from Station 61 Townbank, a squad from Station 60 Villas VFC and a quint (ladder) from Station 72 Rio Grande VFC. A third alarm assignment will bring to Cape May an engine from Station 73 Green Creek VFC, a squad from Station 4 Wildwood Crest and a quint (ladder) from Station 3 Wildwood FD. The CMC Fire Coordinator is dispatched once a second alarm has been sounded to assist with additional apparatus and personnel staging.