Board of Fire Commissioners

Fire District Facts

• Your All-Volunteer Fire Department is an ISO-rated Class IV, placing it in the top ten percent of ALL fire departments nationwide.
• The Fire District and School District have created an unparalleled school fire prevention outreach program.
• For the home assessed at the township average, the fire tax has gone up less than FOUR dollars a year since 1997!

• Reorganization Meeting March 1, 2012
• Regular Meeting February 16, 2012
• Regular Meeting January 19, 2012

• Regular Meeting September 22, 2011
• Regular Meeting August 25, 2011
• Regular Meeting July 21, 2011
• Regular Meeting June 16, 2011
• Regular Meeting May 24, 2011
• Regular Meeting April 21, 2011
• Regular Meeting March 21, 2011
• Regular Meeting February 17, 2011
• Regular Meeting January 20, 2011

Board of Fire Commissioners 2012-2013

John Robertshaw, Chairman
Lorraine LaPierre ♦ Dan O'Grady ♦ Mark Searfoss ♦ Michael White

2012 Fire District Budget
We have one of the lowest fire district tax rates in Burlington County

The Eastampton Fire-Rescue Department continues, in our opinion, to be the best municipal services bargain in the County! In 1996, a home assessed at $166,000 paid approximately $4,750 in property taxes, of which about $160 was for the fire tax. In 2007, the same home now assessed at $330,000 will have seen its total property tax bill climb over $2,700 to almost $7,500 while the fire tax increased only twenty-eight dollars!!! The district's fire tax and amount to be raised by taxation continue to be among the lowest in the county. The per capita cost for Eastampton residents is less than half the state average for fire districts. 

During this time, the fire district has created a consolidated municipal fire department, raised the department's insurance ratings three grades from Class 7 to Class 4, replaced an apparatus fleet that did not meet NFPA standards with one that now does, established an apparatus replacement plan to provide for future needs, improved overall response times to calls in Eastampton, consolidated the Emergency Squad and Fire Prevention Bureau into the fire department, and entered a shared services agreement with Westampton Township to improve the level of emergency medical services in Eastampton. It has done all this without carrying any debt!