West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company

The West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company was formed in 1947. It is one of 3 fire companies that serve the Township of Ewing in Mercer County NJ. The department is a combination career/volunteer fire department. Ewing Township has a population of 35,790 people in 15.5 square miles, bordering Hopewell Township to the north, the Delaware River and Bucks County Pennsylvania to the west, Lawrence Township to the east and the City of Trenton to the south. In recent years, the fire company has responded to an average of 700+ fire calls per year and responds to mutual aid calls to each of these municipalities and beyond. Ewing Township boasts of an ISO rating of 4. The West Trenton Vol. Fire Company, Station 33, serves Ewing Township along with the Prospect Heights Vol. Fire Company, Station 31. The former Pennington Road Vol. Fire Co. is now staffed by career firefighters and is known as Division 30.  There are three career firefighters that serve in both fire companies Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They maintain the equipment and apparatus and are first responders to emergency incidents during the day along with the volunteers. Division 30 has a crew 24/7/365 in what was the Pennington Road Vol. Fire Company facilities in the middle of Ewing Township. Currently, the West Trenton Vol. Fire Co. runs 2 pumpers, 1 tower ladder, 1 rescue truck, 2 marine units and 1 Utility vehicle as well as 2 command vehicles. The Ewing community is very diverse in many ways and contains many high-risk concerns for the fire companies in Ewing Township. The first due area in Ewing includes, The Trenton Mercer Airport that has over 150,000 flights including passenger travel, CSX rail freight service, The campus of The College of NJ with over 6,400 students, Interstate 295, SEPTA rail passenger service to Philadelphia, Headquarters and emergency command center for the NJ State Police and NJ Homeland Security, Jones Farm NJ Department of Corrections minimum security jail, Headquarters for the NJ Department of Transportation, Many high-rise apartment buildings including hotels, The Delaware River, and Corporate and commercial growth including some under development and major plans for the immediate future. 

The fire station known as Station 33 is located at 40 West Upper Ferry Road. It features 6 bays including 1 pull through bay. 

The fleet includes:

Chief 33, a Chevrolet Tahoe

Engine 33, a 1996 Pierce Lance 2000/1000/30F that formerly served the Prospect Heights Fire Company 

Engine 33-1, a 1990 Pemfab / 3D pumper with a 2000/800

Tower Ladder 33, a 2016 Spartan Gladiator Classic LFD / Smeal 2000/ 500 with a 100' rear-mount platform

Rescue 33, a 2010 Spartan Gladiator / Rescue 1 Walk-Around Heavy Rescue

Utility 33, a Ford F-450

Marine 33, a RescueONE Connector boat