[1] In 1947, Forrest S. Chilton, Jr., MD and his wife, Elizabeth, a registered nurse, donated land located on Newark-Pompton Turnpike with the vision of building a hospital.

During its infancy, Chilton obtained funding from his business associate Aniello Vitale, and raised additional capital from the community and patients [?]

In 1954, the facility opened with fifty beds, named in honor of his son, Forrest S. Chilton III, who died in World War II.

[3] Some people who remember or were born in the Newark-Pompton Turnpike building, which has since been turned into condominiums, affectionately refer to the original location by the nickname "The Old Chilton.

Chilton MICU's 200 + square miles of primary coverage represents the largest response area in the MICCOM consortium, with the department responding to over 5,000 calls per year for ALS.