The department is directly responsible for over 41,000 residents living within the 6.23 square miles of Teaneck.

The question of forming Teaneck's first volunteer company was first considered in the summer of 1904 by the residents of Manhattan Heights and Selvage developments.

Prior to the end of 1904, the residents officially formed the Upper Teaneck Volunteer Fireman's Association.

In 1907 the company was forced to move to 18 Fairview Avenue but also obtained Teaneck's first motorized fire apparatus.

When Teaneck went to a career department in 1915, The Glenwood Park Volunteer Firemen retained their status as a complete volunteer company and responded to first alarm fires in their district and also to second alarm fires in all other parts of the Township.

They remained active until 1948 when they were disbanded and its members went on to organize the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps[1][2] Teaneck Fire Department is a career fire department that has 91 uniformed members, out of a total of 93 authorized positions, including 31 officers and 60 firefighters.

[5] TFD is part of the Mid-Bergen Mutual Aid Association (Teaneck, Hackensack, Englewood, Bergenfield, Bogota, and Ridgefield Park).

Other materials presented consisted of courses developed by the Federal Government or in house using resident subject-matter experts.

These are referred to as Master boxes, meaning they are attached to a building and tied into their interior alarm system.

Periodic inspections of high life hazard buildings and commercial occupancy's are mandatory under the fire code (e.g. schools, local businesses, factories, hospitals, nursing homes, all commercial businesses, industrial and office buildings).

Furthermore, when requested they regularly respond on mutual aid to: Hackensack, Englewood, Bergenfield, Bogota, Ridgefield Park & New Milford.

(Secretaries, 1 is in Fire Prevention & 1 is Administrative)[12] Motor vehicle accidents occurs quite often in Teaneck due to the major highways (Rt.

The fire department regularly responds to motor vehicle accidents, with the New Jersey State Police, Bergen County Sheriffs Office and/or Teaneck Police Department and the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps on the aforementioned highways, local thoroughfares and streets.

Due to the limited ways to cross either of the barriers, each district has a firehouse in order to facilitate a rapid response to a call.

Washington Heights Box 54 FU-1 & FU-3 (Canteen/Rehab) Bergen County Quick Attack Vehicle, Foam Trailer The Teaneck Fire Department also includes The Box 54 Club, which is staffed by volunteers & similar in nature to the Bell & Siren Club of Newark and the Gong Club of Jersey City, Box 54 provides communications, canteen (beverages & snacks), rehabilitation and fireground support services where ever first responders have an extended presence (fires, hazmat situations, police actions, rescue operations, parades & funerals) and other events.