The Abington Township Fire Department (ATFD) is made up of your neighbors. Comprising five separately chartered volunteer fire companies, the ATFD covers an area of approximately 15 square miles and protects more than 56,000 residents.

Serving for more than 100 years, the department is 100 percent volunteer. Firefighters in the ATFD are expected to train together as a department at various times during the year as well as with their individual companies. The ATFD provides its firefighters with a certified training facility for live burn evolutions, vehicle rescue training, confined space rescue training, and a state-of-the-art classroom training center.

The ATFD boasts 137 firefighters certified to nationally recognized standards in the essentials of firefighting. Additionally, members of each company have achieved awareness, operations, and technician levels of training in vehicle rescue, hazardous materials response, structural collapse rescue, confined space rescue, and trench rescue.

To find out more about joining the ATFD, click here. You may also contact the ATFD at (267) 536-1055.