Office of the President
One Smallwood Avenue, Belleville, NJ 07109.

Welcome to the New Jersey Deputy Fire Chiefs Association Web Site. It is our seventeenth year as one of the most active Fire Organizations in the State of New Jersey . Our work addresses Safety, Education, and Training for the Firefighters and the people in our state. We have been successful in having legislation work its way through the Legislature and having it signed by the sitting governors during their term's of office. One of those bills is the Statewide Incident Command Law. This bill included the certification and training of Fire Instructors throughout the State of New Jersey .

We also spearheaded legislation approving New Jersey task Force One, Urban Search and Rescue Team, and the development and implementation of FAST Teams throughout the State of New Jersey . We were successful in having a statute law passed to include Chief Officers in the Mutual-Aid Response Program.  Former Governor McGreevey signed the "Fire Service Emergency Deployment Act," A-1775, which requires Chief Officers to be assigned in the Counties Mutual-Aid Response Center . We were the lead Fire Service Organization in the State of New Jersey to baby-sit this legislation and have it signed into law.

Our Association also took a leadership role in the establishment of regulations for a mandatory statewide, Common Personnel Accountability System for New Jersey 's Fire Service.

During the year 2003, we worked to establish a Statewide Marine Firefighting Task Force that would be fully funded by the federal government. In addition, one of our goals for 2005-2006 is to develop support programs, on a county or regionalized basis, for the Incident Commander during Mutual Aid Fires. We believe this will improve the fire ground safety of the Firefighter, and give the Incident Commander the tools they require to complete their mission.

Please check our web site often to find out what is occurring in New Jersey ’s Fire Service. You can contact us at: www.webmaster@njdfca.com for a better fire safe tomorrow,

         Charles Aughenbaugh, Jr.
         President