For any of you who know their ancestors worked for the Newark Fire Department, I wanted to let you know that they are EXTREMELY helpful in locating records. I found that my Great-Great Uncle was a captain (through one of the city directories - departments are listed on the last few pages) in the department in 1911 and wrote to them. Believe it or not I received a personal call from a Mr. Stanley J Kossup, Director letting me know that they found the service records. He forwarded them on to me. They contained not only my uncle's record in the department, but personal information such as former position (before being hired at the department), height, weight, marital status (and date of marriage), retirement date and date of death, etc. AND these records were from March 16, 1896, which was further back than the police department could assist with. For those of you who need it, the address is as follows: Attn: Stanley J. Kossup, Director Newark Fire Department 1010 18th Ave Newark New Jersey 07106 PHONE: (201) 733-7424 Hope this also helps someone, Barbara