Area Served[]
The Ridley Park Fire Department (RPFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the Borough of Ridley Park, located some five miles south of the City of Philadelphia, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Named after the former civil parish of Ridley in the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England, Ridley Park encompasses an area covering 1.08 square miles, and serves a population of approximately 7,500 inhabitants.
Mutual Aid[]
The Ridley Park Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Darby Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 (Pennsylvania), the Eddystone Fire Company No. 1, the Folsom Fire Company (Pennsylvania), the Holmes Fire Company (Pennsylvania), the Milmont Fire Company, the Norwood Fire Company (Pennsylvania), the Prospect Park Fire Company (Pennsylvania), the Ridley Township Fire Company No. 1, the Sharon Hill Fire Company, the Tinicum Township Fire Company, and the Woodlyn Fire Company.
Department Profile[]
The Ridley Park Fire Department is staffed entirely by volunteers with minimum staffing manning one engine company, one truck company, and one rescue company out of a single fire station.
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station 7 - 102 East Ward Avenue[]
- TAC 7 - 2004 HME / V-Tec (1250 RM/600/25A) (Ex-Millbourne Fire Company)
- Marine 7 - 10′ Flat-bottom boat / outboard
- Engine 07-1 - 1995 E-One Cyclone II (2000/500)
- Ladder 07-5 - 2003 American LaFrance Eagle (2000/300/20F/100' mid-mount)
- Rescue 07-6 - 1988 Ford C-8000 / E-One walk-in rescue
- Utility 07-8 - 201? Ford F-350 SuperCrew 4x4
- Command 07-9 - 202? Ford F-150 SuperCrew 4x4
- Fire Marshal - 2001 Dodge Durango 4x4 (Ex-Command 07-09)
Retired Apparatus[]
- 1985 American LaFrance Century pumper (1500/500) (Sold to Darby Fire Patrol No. 2 (Pennsylvania))
- 1980 American LaFrance Century aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder) (Sold to Woodlyn Fire Company)
- 1969 American LaFrance pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 1)
- 1965 Ford C-600 / Reading walk-around rescue (Ex-Rescue 1)
- 1955 American LaFrance 700 Series aerial (250/300/75' mid-mount) (Sold to Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Company)
- 1949 American LaFrance aerial (-/-/100' mid mount ladder)
- 1949 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (750/300)