FIRE PREVENTION
Don Huber, Fire Official 908-647-8000 ext.307 fireofficial@longhillnj.gov
Free Smoke Alarm Program
Kidde Recalls TruSense Smoke and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Recall of RYOBI Battery Packs (also a related link to this Recall Notice below)
Recall of OKEAH Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Combination Alarms
Long Hill Township Residential Recreational Fire Safety guideline
Turkey Fryer Safety
October Is Fire Prevention Month
Electrical Vehicle Charging Safety Tips
Summer Time Fire Safety Tips
Summer Time Grill Safety Tips
Summer Time Burn Safety Tips
Summer Fire Safety Tips
Best Practices for Wood Burning During Colder Months
Kidde Recall of Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles
Open burning of leaves is prohibited in Long Hill Township.
A Message from Long Hill Township Fire Marshall Don Huber
Long Hill Township Emergency Services
Replace the batteries in your Smoke Detectors when you adjust your clocks for daylight savings time.
Do you know when your chimney was cleaned?
The township's Fire Prevention program is the responsibility of the Fire Official/Fire Marshal. The Fire Prevention program is mandated by state law. The Fire Prevention Program is intended to protect the building, its occupants and firefighters.
In Long Hill Township, the Fire Official has four major responsibilities.
- Residential Smoke Detector Inspection. Any time there is a change of occupancy of a 1 or 2 family house (that is, if you intend to sell, lease or rent), you must have a Smoke Detector Compliance Inspection. (See forms section - Application for Home Sale / Change in Tenancy Certificate of Inspection)
| If you have no smoke detectors, you must install them prior to the change of occupancy. |
- For 1 and 2 family residences, these can be battery-operated detectors, available at local hardware stores.
- If you have questions, ask the Fire Official for additional guidance.
- Purchase and install the smoke detectors in the recommended locations in the house.
- Follow the last 4 steps below.
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| If you have existing battery-powered smoke detectors. |
- Follow the 4 steps below.
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| If you have (or ever before had) wired smoke detectors. (This is a system where all smoke detectors sound at once if any one one detects smoke. You may have wired smoke detectors if the house was built after 1977 or if the wired system was required during a remodeling or expansion.) |
- The wired smoke detectors MUST BE operational. If you removed them or replaced them (with battery-powered smoke detectors) for any reason, call an electrician, and get them back into service. Once wired smoke detectors have been installed, the house must forever be protected by wired smoke detectors.
- Follow the last 4 steps below.
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| If you have a central station fire / smoke / security alarm. (This is a system that automatically sounds an alarm at an alarm company.) |
- You must have the instruction manual handy, the person who admits the Fire Inspector must have a working knowledge of how the system operates (so it doesn't send a false alarm when it is tested), and there must be ready access to the control panel.
- Follow the last 4 steps below.
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The Fire Official regularly inspects all commercial buildings and multi-tenant housing, AND when requested by the Police or a citizen's complaint. These inspections cover the following items, but are not limited to:
| Unobstructed Access to all exits |
Storage of flammable waste |
| Unobstructed Access to the sprinkler system controls and standpipe |
Access to the fire and smoke alarm control panel |
| Sprinkler heads not obstructed |
Proper working of the fire and smoke alarm systems |
| Proper number and type of fire extinguishers - and current inspection |
Post and check occupancy levels at halls, restaurants and schools |
Repeated violations are subject to fines up to $5000.
The Fire Official investigates all fires and explosions in the Township.
The Fire Official is available at Town Hall.
To contact the Fire Official- Don Huber, to report a violation, call 908-647-8000, ext. 307 fireofficial@longhillnj.gov
To schedule an inspection, call 908-647-8000, ext. 307. You must pay the fee by cash, personal check or credit card (additional $3.00 fee) before the inspection can be performed.
