About us

The Hanover Township Fire Department is a combination career/volunteer fire department that covers 22 square miles and a population of over 14,000 residents (the most populous Township in Luzerne County) and covers several key traffic routes such as Interstate 81 and State Routes 309 and 29.  The Hanover Township Fire Department is the primary fire protection provider for Hanover Township, Warrior Run Borough, and Sugar Notch Borough handling on average of 900+ calls for service per year, making our department one the busiest fire/rescue only departments in Northeast Pennsylvania.

The Hanover Township Fire Department is made up of six chartered hose companies and is overseen by the Hanover Area Fire District, which was established in 2011, with the intentions of consolidating operations of five firehouses down to three, and six hose companies into one overall fire department. The creation of the Hanover Area Fire District had the future in mind to allow for greater fire protection provided to all Hanover Area Municipalities under the operations as one team.

The six hose companies that make up the Hanover Area Fire District are as follows:

Goodwill Hose Company # 1

Newtown Fire Company # 2

Preston Hose Company # 3

Franklin Hose Company # 4

Breslau Hose Company #5

Askam Hose Company #6

Our Department operates out of 3 stations, Fire Headquarters located on the Sans Souci Parkway, North Station located in the Newtown section of the Township on Raymond Drive, and the South Station located on Academy Street in Warrior Run Borough. We operate 4 Class A Engines, 1 Quint, 1 Heavy Rescue, 3 Wildland Fire Vehicles, a Water Rescue Truck, 2 Water Rescue Boats and a Special Operations and Water/Flooding Mitigation Unit.

Various divisions within our department include a Rapid Intervention Team, Wildland Firefighting Crew, Water Rescue Team, Special Operations Group, Ladies Auxiliary Unit, Fire Police Unit, and Fire Prevention Division.