Ewing Township, which has been building a 24/7 career fire department since late last year, swore in 14 new firefighters during a ceremony at the municipal department this week.
The new-to-Ewing firefighters bring the town's career force to 23.
They operate from all three Ewing firehouses, and the department is based at what's now known as Station 30 on Pennington Road - the former Pennington Road volunteer company.
Many of the 14 were already firefighters, either career elsewhere or volunteers, and possess the qualification to go on fire calls immediately, and most have a number of advanced skills and technical training, Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann said.