Moorestown Fire Districts (2)
Fire District · Burlington County
Moorestown Fire Districts (2) is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a fire district in Burlington County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Burlington County has 35 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About fire districts in New Jersey
A fire district is a special governmental unit, distinct from the municipality, created to fund and operate fire protection for a specific area. Some New Jersey towns have one fire district covering the whole municipality; others split into several districts, each with its own budget, commissioners, and personnel authority.
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Pension and salary data for Moorestown Fire Districts (2)
Moorestown Fire Districts (2)'s staff appear on Moorestown Township's pension rolls: 116 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $78,698 and a median 9.4 years of credited service. Single-purpose public bodies are often reported through a parent municipality or county rather than as their own pension employer.
See every civil service jurisdiction in Burlington County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
Other public employers in Moorestown Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Moorestown Township. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP BD OF ED | 609 |
| MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP | 116 |
| MOORESTOWN TWP FIRE DISTRICT 1 | 6 |
| MOORESTOWN TWP FIRE DISTRICT 2 | 4 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Moorestown Fire Districts (2)
A fire district is a separate taxing and governing unit from the municipality, with its own board of fire commissioners and its own budget. Some New Jersey towns are covered by a single district; others are divided into several numbered districts, each hiring on its own account. That is why a district rather than a town appears in the Commission's listing.
Firefighter hiring runs through a statewide entry-level process rather than a local application, with physical performance testing and medical screening alongside the written component. Above the entry title the ladder is closed and promotional: lieutenant, captain, deputy chief and chief are filled by examination from among people already serving. Fire prevention and fire official titles run on a separate track tied to state certification.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
Temporary and seasonal appointments sit outside the permanent track entirely. Summer recreation staff, short-term project help and coverage for an absent employee are filled without an examination and end when the need does. The work counts as experience when you later apply for a competitive title, but it confers no status of its own.
Civil service employers in Moorestown Township
Moorestown Fire Districts (2) serves Moorestown Township, a township in Burlington County, but it is in the listing as a fire district on its own account rather than as part of the township government.
The Moorestown Township government is listed too: Moorestown Township. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
One further Moorestown Township body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Moorestown Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey fire districts
Real classifications that New Jersey fire districts draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Burlington County
Burlington County holds 35 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 17 municipalities, 9 fire districts, 4 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
17 of the county's 40 municipalities are among them.
Burlington County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Bordentown Township, Bordentown Township Fire Districts (2), Burlington City, Burlington City Housing Authority, Burlington County Board of Social Services, Burlington County Library, Burlington Township, Burlington Township Fire District (1). See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Moorestown Fire Districts (2)
Is Moorestown Fire Districts (2) a civil service employer?
Yes. Moorestown Fire Districts (2) appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Moorestown Fire Districts (2) cover the rest of Moorestown Township?
No. Moorestown Township has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Does permanent status transfer to another civil service employer?
Not automatically. Permanent status belongs to a title at a particular appointing authority, so moving to another jurisdiction usually means a new appointment and a new working test period. Intergovernmental transfers between civil service employers are possible in the same or a comparable title, but they need agreement on both sides rather than being a right you can exercise.
Is the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.