MARGATE CITY FIRE COMPANY

What MARGATE CITY FIRE COMPANY does

The Margate City Fire Department is the municipal emergency services unit of the City of Margate, a shore municipality in Atlantic County, New Jersey, chartered in 1869 (originally as South Atlantic City). Operating from Fire Station 1 at 1 South Washington Avenue, the department provides fire suppression, emergency response, rescue, fire prevention code enforcement, safety inspections, and public fire-safety education to the city's permanent residents and seasonal beach visitors. Daniel Adams leads the organization as Fire Chief.

The department is one division within a broader municipal portfolio that also includes police, beach patrol, public works, recreation, water and sewer utilities, tax collection, and a public library, all coordinated through City Hall at 9001 Winchester Avenue. Operational delivery relies on a small commercial technology stack: CivicPlus powers the official margate-nj.com website, Edmunds GovTech handles online bill payment and recreation registrations, Jersey Cape Tags sells seasonal beach badges online with direct shipping, CodeRED delivers emergency alerts, and Remington, Vernick & Walberg provides contracted city engineering services.

As a government entity, the fire department generates no commercial revenue. It is funded through municipal taxation and public budgets, with no private ownership, venture investment, or parent company; control rests with the city's Board of Commissioners and the Office of Emergency Management. Pricing signals in the surrounding municipal context — seasonal beach tags at $10 presesson and $20 in-season, with free tags for veterans and active military — describe adjacent city services rather than fire-department revenue mechanics.

Name

MARGATE CITY FIRE COMPANY

Legal name

Margate City Fire Department

Website

https://margate-nj.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1869

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Margate City Fire Department is a municipal emergency services unit providing fire suppression, prevention, and emergency response to the residents and seasonal beach visitors of Margate City, New Jersey. Operating as a division of the City of Margate municipal government, it is funded through public taxation and supported by contracted civic technology vendors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire Protection Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (92216), Fire Protection (922160)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire & Rescue Services (Fire Suppression, Rescue) (BPAIAGAB)

Keywords

• Fire protection services
• Emergency response
• Fire suppression
• Fire prevention
• Public safety

Headquarters

HQ city

Margate City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MARGATE CITY FIRE COMPANY provides fire suppression, fire prevention, and emergency response services to the residents, businesses, and visitors of Margate City, New Jersey. The municipal fire department, established in 1869, employs approximately 15 personnel to deliver public safety services from its fire station at 1 South Washington Avenue, covering the full municipal jurisdiction of Margate City.

Product overview

The Margate City Fire Department operates as a municipal emergency services department providing core fire suppression and emergency response capabilities from Fire Station 1. The department's offerings include fire prevention services with code enforcement and safety inspections, public education through National Fire Protection Association resources, and community engagement programs such as the annual Open House and Heart of Surfing event. The department operates 24/7 emergency response with professional firefighters serving the city.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Suppression Active firefighting operations to extinguish structure, vehicle, wildland, and other fires within Margate City, NJ. Service is delivered to residents, businesses, and visitors by the municipal fire department.
• Emergency Response Rapid response to fire, medical, hazardous materials, and rescue emergencies from the fire station at 1 South Washington Avenue. Available to all residents, businesses, and visitors within Margate City municipal boundaries.
• Fire Prevention and Inspections Fire prevention inspections, code enforcement, hazard identification, and pre-incident planning for residential and commercial properties in Margate City, NJ.
• Public Safety Education Community outreach, fire safety education, and risk-reduction messaging delivered to residents, schools, and businesses in Margate City.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Remington, Vernick & WalbergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity engineering services contracted to this firm of Pleasantville, NJ. They provide civil engineering services including planning, design, and oversight of infrastructure projects. Currently working on Atlantic Avenue Road Diet and 7901 Ventnor Avenue site assessments.
• Jersey Cape TagsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered to offer 2026 seasonal beach tags available for sale online and shipped direct to customers. Partnership provides convenience for out-of-town residents to purchase beach badges.
• Edmunds GovTechcoreTechnology or IntegrationRecreation department uses Edmunds GovTech platform (parksrec.egov.basgov.com) for all camps, leagues, and class registrations since 2024. Used for online bill payment across multiple city services.
• New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and TourismminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSupported in part by a grant from NJ Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism for regional tourism promotion.
• CivicPluscoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite platform provider for the official city government website (margate-nj.com). Website developed and maintained by CivicPlus.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• APi Group: Public safety and specialty services conglomerate with a large fire protection services segment — the closest commercial counterpart to a municipal fire-service operating model, though operating as a for-profit, multi-state platform.
• Cintas Corporation: Diversified business services provider offering fire protection products and safety services alongside uniforms and first-aid; overlapping functional capability with municipal fire prevention and inspection services.
• Johnson Controls: Global building systems and fire-suppression provider; serves as the commercial counterpart for fire-code enforcement, suppression systems, and life-safety services that municipal fire departments oversee and inspect.
• Pye-Barker Fire & Safety: Largest U.S. commercial fire protection and life-safety services company; comparable in core fire-safety functional capability but operating as a private for-profit roll-up versus Margate's municipal model.

Regional players

• Ocean City Fire Department: Municipal fire department for Ocean City, NJ — a Cape May County shore resort town with comparable seasonal tourism demand and full-time municipal fire-service delivery.
• Atlantic City Fire Department: Municipal fire department serving Atlantic City, NJ — a larger Atlantic County shore municipality with comparable coastal tourism-driven service demand and an identical tax-funded municipal operating model.
• Ventnor City Fire Department: Municipal fire service for Ventnor City, immediately adjacent to Margate on Absecon Island. Operates with the same shore-community demand profile and municipal-tax funding model.
• Wildwood Fire Department: Municipal fire service for the Wildwood shore resort on Cape May Island; similar summer-peaked tourism demand and tax-funded municipal operating model.
• Longport Volunteer Fire Department: Small NJ shore town fire service operating adjacent to Margate with very similar resident scale and coastal-resort service profile.

Others

• Securitas: Global guarding and protective services provider; adjacent rather than directly comparable — operates in commercial security rather than municipal fire suppression, but represents the outsourced-services parallel to in-house public-safety delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MargateCityNJ
• Facebookfacebook.com/MargateCityNJ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/margate-city-fire-company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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