By the 1930's the community was growing larger and was in need of a fire company, possibly inspired by the Sunset Hotel fire in 1932, so the townspeople began raising funds and collecting donations for the future fire company.

On February 10th, 1937, a meeting was held at the towns schoolhouse by the 12 founding members, to officially recognize "The Barnegat City Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, of Barnegat City, NJ" and on February 17th, 1937, the Barnegat City Vol. Fire Company No. 1 was incorporated by the state of New Jersey.