Up through 1926, the Borough of Haddonfield did not have an emergency ambulance service. Two local Haddonfield funeral homes (Arthur H. Holl Funeral Home, 125 West Kings Highway and James Stretch, 8 West Kings Highway) provided “Private Ambulance Service”, but this service was primarily a non-emergency transport service. Occasionally these funeral home ambulances would transport an “emergency case” from a private home; particularly if requested by a physician making a house call at the specific residence. However, this service was not expedient and it would take some time for the specifically requested ambulance to arrive at the patient’s home.....considering not every home had access to telephone service.

By 1926 the borough residents recognized that a “professional” ambulance service was needed in town – one which could be readily available for patients needing emergency transportation to a hospital. In the same year, an ambulance was donated to the Loving Service in Haddonfield. The ambulance was believed to be an approximately 1925 or 1926 Dodge ambulance. The Loving Service was formed in 1903, beginning as a home-visiting service for the ill, without providing medical care – and through the 1920s as a visiting nurse service (Haddonfield Visiting Nurses Association), with a focus on invalids and newborn infants. This ambulance was donated by Mrs. Henry D. Sherrerd, the wife of an attorney, who lived at 41 Chews Landing Road. The Loving Service operated the ambulance service with volunteer nurses and a “paid chauffeur”.

Funding to pay the “Loving Service” ambulance “chauffeur” became increasingly difficult and in approximately 1929, the Haddonfield Police Department took this service over. The ambulance was lettered and it read, “Ambulance – Haddonfield Emergency Hospital”.

The Haddonfield Police Department, having taken over the “emergency” ambulance service, provided one or two police officers per case, depending on the emergency. The ambulance was parked behind the Borough Hall building, along with the Borough police cars. In 1931, the Haddonfield Police Department had a force of 20 officers. During this time, there were no mobile/portable radios to announce an emergency to a police officer. After the Haddonfield police dispatcher received a telephoned ambulance request from a resident or business, from either a “Bell 50” phone number or a “Keystone 1210" phone number (depending on the caller's telephone service provider), the police dispatcher (at the Borough Hall) would then ring the multiple police call boxes located on Kings Highway in the business district.   The “Beat Officer” (a police officer who would patrol downtown by walking) would see the flashing light atop the call box and/or hear the telephone ringing. Upon answering, they would be advised of the request for the ambulance and then they would typically run back to the Borough Hall, get into the ambulance, and proceed to the emergency in town.

NOTE: the Haddonfield Police Department installed 2-way RCA (Radio Corporation of America) radios in their two police cars on October 15, 1936. 

On Tuesday, June 7, 1932 the Haddonfield Police ambulance was dispatched to 17 West Summit Avenue in Haddonfield. A 3-year-old girl had fallen from her crib and received a cut on her head from a broken glass baby bottle. Accompanying the girl in the ambulance was her 36-year-old father (a local printer in town). Driving the ambulance was Officer John Knorr, age 30, and another police officer, Frank Tucker, age 26 rode with the patient and her father. As the ambulance traveled down Haddon Avenue toward Camden, and as it approached the intersection (stop sign) at Rt. 130 (Crescent Boulevard) in Collingswood, it entered the intersection at a reported high speed (according to witnesses) and struck the side of an automobile traveling north on Rt. 130.  6 people were killed in the accident including the Haddonfield Police Officer/ambulance driver, the patient, her father, and 3 others in the vehicle that was struck – a 19-year-old male driver, his mother, and his aunt.

Following the ambulance crash tragedy, the Haddonfield community, and Police Department were quite stunned, and no entity or organization in town were willing to resume an ambulance service for the better part of the 1930s. From 1932 through 1938, Haddonfield had no ambulance service. Emergency transports of injured or ill persons were made either by a Haddonfield Police car or Audubon Ambulance; at the time there were no ambulances in any other adjoining towns, other than Audubon.

In 1938, Haddonfield Mayor G. Barrett Glover, who was also American Legion Post 38 Commander, appointed a committee of three Legionnaires, including Herman F. Janssen, “to make an exhaustive study of other towns ways and means of providing ambulance service". Haddon Fire Company #1, being an “emergency service” community provider for over 150 years and the Haddonfield American Legion Post 38, a community service organization, through a joint effort, founded the Haddonfield Ambulance Association. Members of the Haddonfield American Legion Post #38 and members of Haddon Fire Company #1 canvassed all of the borough homes to collect contributions ("Ambulance Fund") for the purchase of a community ambulance. Each contributor to the Ambulance Fund was given a receipt regardless of the amount donated and that receipt entitled them to ambulance service for the first year. 

Appeals for contributions were also made to civic organizations, churches, clubs, schools, and “professional men” of the community. The goal was $5,000 which would not only cover the cost of the new ambulance and equipment, but also the cost of construction materials ($600) for alternations to the firehouse to accommodate the ambulance. 

By April 4, 1938, the goal of $5,650 had been reached, guaranteeing a community ambulance. Members of the fire company volunteered 2,125 hours to complete the building addition to accommodate the new ambulance. The first four firemen who answered ambulance calls were Chief W. Makin, Rowland Holloway, Jonathan Cox, and Jarvis Dunphy. Herman F. Janssen, of the American Legion Post 38, as per his work with this project, was named founder.

The first purchased ambulance was a new 1938 LaSalle Superior ambulance (LaSalle was a General Motors product, manufactured from 1927 through 1940). The ambulance was manufactured by the Superior Coach Company in Lima, Ohio. The cost of the ambulance was $2,848. This ambulance was operated by the volunteers and the handful of paid members of Haddon Fire Company through the remainder of 1938 through 1952. The ambulance not only responded to emergency calls but also handled routinely scheduled, non-emergency patient transports to/from home to hospital. This suplemental non-emergency transport service continued well into the late 1980s.

Interior view of 1938 LaSalle ambulance - driver's compartment (although NOT a photo of the Haddonfield Ambulance....but an identical restored version)

In the early 1940s World War II was in full swing. Nationwide, money was tight and the rationing of materials and fuel was commonplace. American automobile (and ambulance) manufacturing ceased in late 1942 and didn’t resume until the 1946 model year. The Haddonfield Ambulance Association’s 1938 LaSalle Superior ambulance served the community well. It was built like a tank, was kept in good condition by the members of Haddon Fire Company and there was no reason to replace the ambulance during the 1940s – as was common with many fire departments and/or ambulance organizations throughout the U.S. during this decade. Furthermore, the post-WW II vehicles, and ambulances, were not much different in style, appearance, and equipment, than the pre-war models.

In 1949, the ambulance handled 270 requests for service, which included emergencies and routine transports of bed-riddin patients from hospital to home.

In the early May 1952 through May 1953, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association ambulance operated out of a temporary brick and wood framed fire station located behind the Haddonfield Borough Hall, while the new quarters for Haddon Fire Company were being constructed on Haddon Avenue. The Haddon Fire Company fire apparatus was located in this temporary station as well.     

By the early 1950s, the U.S. economy had improved and the purchasing of automobiles, homes, and essentially all goods drastically increased. The Borough of Haddonfield was growing in population and in land use. In 1952, after 14 years of dependable service, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association’s 1938 LaSalle Superior ambulance was retired and sold to the Marlton First-Aid Squad and a new, 1952 Cadillac Superior ambulance was purchased for $7,200. This ambulance was white. The license plate was transferred from the 1938 LaSalle and read: “38 NF”. The “NF” indicates, “No Fee”, as in the NJ Motor Vehicle registration fee - which was waived for non-profit organizations.

Sales literature for the 1952 Cadillac Superior ambulance

Throughout the 1950s, the uniforms for the Haddonfield Ambulance Association personnel were white coveralls (as seen by the ambulance attendant in the photo with the 1952 Cadillac Superior ambulance). This uniform continued well into the mid 1980s. The Haddonfield Ambulance Association not only provided ambulance service to the Borough of Haddonfield, but to surrounding communities as well, if requested, as most of these municipalities had yet to establish their ambulance organizations. The following surrounding communities established their ambulance service as follows (in chronological order): Haddon Heights Ambulance Corps: 1940, Westmont Fire Company: 1940, Barrington Ambulance Association: 1948, Cherry Hill (Delaware Twp.) – Woodland Fire Company, No. 1: 1948, Magnolia Ambulance Corps: 1952, Cherry Hill (Delaware Twp.) – Ashland Ambulance: 1956, Lawnside Fire Co. No.1: 1958, and Voorhees Twp. Ambulance Corps: 1966. Some of the first-due ambulance responses for the Haddonfield Ambulance Association in the early through the mid-1950s were as far as Route 73 in Voorhees Twp; quite a distance, not even considering that the only choices for destination hospitals were located in Camden.

In October 1955, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association, along with Haddon Fire Company and multiple nearby fire companies responded to what is reported to be the largest fire in the history of Haddonfield, the Methodist Church on Warwick Road. There were only a couple of minor injuries reported, however the church was a total loss.

For the year ending 1958, the Haddonfield Ambulance 1952 Cadillac Superior responded to a total of 385 calls.   In 1959 a decision was made to replace the 7-year-old 1952 Cadillac Superior ambulance. A request-for-bid was created and distributed, with the ambulance specifications being exactly that of another Cadillac ambulance, down to the specifics of the engine: “to be precision-engineered and built V- type eight cylinder overhead valve. Bore 4.0”, stroke 3-7/8”, displacement at 390 cu. in. “ Although the Haddonfield Ambulance Association desired to purchase a new, 1959 Cadillac ambulance, the monetary donations for the Haddonfield Ambulance Association in 1959 were below the level of previous years, thus forcing the organization to purchase a substantially less expensive, “non-traditional” type of ambulance.

In 1959 an imported English Ford – Thames model 400e ambulance was purchased from the NJ Fire Equipment Corporation in Plainfield, NJ. It was quite small, compared to the previous 1952 Cadillac Superior ambulance, and the interior space was accordingly small as well. The vehicle was painted white with gold-leaf lettering on the front doors which read, “Haddonfield, NJ” with the Haddonfield Ambulance Association logo (HAA) above the Haddonfield name. The license plate was transferred from the 1952 Cadillac Superior ambulance and it was the third Haddonfield Ambulance Association vehicle to have this same “1938” license plate which was finally “retired in 1962, after 24 years and 3 ambulances.

By 1960 the Haddonfield Ambulance Association was responding to approximately 400 calls per year. According to the late Russ Stewart, a former Haddon Fire Company member and Haddonfield Ambulance Association member (attendant), some residents of Haddonfield, particularly the elderly and/or those who benefitted from their relatively frequent use of the ambulance asked the ambulance personnel, “where’s the Cadillac ambulance?” when they realized that it had been replaced by the small white, somewhat stiff riding English Ford Thames van ambulance. Interestingly, the donation amounts increased in the following years (1961 and 1962), thus enabling the Haddonfield Ambulance Association to purchase a 1962 Buick Flxible ambulance for $11,000. This ambulance was a light cream color. It was manufactured by the Flxible Company, an ambulance and hearse manufacturing company which was located in Loudonville, Ohio. (Note: the company also produced transit buses and was one of the largest transit bus manufacturers in North America).

Below is a photo of an identical 1962 Buick Flxible ambulance - taking possession by the new owners at the Flxible factory.

Below is a photo of seven 1962 Buick Flxible ambulances - ready for delivery (maybe our ambulance was actually one of these!!)

From September 1, 1962 through 1968, the 1962 Buick Flxible ambulance provided coverage for the Borough of Haddonfield. In the early 1960s, it could be seen throughout the town at emergency scenes along with the Haddonfield Police Department – Rambler (American Motors Corp.) police cars. 

On Saturday, February 27, 1965, this ambulance, as well as Haddon Fire Company, Barrington Ambulance Association, and Audubon Heavy Rescue Squad, responded to a double-fatal car accident on Warwick Road just south of Westwood Drive. The victims were unfortunately two young people from Haddonfield – a recent graduate boy and a sophomore girl who died when the 1964 Chevrolet Malibu they were traveling in struck a tree at the bend in the road.

The double - fatal accident scene at Warwick Road and Westwood Drive in 1965.                                    

In 1968, after the better part of 7 years of service, the 1962 Buick Flxible ambulance was replaced by a 1968 Oldsmobile ambulance, manufactured by the Cotner-Bevington Company in Blytheville, Arkansas and cost approximately $10,400. This ambulance deviated from the relatively plain ambulance color schemes, and was painted a light metallic blue with a white roof. It was the first ambulance in the history of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association to have an electronic siren (the "yelp" type) vs. the older electric mechanical "wind-up" type.

Volunteer members of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association: Left - Craig Maull, Right - John Axford

Below is an artist illustration of the 1968 Oldsmoblle - Cotner-Bevington ambulance from a sales brochure for this model.

Also in 1968 the Haddonfield Ambulance Association established the "Underwater Search and Recovery Team", also simply known as the "Dive Team".   This team responded to water rescues and recovery of items related to criminal events, such as submerged stolen vehicles and weapons tossed into local waterways.   The "Dive Team" not only responded to Haddonfield events but was also available to the entire Camden County.  

Below image - July 30, 1973: The Haddonfield Ambulance Association "Dive Team" assisting in the removal of a stolen car in Hopkins Pond.

As in the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association ambulance was operated primarily by the members of Haddon Fire Company with a few supplemental non-fire company volunteers. Coverage during weekdays was almost exclusively from the Borough of Haddonfield/Haddon Fire Company No. 1 five (5) paid fire department personnel. On a typical weekday, in the station were the full-time paid Fire Chief and two paid firemen/ambulance attendants. On evenings and weekends, the ambulance was staffed by volunteers who were typically contacted at home or work, by telephone by the on-duty paid fireman, and they would respond to the firehouse to handle the call. On any given night, two volunteers of Haddon Fire Company were required to sleep at the fire station – primarily to be available to handle ambulance calls. This was a requirement for all of the 50 members of Haddon Fire Company and this practice continued into and throughout the 1960s.

The 1960s decade ended with the 1968 Oldsmobile Cotner - Bevington ambulance having provided dedicated service to Haddonfield having responded to over 600 calls annually.  At this time, there was a nationwide and state effort to increase the training level of those individuals who volunteered on the ambulance and the mandated training was the American Red Cross – Advanced First Aid course.

In 1970, the 1968 Oldsmobile Cotner-Bevington ambulance was replaced with a similar (same white over red color) 1970 Oldsmobile Cotner-Bevington ambulance at a cost of approximately $13,000. The new ambulance was also manufactured by the Cotner-Bevington Company in Blytheville, Arkansas. This ambulance was painted red with a white roof. This ambulance had more emergency lights than any previous Haddonfield Ambulance Association ambulance – with the addition of 2 flashing red emergency lights on each side of the roof section which covered the patient compartment.

Staffing for the ambulance continued throughout the 1970s essentially as it did in the 1960s – operated primarily by the members of Haddon Fire Company with a few supplemental non-fire company volunteers. In the early through mid-1970s, the number of non-fire company volunteers increased. These individuals included some volunteers from nearby towns, including at least two individuals who resided in Cherry Hill Township. There were no duty-crew scheduled and the calls were either handled by members who happened to be in the firehouse when the call came in, or by volunteers who were notified by telephone by the fire dispatcher.

On June 21, 1972, a mass shooting event occurred in an office building on North Kings Highway in Cherry Hill, NJ resulting in 12 people being shot, including 6 fatalities. An additional dozen or so patients were transported for conditions ranging from injuries received from jumping out of windows to hysteria. In addition to the dispatching of 5 ambulances from the two ambulance squads in Cherry Hill, and 6 ambulances from Pennsauken, Merchantville, Maple Shade, Mt. Laurel (Fellowship), Haddonfield Ambulance Association was requested and responded to the scene with the 1970 Oldsmobile Cotner - Bevington ambulance....one of the crew members was John Axford. All of the approximately 20 patients were transported to Cherry Hill Medical Center. The event made national news – as it was the top story on the CBS Evening News that night.

Below are photos of the mass shooting scene in Cherry Hill at the Heritage Office Building on North Kings Highway where the Haddonfield Ambulance Association responded. 

In September 1972, the 1970 Oldsmobile ambulance was replaced with a 1972 Oldsmobile Cotner - Bevington ambulance with a cost of approximately $ 16,000. The 1970 Oldsmobile Cotner - Bevington ambulance was sold for $5,000 to the 14th Ward Ambulance Association, located in the Fairview section of the City of Camden. That organization operated a volunteer ambulance service in the two ambulances. This ambulance was also manufactured by the Cotner-Bevington Company in Blytheville, Arkansas, as was the 1970 Oldsmobile Cotner - Bevington ambulance. This ambulance had a 54” interior headroom (6” higher than the 1970 Oldsmobile ambulance). 

The last call with this ambulance was taken by Harvey Shaw and Gil Cosnett on June 26, 1975 on Narberth Avenue for a fall victim. 

Responding to a call....summer 1974; EMT driver is Frank Stewart. 

In the 1973 the State of New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) implemented the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program. This was a US Department of Transportation developed “ambulance personnel” national training initiative and program. While not initially State mandated, the training program was adopted by the Haddonfield Ambulance Association in 1974 as the mandatory level of training for the active members. The first members of Haddon Fire Company/Haddonfield Ambulance Association to enroll in this course were, George Cox, Henry Bowman, William Perkins, James Makin and Frank Stewart. These gentlemen were also full-time fire department personnel for the Borough of Haddonfield. An additional member of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association, Kevin MacDonald (who soon also became a member of Haddon Fire Company), took the course and became an EMT as well. Two additional EMTs were certified in late 1974 – both members of Haddon Fire Company/Haddonfield Ambulance Association, Gil Cosnett and Harold Dorn. By 1976, the NJDOH mandated that every ambulance in NJ be staffed with at least one EMT. By this time, Haddonfield had 14 EMTs, with approximately 8 additional non-EMT drivers.

The FIRST State of NJ Department of Health issued EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) patch worn by our EMTs in the 1970s.

On February 28, 1975, tragedy struck the Haddonfield Ambulance Association at the scene of a triple fatal motor vehicle accident on West End Avenue at Kings Highway at approximately 1:15 am. Additionally, 2 other individuals in the car were critically injured.  Haddonfield was assisted by ambulances from Westmont, Barrington, Haddon Heights, and Magnolia.  Haddonfield Ambulance Association EMT, Galen Dixon, age 38 of Cherry Hill, died of an apparent heart attack as he and others were attempting to rescue the 5 trapped victims in the overturned 1966 Ford Mustang fastback.

Image below: Accident scene (3 fatalities) at Kings Highway and West End Avenue where HAA member Galen Dixon died in the line of duty. 

Image below: Memorial service for Galen Dixon, EMT of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association (Sunday, March 2, 1975)

In the spring of 1975, a decision was made by the Haddonfield Ambulance Association to replace the 1972 Oldsmobile Cotner-Bevington ambulance. A leftover (demo model) 1974 Ford - Modulance was purchased by the Haddonfield Ambulance Association and its approximate cost was $18,000. Modular Ambulance Corporation was located in Grand Praire, Texas. This ambulance was the first modular ("box") ambulance, and only the second "truck" ambulance purchased by the Association. It was white with an “American LaFrance Red” thick stripe/trim painted on the entire beltline of the cab and body. It was the first ambulance with a Federal “Twin-Sonic” light bar mounted on the cab roof. Despite its greatly increased interior space and outside compartment space, it had a relatively rough ride – particularly because it was a “truck” and it had single rear wheels.

In September 1975 a “Datascope” heart monitor was purchased for $1,650. Haddonfield Ambulance Association was the first and only ambulance squad in Camden County, and quite possibly in all of South Jersey to have an ambulance equipped with such a device. The unit was capable of printing a cardiac rhythm strip (paper) which could be provided to the hospital emergency department physician. On September 26, 1975, Courier-Post newspaper published a story on the purchase of this cardiac monitor.

Haddonfield Ambulance Association EMT,  and Haddonfield firefighter, Frank Stewart, Jr. conducting a "vehicle check" of the 1974 Ford - Modulance ambulance.

June 3, 1976 - letter to the editor (the Haddon Gazette) from HAA Board member and Director of Publicity, Joann Tedeschi. 

For decades, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association has provided ambulance coverage at all of the Haddonfield Memorial High School home football games.   Very rarely is a player injured, but the ambulance is there also for the protection of the spectators as well. 

Autumn 1978 - The Haddonfield Ambulance Association crew (L - Will Shaub, R - George Cox) treating an injured player at HMHS during a football game. 

A page from the HAA 1978 Fund Drive Flyer

In 1976 West Jersey Health System (became Virtua Health, October 1998) became a State of NJ Dept. of Health-approved Paramedic service training center and provider. This program would train Paramedics and establish a county-wide Advanced Life Support (ALS) service to work in concert with each local Basic Life Support (BLS) transporting ambulance. Haddonfield Ambulance Association/Haddon Fire Company member, Gil Cosnett was the first Haddonfield resident to enter into this program and became certified as a NJ State Certified Paramedic in 1977. Within a few years, two additional Haddonfield Ambulance Association/Haddon Fire Company members, Ron Richardson and Will Schaub became NJ State certified paramedics. The hospital’s “Medic One” paramedic unit went into service in April 1977 and provided service to the residents of Camden County, including Haddonfield. The paramedics are only dispatched to certain calls which were reported to be serious, sometimes life-threatening emergencies, whereas the patient would benefit from pre- hospital ALS medical treatment. All transporting and BLS care of all patients would still be managed by Haddonfield Ambulance Association. The West Jersey paramedic service continues through today with 40 years of dedicated service to the Camden County and surrounding areas.

The 1970s decade ended with the 1975 Ford - Modulance ambulance having responded to over 4,000 calls. By now the annual call volume was approximately 800 responses per year. Throughout the 1970s the ambulance traveled a total of approximately 9,000 miles annually.

The call volume for the Haddonfield Ambulance Association during the 1980s was approximately 850 calls per year.

The 1980s began with the replacement of the 1974 Ford - Modulance ambulance. Many EMS organizations in Camden County had purchased Springfield ambulances, therefore, in 1980, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association evaluated this brand and decided to purchase a 1980 Ford-Springfield ambulance. Springfield ambulance manufacturing was located in Dayton, Ohio. This vehicle was in service through 1984 when another Ford product, but a different ambulance body manufacturer was

Below is a photo of a SIMILAR 1980 Ford - Springfield ambulance - as there is no known existing official photo of this actual ambulance.

Below is a photo of the 1980 Ford - Springfield ambulance (upper right) at a car accident scene in April, 1981 at Kings Highway and Chews Landing Road. 

In 1982 the growing West Jersey Health System – Paramedic Program placed a full-time fourth paramedic unit, “Medic 4” at the Haddon Fire Company #1. This service supplemented the services of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association with Advanced Life Support.

In 1984 a new Ford Braun ambulance was purchased. Braun was located in Oakwood, Ohio. This ambulance was in service through 1986 at which time it was sold to Haddon Fire Company No. 1 and retrofitted as a rescue truck. It served the fire company from 1986 through 2000.

Below (next to the fire pumper truck) is the "retired" 1984 Ford Braun ambulance, after it was sold to Haddon Fire Company No. 1 and was converted into a Rescue Truck (photo from 1988 - 89).

In 1986, a new ambulance went into service – a 1986 Ford Braun “Long” ambulance and was in service through early 1992. It was similar in appearance to the previous ambulance (same manufacturer) however the ambulance body on the new vehicle was lengthened somewhat.

During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the uniform for the EMT volunteers of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association was changed from white coveralls to dark blue-grey coveralls.   The patch on the uniform was the FIRST to be created for the HAA.  

During the 1990s, the call volume for the Haddonfield Ambulance Association averaged over 900 calls annually. In 1992 the 1986 Ford Braun “Long” ambulance was replaced by a 1992 Ford Braun “Super Long” ambulance. This vehicle was again, very similar to the vehicle it replaced, yet the ambulance body was extended even further. It was one of the largest ambulances in Camden County. This ambulance was in service for 8 years – a record length of service, at that time, only superseded by the 1st ambulance of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association – the 1938 LaSalle Superior which was in service for 14 years.

In 1999 a Ford Lifeline ambulance was purchased for $104,000 from Lifeline Emergency Vehicles which was located in Sumner, Iowa. This vehicle was in service through 2004.    

In 2004, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association purchased an ambulance made by another manufacturer – a 2004 Ford Horton. Horton is located in Grove City, Ohio. This vehicle replaced the 1999 Ford Lifeline ambulance and was in service as the single Haddonfield Ambulance Association ambulance through 2012.   It served the community for 8 years.

In 2012 Ford Horton ambulance was purchased for $182,520.  This replaced the 2004 Ford Horton ambulance.   This ambulance remained in service as the solely owned ambulance of the HAA until 2017 when a new ambulance was purchased and this 2012 ambulance was retained for another 5 more years as a "backup" or "secondary" ambulance until 2022.  This 2012 ambulance now "holds the record" for being in service the longest since the first ambulance was in service from 1938 through 1952. 

October 6, 2019 - the 2012 Ford Horton ambulance at a residence on Lafayette Ave. where 2 young girls were stung by a swarm of bees. 

In March 2017 a milestone was reached in the Haddonfield Ambulance Association.   For the first time in the history of the Haddonfield Ambulance Association, the organization now owned and operated TWO ambulances; and today, the Borough of Haddonfield is served by two ambulances funded by the HAA, with the purchase of a new 2017 ambulance.

In March 2017 the 2012 Ford Horton ambulance was retained as a “backup” ambulance when a new 2017 Ford Horton ambulance was purchased for $246,159.   The 2012 ambulance served as a secondary ambulance (along with a new 2017 ambulance - see below) and was used as a replacement when the primary ambulance (2017) was out of service for maintenance/repairs, and it was also used for special events such as sporting events stand-bys, July 4th Celebration, and the former annual First Night Celebration.

G. Fred Rexon (1924 - 2018) was a long-time HAA board member (and Vice Chair and Chairman) for over 70 years.  He represented the epitome of dedication to the organization, his community, and his family.  He was also a member of Haddon Fire Company #1 for over 70 years, as well as a member of the Haddonfield Masonic Lodge #130, the Rotary Club of Haddonfield, the Haddonfield Civic Association, and the Haddonfield Foundation.  He was also Haddonfield's Citizen of the Year in 1992.  His guidance and dedication to the Haddonfield Ambulance Associaton will never be forgotten and have helped it become the fine organization that it is today.

In 2022 the 2012 Ford Horton ambulance, which had been in service for 10 years, was replaced by a 2022 Ford Horton ambulance which cost $240,486.   The 2017 Ford Horton ambulance was retained as a "back-up" or "secondary ambulance.   As of the writing of this Haddonfield Ambulance Association history (May, 2024), both of these ambulances are in service to the community. 

Details and History attributed to Gil Cosnett, EMT