The Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne County was incorporated in Pennsylvania as a non-profit organization in 1948. Since then, the fire department has been responding to fires and other emergencies in the community.

The original incorporators were:

Louis T. Wilcox

Edward Kropp

Norman Smith

James E. Twaddle

Harold Bertram

Earl Balliet

Elmer Laskowski

Dennis Bonning Sr.

Frank W. Thompson

Alden Wagner

Paul Gross