Menlo Park, New Jersey the phonograph and developed a commercially viable incandescent light bulb filament. Christie Street in Menlo Park was one of the first streets in the world to use electric lights for illumination. Edison left Menlo Park and moved his home and laboratory to West Orange, New Jersey in 1887. After his death, the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum was constructed near his old Menlo Park lab and dedicated in 1938. Edison's old lab site and memorial now make up Edison State Park. The municipality in which Menlo Park is located, which was called "Raritan Township" while he was alive,
Menlo Park Fire Protection District County boundary-drop plan where the closest apparatus responds to each call, regardless of the department. The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is the sponsoring agency of USAR Task Force 3, one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces spread across the state. The task force is specially trained and equipped with 220 team members, consisting of 18 participating agencies and 60 civilians. Menlo Park Fire Protection District The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Menlo Park. The Menlo Park Fire District is located on the peninsula