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Five Mile Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Association Post Office Box 935, Wildwood, NJ 08260
Member Volunteer Fire Companies Anglesea - North Wildwood - Wildwood - Holly Beach - West Wildwood - Wildwood Crest Dear Fellow Firefighters, The Five Mile Beach Volunteer Firemen's association welcomes all volunteer and career firemen and rescue personnel to the Wildwoods for the NJ State Fire Convention and Expo. We are proud to continue to host the convention and expo for this, our 41st year in Wildwood. You will notice a few small changes, including additional vendors on Ocean Avenue, as we strive to make each expo better than the previous. As a reminder, the parade on Saturday now begins at 1400 (2 p.m.), beginning at Cresse Avenue in Wildwood Crest. The parade is, as it always has been, a memorial parade to all fallen firefighters who have given their lives to protect their communities. The FMBVFA offers our con-
dolences to the families and fire companies who have lost a loved one in the line of duty. The parade is led by the companies of this year's fallen firefighters. Do not forget to show them respect and salute as they pass by. We are again offering training classes on Thursday at convention hall and hope you will attend. All information can be found on our website at njfireexpo.com. All handicap parking is now located to the north side of Convention Hall between Montgomery and Baker Avenues on Ocean Avenue. All cars must have a placard or handicap plates. Golf carts are available for transportation to and from convention hall as well as the exhibit area.
Please remember to send your pictures and stories of fires, training, new apparatus purchase or company news to be included in our convention magazine. You can reach us at our website or send information directly to Fire News magazine for inclusion in the convention issue. We at FMBVFA welcome and congratulate Dan Spiegel as the new Cape May County State Relief Association Representative. We have assembled the finest vendors for you for your fire needs. Enjoy the expo, Have fun and remain safe. Sincerely, David Thompson President FMBVFA
Welcome Delegates, Life Members and Guests The Officers and Executive Committeemen of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association would like to welcome you to the 139th Annual Convention on September 16 and 17, 2016. On May 16, 2016, we deposited $16,029,560 into 538 Firemen’s Relief Associations, which was $680,672.00 more than last year. In 2015 we paid out in Special Relief $143,550 and for Supplemental and Local Associations Relief $4,509,537. For this year 2016 to date we paid out in Special Relief $38,500 and Supplemental Relief $233,483. Convention Expense will be the same as last year, and we will use the same method of payment for Delegates and Life Members who attend the Convention. They are expected to stay for the full session on both days. Total Convention Expenses for 2015 were Delegates $1,447,482 and Life Members $1,269,906, for a total of $2,717,388. Total Administrative Expenses were $2,430,404. As of July 1, 2016 the Death Benefit was raised to $11,500 for a fully qualified member and threetimes that for a line of duty death. For the fiscal year ending in June 2016, we paid out 830 Death Claims for a total of $9,226,993.99. Please post Membership Reports Green Sheets in your firehouse. The only reporting on the Green Sheets will be Fires, Drills and Military Leave. All resignations will be reported on a maintenance form. We sent out a letter and a waiver form that any member under the age of 46 must be offered a Membership Application and if they do not want to
join the NJSFA, they must sign that waiver form and the officer of that Relief Association must mail it back to our office to be kept on file. Thirteen Associations will not be seated at this year’s Convention for not having their time-sensitive paper work in on time. Those associations not seated must have their time sensitive paper work in by the due dates or those associations will not receive next year’s assessment check funding per State Statue 43:17-45 and 43:17-47. Starting January 1, 2017, the Relief Assistance Scale will be raised to allow all associations to pay $5,000 between their Local and Special relief payment. Also a new Health Care Program will be started January 1, 2017, that will help firefighters who need care to stay home instead of going to a nursing home, or any other firefighter that may qualify for this New Health Care assistance program. Details of the program will be mailed out to all associations along with a questionnaire and form to fill out, which will enable any firefighter who qualifies for this new Health Care Program to receive up to $600 a month. That funding will come out of the Special Relief account, not your Relief Association All delegates and life members must wear their badge to be admitted into the Convention Hall. We will have security and uniform police checking as you enter the hall. Please, no bags or backpacks. On Saturday only, when you enter the Convention Hall you are not allowed to wear any shirts, buttons, hats or any signs or banners of any candidates who are running for office. Also on Saturday; if anyone passes out campaign literature for any candidate you must be 100 feet from the entrance to the Convention Hall. We operate under local and state election laws; it is a disorderly person offense under State Statue 19:34-15.
When voting for the candidate of your choice you must fill in the circle alongside of that candidate's name. The NJSFA mailed a check for $8,360,000 on May 2016, to the Firemen's Home; $4.5 million comes out of our General Fund, and again this year the Convention will be televised into the Firemen’s home on Friday and Saturday. Wheelchairs will be available to help register the disabled or handicapped firefighters and the same handicapped parking lot is available only if you have a handicapped placard or license plate. New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno will speak at Friday’s session. Our guest speaker from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation will be Cathy DeFlumere, wife of past-Chief Albert DeFlumere, Blauvelt Volunteer Fire Company, New York, who died in the line of duty on October 26, 1996. The Tram will be free Friday and Saturday morning till 1100. Friday morning it will start at 0900 and Saturday morning at 0700. Again, parking in the City of Wildwood will only be free at the parking meters. Again this year there will be a Firefighter’s Memorial Mass on Saturday evening at 1630. at St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church on Atlantic Avenue. Please keep our sick and departed brother and sister firefighters, police, EMS and the men and woman in our military who are in harm’s way all over the world in your prayers. Have a safe trip back home, and God Bless America. George H. Heflich, Sr. President
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Welcome to the City of Wildwood September 2016 We, the City of Wildwood Board of Commissioners, would like to welcome you to the New Jersey Firefighters Convention and to our beachside community. We commend the dedication and courage you show daily in ensuring citizen safety. It is a great privilege to host a con-
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vention in honor of those who risk their lives to save others. Please enjoy every minute of your stay — whether that means attending your convention, relaxing on our award-winning beaches, visiting our world-famous boardwalk, or sitting around with friends at one of our first-class eating and drinking establishments. We also hope you get a chance to see some of our attractions, such as the
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Wildwoods Sign, the Vietnam Memorial Wall, the Doo Wop Museum and the George Boyer Historical Museum, as well as our oldest, most popular attraction, Americas Boardwalk. We will assist in any way possible; please call upon us at any time during your stay. Have a successful convention, and enjoy!
Pete Byron Commissioner of Revenue and Finance
Welcome to Wildwood The City of Wildwood Fire Department 4400 New Jersey Avenue Wildwood, New Jersey 08260 Phone: 609-522-1110 FAX: 609-522-4965 September, 2016 As Chief of the Wildwood City Fire Department, it is my honor and privilege to welcome the firefighters, their families and friends from across the State of New Jersey to the 139th Annual New Jersey State Firemen’s Convention on Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17, 2016. Every September, for the past 41 years, the Wildwoods look forward to hosting this event. The Five Mile Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Association (FMBVFA), which consists of the volunteer fire companies on the island, work hard all year long in preparation for the convention, the exhibits and the parade. If you see any of these members during your stay, please extend a thank you to them for all they do for us. Recent events across the country continue to show the courage and commitment that is needed to be a public servant. Choosing to serve your communities in the emergency services field has never been more challenging and we all must show our support for each other now more than ever. From police officers being murdered to firefighters being targeted during emergency responses, I applaud you for remaining steadfast in your duties.
For the younger firefighters amongst us, the safest course is almost always maintaining status quo. I urge all of you to not only continue your firefighting training and dedication to the job, but to also become active in your local relief associations. It is you that will continue to ensure the firefighters belonging to our association continue to receive the support many of them so badly need. This is where the true meaning of Brotherhood is often seen. In closing and as always, we are honored that you continue to choose the City of Wildwood as the host city for this venue and appreciate all that you do for us and the communities and civilians you protect. May you all have a safe and productive convention. God Bless all of you, God bless our troops and God Bless America!
Sincerely, Daniel F. Speigel, CPM Fire Chief City of Wildwood
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From the Editor’s Desk Dennis Whittam, Editor
Team Fire News Thanks You Fire News is very proud to be part of the Five Mile Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Association’s New Jersey Fire Expo at Wildwood. The exposition of fire equipment and vendors of fire related products is often described as the largest exposition of its kind east of the Mississippi. It is hard to believe that Fire News has been the official newspaper for the expo since 2013. We say thank you to all of the officers of the association who have appreciated our dedication and commitment to the New Jersey Fire Service. Looking over this year’s Fire News cover stories, I realized that many of the names of the people who work hard to photograph incidents all over the state of New Jersey have been with our paper since we began publishing the New Jersey edition of Fire News, which is in its 10th year of publication in New Jersey and is entering its 44th year as a vital publication for the entire fire, rescue and emergency services. Fire News and its staff have worked hard to bring you professional coverage of incidents and to honor all first responders in the State of New Jersey by documenting what they do. Remember, that being a first responder is more than just handling calls. As you attend this conference and sit with your brothers and sisters in the convention center, remember you are a family and Fire News documents what you do so that future members of your family can see what you have done. Fire News’ reward comes when the Five Mile Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Association asks us to become part of their event by putting together a special edition of Fire News for the
convention. As the editor of our paper, I would like to thank the Fire News team of Publisher Frank Trotta, Executive Editor Tim Edwards, Assistant Editor Gary Joyce who, by the way, is the man who puts this paper together with our very talented art staff, Barbara Connolly, Director of Marketing, and Bob Thompson, our Wildwood Advertising Rep. Together, the Fire News team’s goal has been to make the entire state of New Jersey proud of their fire-rescue and emergency services. As in previous years, we hope you enjoy our New Jersey Wildwood Fire Expo edition. We look forward to you, our readers, stopping by our booth to share your stories, memories or to simply to say hello. If time permits, visit Fire News Online at www.FireNews.com. Also take a moment to review www.njfireexpo.com for important information pertaining to the convention. In closing, I would like to thank all of New Jersey’s first responders for dedicating their life to a profession that is a lifestyle, not a job. Stay safe! ….Dennis
Enemy of Fire Cinnaminson Fire Chief William Kramer, Jr., was contacted by Burn Foundation Artist Joseph M. Getsinger and requested assistance for a second year creating an image for the Wildwood Fireman’s Convention fundraiser. They jumped on board without hesitation. Chief Kramer advised the artist that it was again “their honor” to support and assist in this year’s fundraising event for the Burn Foundation. It also marks 16 consecutive years that Fire and Safety Services, Ltd. of South Plainfield (President David Russell) and Pierce Manufacturing have financially supported the artist and the Burn Foundation in their fundraising efforts at the annual Firemen’s Convention in Wildwood. This year’s theme will be Enemy of Fire which is what a firefighter is. The final
painting will be the view from the fire’s point of view, which was released to the media prior to the New Jersey Firemen’s Convention. On April 16, 2016, Getsinger met with members of the Cinnaminson Fire Department (above) and conducted the photo shoot, the reference for the next painting. Support the Burn Foundation by purchasing raffle tickets before the convention. If you can presell 50-100 tickets before the convention, send the artist a check made out to the Burn Foundation and he will mail you your tickets that you can distribute and turn in at the Convention. Tickets are available through J. Getsinger Art Studio, PO Box 97 Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097; Studio: 856-
853-8039. You may also donate funds directly to: Burn Foundation, One Medical Center Blvd., Lewis House, Upland, PA 19013. Phone: 215-545-3816; Fax: 215-545-3818; info@burnfoundation.org. Sponsor: Fire & Safety Services, Ltd., 200 Ryan St., So. Plainfield, NJ; 800-400-8017; www.fss.com.
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Thank You From Judson Moore New Jersey State Fire Chief’s Association I want to take this time to thank you for the opportunity to important, and I’ve worked with our officers to make serve as President of the New Jersey State Fire Chief’s improvements in this area. I wish our 2016 officers the very best and hopefully I have Association. I especially want to thank the team of officers that I’ve had the pleasure of serving with for the past six provided the ground work for much success in the future. May God bless you and this wonderful Association. years. Our Association is an outstanding group of fire officers that have proudly served our citizens of New Jersey. I’ve tried Judson Moore to do my best in making improvements in the areas of memPresident 2014-2016 bership and insurance programs. Public relations is also very
Atlantic City Electric Upgrades Infrastructure to Improve Reliability County and the City of Port Republic in Atlantic County. We have implemented a comprehensive vegetation When a severe storm is management plan and predicted to impact our spent more than $40 milservice territory, we inform lion over the last three our customers on ways to years on tree trimming and prepare in case of an associated vegetation manextended outage. agement work along nearly In addition to asking our 5,200 miles of power lines customers to prepare, we, to help prevent outages. as a company, must prepare Our customers are seeing also. At Atlantic City the benefits of this work. Electric we continually During 2015, we achieved strive to provide our cusour best reliability performtomers with the most reliance in more than a decade. able service possible Customers experienced 41through upgrades to our percent fewer outages, and electric system to further when outages did occur, improve service reliability. service was restored about Our customers continue 25-percent faster compared to benefit from the signifito 2011. cant upgrades in the safety We as a company are and reliability of our elecextremely proud to achieve tric system. these improvements for the Over the past five years benefit of our customers. I we have spent about $716 thank our employees for million in system upgrades. working safely and diliThis includes system gently to make the needed improvements on about 210 improvements to our enerelectric circuits. These are gy grid so that our cushigher voltage lines that tomers can continue to distribute electricity to cusenjoy their lives and our tomers. We have also businesses can prosper. upgraded hundreds of miles In addition, of wire, replaced hundreds PowerAhead, ACE’s proof poles, and installed autoposed five-year $176 milmated switching technololion grid resiliency progy on dozens of electric cirgram, if approved by the cuits designed to isolate New Jersey Board of Public outages and restore power Utilities (BPU), would furto customers more quickly. ther strengthen and modTo keep up with cusernize the electric grid, tomer expectations, we making it more resilient to have upgraded four of our substations with new equipment and built new substations in extreme storms as well as creating over 100 jobs annually for the Avalon in Cape May County; Franklin Township in Gloucester southern New Jersey region. By: Vince Maione, Atlantic City Electric region president
Atlantic City Electric will present a Safety Trailer Presentation at the Wildwood show on Friday, September 16 from 0900 to 1500, and Saturday morning, September 17.
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The New Jersey State Fire Chiefs Association Presents: 2016 Training Presented by Safety & Survival Training, LLC
FIREFIGHTER RESCUE: COMMAND & CONTROL 2016 Wildwood Training September 15, 2016 Wildwood Convention Center 0800 - 1100 THIS CLASS IS OPEN TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS, EMS/EMT'S. NJ Division of Fire & Safety CEU's will be available for fire instructor. Name: ________________________________________________Rank_________ Home Address:_______________________________________________________ E-mail Address:_______________________________Phone: (___)_____________ Fire Company Name:__________________________________________________ Are you currently a member of the NJ State Fire Chiefs Association:_____________ NJSFCA Membership Number:__________. Registration Fee: $20.00 for non NJSFCA members. (Members attend free!) Please pre-register for this class. Send your completed form and payment to: NJSFCA; P.O. Box 6599 Carlstadt, NJ 07072-6599. An email confirmation will be sent.
Firefighter Rescue: Command & Control will cover operational procedures to utilize when managing a firefighter rescue operation. Chief & company level officers will learn how to effectively control the scenes where single and or multiple firefighters are lost or trapped on the fire ground. Incidents ranging from simple to complex along with case studies will be utilized to reinforce the command skills of the students. Command staff will be prepared to handle a fire ground emergency at a moment's notice involving our own when time is of the essence.
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Wildwood Show Scenes - Fire News photos by Dennis C. Sharpe and Barbara Connolly
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Richard N. Zadorozny July 11, 2016
Thomas "TK" Kolarick November 11, 2015
Gerald "Bear" Celecki October 14, 2015
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Line of Duty Deaths 2015-2016 Paul Price, Sr. August 11, 2016
Thomas “TK” Kolarick November 11, 2015
Former Camden City Deputy Chief, current AVFD Fire Department Safety Officer Paul Price, Sr., 63, of the Audubon Fire Department died after suffering a medical emergency. The Audubon Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with a utility pole and wires down. Safety Officer Price was one of the personnel who answered the alarm by responding to the firehouse. One apparatus responded prior to his arrival at the station. Safety Officer Price remained at the fire station while the call was handled and upon the return of the apparatus, Price assisted the personnel with placing the apparatus back into service. He then left the station and later that evening attended a town Emergency Management meeting. Safety Officer Price returned home later that night and was discovered the following morning by a family member already deceased due to a likely cardiac event. Safety Officer Price was a former Assistant Fire Chief with Audubon Fire Department and a retired Deputy Fire Chief with the Camden City Fire Department.
Thomas "TK" Kolarick joined Protection Fire Company No. 1 of Keasbey on August 12, 1974, when he was 18 years old. He served as an active member for over 41 years until his death on November 11, 2015, due to injuries suffered in the line of duty. He was a life member of the company. During his 41 years as a volunteer firefighter, he served the people of Keasbey, the Township of Woodbridge, and the surrounding communities in mutual aid capacity, with a tireless sense of duty. Tom was a six-time Chief for the years 1981-82, 1987-88, 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2008. At the time of his death, he was serving as Keasbey's Deputy Chief. He was a highly trained firefighter and was a member of the special operation teams trained in technical rope rescue and trench rescue. His personnel folder is filled with certificates from numerous firefighting schools, including a Green Cross Award for a rescue in 1997. Kolarick served as fire company president for many years and at the time of his passing was the fire company treasurer. He also served as a fire commissioner for the 4th Fire District of Woodbridge Township from 1983-1987. During his time as fire commissioner, the current Keasbey Fire Headquarters building was built. He was recognized as an Exempt Fireman for the State of New Jersey in 1981. He was a member of the Keasbey, Fords and Hopelawn Exempt Fireman Association, a member and trustee of the Keasbey, Fords and Hopelawn Firemen's Relief Association, a life member of the Woodbridge Township Fire Officer's Association, and a life member of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. He suffered a medical emergency while responding to an incident on September 17, 2015 and died from unspecified medical complications as per department officials.
Richard N. Zadorozny July 11, 2016 Richard N. Zadorozny, 66, of Eatontown, served the community of Eatontown as a life member of both the Eatontown Fire Department (ex-Chief) and Eatontown First Aid Squad. Richard served as Chief in 1983 and as the secretary of the company for over 30 years, he was Assistant Engineer for many years and was the current Chief Engineer. He was an active executive member and served as secretary to both the Relief and Exempt Associations. Richard was one of the most dedicated members of the fire department, his presence and dedication will surely be missed. Richard also had a passion for woodworking. Along with his fire department, Chief Engineer Zadorozny was dispatched for an odor of natural gas at a local apartment complex. Operating the first responding apparatus, Zadorozny and his crew arrived on scene to investigate the incident. The odor was eventually unfounded and the apparatus returned to quarters. Chief Engineer Zadorozny returned to his home for the evening and, a few hours later, suffered a medical event (likely cardiac).
Gerald “Bear” Celecki October 14, 2015 Gerald M. "Bear" Celecki was born in Perth Amboy, on January 8, 1945. His volunteer fire service spanned 40-plus years in the communities where he lived. He started out as a member of the McClellan Engine Company #3 in the city of Perth Amboy Fire
Department. He was a member from December 1975 until 1985, serving as a firefighter. He and his wife Rose moved to South Amboy and 1985, where he became a member of Progressive Fire Company of the South Amboy Fire Department. He served as a Lieutenant in 1992-1993 and as Captain in 1994. He also served as fire company President. He was a member of the Perth Amboy Relief Association and both the Perth Amboy and South Amboy Exempt Firemen's Associations. He was a mutual aid fire coordinator with the South County Mutual Aid Association of Middlesex County during the 1990s. He became a member of the South Amboy Fire Police in 2006 and progressed through the ranks to become the Chief of the Middlesex County Fire Police. He was a charter member of the Antique Fire Apparatus Association of Central Jersey and owned several antique fire trucks that he proudly displayed at antique musters and drove in many local parades, bearing the banner of "Bear's Bucket Brigade." He also served on the board of directors of the Frog Hollow Swim Club in South Amboy. He died in the line of duty on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, while directing traffic at the scene of a fire call at the young age of 70.
Séan M. Benson, Sr. September 23, 2015 Séan Michael Benson, Sr. was a lifelong resident of Paramus. From the age of 18, he was an active member of Paramus Spring Valley Fire Company #2 , where he remained for over 30 years. During that time, he proudly served a four-year tenure as Chief. He began his career at the Paramus Police Department as a dispatcher before diligently working his way to communications coordinator for the Borough of Paramus. He also volunteered as a communications officer for the Office of Emergency Management in Paramus. He thrived on assisting in emergency situations and most importantly loved to assist in being sure his community and the people in it were always safe. Firefighter and ex-Chief Benson was found unresponsive at home several hotrs after responding with the Paramus Fire Department, Company 2, to a restaurant for a fire alarm activation. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced.
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Seen at the Show - 2015 - Fire News photos by Barbara Connolly
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Around the Beach July 27, 2016, Wildwood dispatch received a report of a car fire in the East 200 block of Maple Ave. Upon arrival, command reported a working car fire with exposure to a nearby apartment building. Engine 38's quick response and extinguishment of the fire minimized damage to the minivan and prevented the spread of fire to the nearby apartment building. - Fire News photo by Robert Macom
On May 3, 2016, Lower Township dispatch received a call of a possible structure fire on Shore Road. Town Bank and Villas Fire arrived and reported a working structure fire. Mutual aid requests for engine companies and a Tanker Task Force were made. Marmora Fire Rescue, Tuckahoe Fire, and Seaville Fire were requested to respond for the Tanker Task Force. Units from Wildwood, West Wildwood, North Wildwood, Rio Grande, Green Creek, and United State Coast Guard also responded. - Fire News photo by Robert Macom
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Around the Beach Head Injury Medevac On June 3, 2016, District 3 was dispatched to the Isle of Palm resort for an 18-year old with a head injury. EMS and Engine 38 arrived to find a male with a severe head laceration following jumping off a sixfoot ledge into a shallow pool. Engine 38 requested a medevac due to the severity of the injury. Atlanticare Med 4 handled the LZ. - Fire News photo by Mark Rosetti
Speigel Made Wildwood Chief-of-Department On June 1, 2016, Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Speigel was promoted to Chief of the Wildwood City Fire Department in City Hall joined with a packed crowd of fellow firefighters, family and friends. Chief Speigel joined the Wildwood Fire Department in 1992 and was promoted through the ranks, following in his father's footsteps, Chief Floyd Speigel of the Wildwood Fire Department. “This is a proud day for Chief Speigel in obtaining this career achievement,” said President Judson Moore of the New Jersey State Fire Chief’s Association. “I have known Chief Speigel for a long-time and know first-hand that Dan is an outstanding firefighter, fire officer and a professional who is widely respected among his peers,” said President Moore. - Fire News photo courtesy of Judson Moore
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Fire Museum-Fallen Firefighters Memorial Open House The New Jersey Fire Museum and Fallen Firefighters Memorial is holding an Open House on Sunday, October 23, 2016, from 1000 to 1500. The event will be held at at 4 Polhemustown Road in Allentown New Jersey. After 40 years in seclusion many fantastic pieces of antique fire apparatus will see the light of day; over 60 antiques containing examples of fire engines powered by hand, chemical reaction, steam, gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition to the fire apparatus, many examples of tools, art, memorabilia and other items of interest will be on display. The event is a family event with children's activities, raffles, videos, games and prizes The day will be packed with many things for every member of the family.
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Around the Beach Chaplain Robert Ossler speaking at the Memorial Service during the New Jersey State Fire Chief's Association convention in Wildwood, NJ on September 17, 2015. Chaplain Ossler also serves as Chaplain of the Millville Police Department and Millville Fire Department. Chaplain Ossler has extensive experience in the fire service as a retired career firefighter of the Chicago Fire Department. He is the visitation pastor for the Cumberland County Community Church in Millville. - Fire News photo courtesy Judson Moore
Sea Isle City Fight Hampered by Storm On January 23, 2016, Sea Isle City's 911 received a call reporting smoke coming from a building on Landis Avenue. Upon arrival, command found smoke and flames coming from the rear of the building. Near hurricane force winds, frigid temperatures and severe flooding (a foot greater than Superstorm Sandy) created the Perfect Storm for this fire and mutual aid calls went out to all of the surrounding areas as far south as Cape May Court House and as far north as Somers Point. The fire was close to impossible to extinguish, but eventually an excavator was called in to tear the building down as the fire raged inside. Hundreds of firefighters, many fire apparatus units as well as four aerials were placed into action. The fire was under investigation and, luckily, there were no reported injuries. Responding units came from Sea Isle, Oceanview, Dennisville, Seaville, Marmora, Rio Grande, Cape May Court House, Somers Point, Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle Rescue, Upper Township Rescue, Cape May County Fire Marshall's Office, and the Sea Isle Police. - Fire News photo by Robert Macom
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James Grauel Receives Cripps Scholarship Congratulations to Wildwood High School graduate James Grauel. James is the recipient of the Charles R Cripps Memorial Scholarship, named after a career firefighter for the City of North Wildwood. James is the son of Wildwood Fire Department Captain Jim Grauel. Also pictured is Charles Cripps' sons Bill and Charlie and his grandson Nick. We wish James the best of luck as he begins College this fall. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Cigarette Starts Fire On August, 26, 2016, the Wildwood City Fire Department was dispatched to the 200 block of East Garfield Avenue for a reported structure fire. While en route Fire Official Ronald Harwood reported fire to be in the rear of the dwelling. Engine Company 38, under the command of Firefighter Robert Feltwell, arrived to find a three-story, multiple-occupancy apartment building with fire extending up the exterior rear of the building. North Wildwood Engine Company 2 arrived and assisted with extinguishment and evacuation of the building. The fire was placed under control in 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. Investigation determined a discarded cigarette caused the fire. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Members of Bravo Platoon (Left to right): Firefighters M. Capon and R. Feltwell, HBVFC Captain Mike Johnson, Firefighters Palmer, Lepone, M. Long, and B. Cripps at an E. Garfield Street building fire. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
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PSEG: Making New Jersey Energy Strong PSEG — Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) — is a diversi- weather damage like the state experienced during Hurricane Irene and fied energy company. Established in 1903, the company has long had a Superstorm Sandy. “We’re pleased that we can move key role in fueling New Jersey’s ahead and start building the resilieneconomy and supporting the state's cy into our systems needed to withquality of life. stand the kind of severe weather that PSEG is New Jersey’s largest has devastated our state in recent provider of electric and gas service, years. Energy Strong will allow us to serving 2.2 million electric customers begin to make meaningful upgrades, and 1.8 million gas customers or near“We’re pleased that we can move ahead including upgrading substations that ly three out of every four people in were flooded in Superstorm Sandy the state. and start building the resiliency into our and Hurricane Irene,” said Ralph PSEG also owns and operates a systems needed to withstand the kind of Izzo, PSEG Chairman and CEO diverse fleet of power plants with severe weather that has devastated our As part of the Energy Strong proapproximately 12,000 megawatts of gram, PSE&G will make the followgenerating capacity located primarily state in recent years. Energy Strong will ing investments during the next few in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast allow us to begin to make meaningful years: regions and has solar energy facilities • $620 million to protect, raise or throughout the United States. Another upgrades, including upgrading substarelocate 29 switching and substamember of the PSEG family of comtions that were flooded in Superstorm tions that were damaged by water in panies, PSEG Long Island, operates Sandy and Hurricane Irene.” recent storms. the electric transmission and distribu• $350 million to replace and tion system of the Long Island Power Ralph Izzo, PSEG Chairman and CEO modernize 250 miles of low-presAuthority, with 1.1 million cussure cast iron gas mains in or near tomers. flood areas. PSEG has approximately 13,000 • $100 million to create redunemployees, who are carrying forward dancy in the system, reducing outa proud tradition of dedicated service ages when damage occurs. over more than 100 years. • $100 million to deploy smart grid technologies to better monitor Making New Jersey Energy Strong system operations to increase our New Jersey’s gas and electric ability to more swiftly deploy repair infrastructure is on its way to becoming stronger and more resilient thanks to PSE&G’s Energy Strong teams. • $50 million to protect five natural gas metering stations and a liqProgram. This $1.22 billion program will allow the utility to proactively protect and strengthen its electric and gas systems against severe uefied natural gas station affected by Sandy or located in flood zones.
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Around the Beach ...
Newly promoted Chief Daniel F. Speigel being sworn in by dad, Chief Floyd Speigel (ret.), with mother Jackie Speigel, daughter Sydnee Speigel and Andrea DeSylueiro. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Erma Fire Department Engine 6231 working a car fire. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Probationary Firefighter T. Sacco being sworn in with his mother Leah Sacco and father Capt. D Sacco of 2nd Platoon. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Atlanticare Flight Medic Steve Hodsdon. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Atlanticare Paramedics off Medic 11, Brain Casto and Mark Jeffries. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
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Commissioner Leonetti, Wildwood Fire Department Chiefs (ret.) Floyd Speigel and Daniel Speigel with New Jersey State Fireman’s Association President George Heflich, Sr. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Chuck Kinslow, flight nurse for Atlanticare. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
A Route 47 rollover with Wildwood B Platoon, Rio Grande Fire Department and Rio Grande Rescue. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Al DiSimone of the Rio Grande Fire Department and George Heflich of the New Jersey State Fireman’s Association President. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
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Chief D’Amico (ret.) in front. (Back row left to right): Firefighter Cripps, Captain Sacco, Captain Troiano, Chief Conrad Johnson (ret.), HBVFC Battalion Chief E Troiano, Jr., and Captain Gravel. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Firefighter R. Feltwell of the Ocean City Fire Department and Firefighter Mcapone of the Wildwood Fire Department. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
Wildwod City Fire Department crew at an on all-hands structure fire in Wildwood Crest. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
B. Platoon at a Wildwood Crest structure fire (Left to right): Firefighters M. Capone, M. Long and R. Ferneu; Captain M Gose; Firefighters N. Palmer, B. Cripps, and Dave Speigel. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
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Rio Grande’s New Engine Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Company Captain Helen Graham at the wheel of the new Engine 7243. - Fire News photo by Dennis C. Sharpe
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Training in Rio Grande On January 31, 2016, the Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Company of Middle Township in Cape May County trained on the CAFS system of their new Engine 7243. - Fire News photo by Dennis C. Sharpe
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Ocean View at Marina Fire A marina fire on Feb 25, 2016 at the Minmar Marina located on Old Sea Isle Boulevard in the Ocean View section of Dennis Township. - Fire News photo by Ed Beck
Sea Isle City Townhouse Fire On May 3, 2016, Sea Isle City dispatch received a report of a working structure fire on 56th Street. Sea Isle City Fire was dispatched and command reported heavy fire and smoke conditions coming from the third floor. Mutual aid was requested from Avalon and Strathmere, while Oceanview provided coverage. - Fire News photo by Robert Macom
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Commercial Fire in Villas On February 29, 2016, a first alarm was requested for Villas section of Lower Township on the 1600 block of Bayshore Road for a reported fire. Companies arrived to a single-story commercial building with fire showing on the B side exposure window. Unit 656 crew secured a hydrant and lead in with a 2 1/2 inch line, and 6148, 6231 were tasked with a back-up line and checking for extension. Unit 7333 was requested for RIC. The fire was contained to the original business with minor extension into the adjacent ones. - Fire News photo by Robert Newkirk
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Cape May County RUST Drills Recently, the Cape May County RUST (Regional Urban Search Team) successfully completed high angle rope rescue training at the Lower Township MUA water tower. The training scenario was for an injured utility worker stuck inside the water tower approximately 80 feet up. The team was formed in 2010 and is comprised of multiple county fire departments to include but not limited to, Wildwood City Fire Department, Ocean City Fire Department and United States Coast Guard Fire Department. The team responds to
technical emergencies including structural collapse, confined space, high-angle rope rescue and equipment/machinery entrapment. Training would not be possible without the continuous support from our County FreeHolders, County OEM, County Fireman's Association and local businesses. RUST would like to thank South State, Action Supply, Rio Grande Lowes, A&C Septic services and the County MUA for supporting our training this year. - Fire News photos by Robert Newkirk
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Badger Makes NJSFRA History History has been made in the New Jersey State Fireman’s Relief Association. In 1986, Firefighter Cindy L. Badger joined the Northfield Volunteer Fire Company and became a member of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Relief Association. Cindy served on the Sergeant-at-Arms committee from September 2006 through September 2011 and then on the Badge Committee from September 2011 through September 2016 at the New Jersey State Annual
Firefighter’s Convention. In April 2016, Cindy was elected as the Executive Committeewoman for Atlantic County. Cindy is the first woman to serve as an Executive Committeewoman for any of the 21 counties in the 138 years that the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association has been in existence. (Above): Cindy Badger being sworn in with President George Helfrich by Attorney Frank P. Cavallo, Jr. - Fire News photo by Ken Badger
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Belleville House Fire
On November 13, 2015, the Belleville Fire Department was dispatched for a report of a house fire on Union Avenue. On arrival, companies found fire showing from the second and third floor rears of a large 3-1/2 story frame dwelling. The first-due truck performed searches and ventilated, while the engine companies stretched handlines into the building. A second alarm was requested bringing
units from Newark, Nutley, Bloomfield and North Arlington. The fire made its way into the attic, which became heavily involved, but companies quickly pulled ceilings and continued to vent allowing the hose streams to quickly knock the fire down. No injuries were reported and the fire was under control in an hour. The cause was under investigation. - Fire News photo by Peter Danzo
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Wallington 3- Alarmer On November 2, 2015, the Wallington Fire Department responded for a reported house fire on Wadsworth Street. While en route, a large column of smoke was visible in the area and companies arrived to find heavy fire on the second floor of a 2-1/2 story frame building, which was under renovation and unoccupied. Command requested a second alarm as companies mounted an aggressive offensive attack. Even with fire extending into the attic, all heavy
fire was knocked down in less than 15 minutes. A third alarm was requested for manpower as companies continued to open up and perform overhaul, hitting pockets of fire in the roof area until the fire was declared under control at around the one-hour mark. No injuries were reported and the fire was under investigation. - Fire News photos by Peter Danzo
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Pennsauken 4-Alarmer
All-Hands in Runnemede Task Force 7 was dispatched to S. Read Avenue for a reported basement fire. Chief Moriarty (701) arrived on location with smoke showing from a single-story, frame, single-family dwelling. Quint 75 attempted to darken down the fire on the first floor while trying to find basement access. Deputy Chief Loverdi assumed fire operations. Squad 32 advanced a handline to the basement from the "C" side. Due to rapidly changing conditions and a compromised first floor B side, the companies were ordered out. The bulk of the fire was knocked down from the exterior and placed under control in about 40 minutes. - Fire News photo by Anthony Dolce
On December 9, 2015, fire broke out in a service bay in the Performance Plus Automotive Repair located on the 3400 blk. Of Haddonfield Road in Pennsauken Township. Both Pennsauken Deputy Chiefs - Hertline and DiSanti - responded and reported heavy smoke Showing, with heavy fire reported from Divisions A and B. Additional companies were requested for water supply. There was a two-story occupied apartment over top of the fire store and it was unclear if the occupants had made it out. A second alarm was requested bringing mutual-aid to the scene. A strong wind picked up and caused the fire to extend and the building became heavily involved. Additional alarms were requested. Squrts from East Pennsauken and Cherry Hill Station 5 were put into service. Pennsauken's Ladder Tower 1124 was also put in service in the rear of the fire building. The fire traveled up the interior wall in the second floor apartment and extended throughout, eventually extending into the cockloft and through the roof. It took firefighters 90 minutes to knock down and place the blaze under control. Over 20 companies were involved in fighting the fire or providing water supply or station coverage for Pennsauken. Special thanks to Re-Hab 13 from the Deer Park Fire Company for their services to personnel at the scene. - Fire News photo by John Axford
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Scullville Chair Fire On December 1, 2015, the volunteer fire companies of Scullville and Bargaintown responded on to Lees Lane in the Scullville section of the township for a report of a structure fire. Command was established by Scullville Captain Patrick Flynn, who reported smoke showing from the front porch of a single-family wood frame dwelling. One line was pulled from the first-due Scullville engine for a fire in a chair on the front porch with minimum extension to the structure. Also responding were Egg Harbor Township EMS and EHT Police. - Fire News photo by Ken Badger
Santa Lends a Helping Hand The volunteer fire companies of Mizpah and Mays Landing responded to Harding Highway on December 19, 2015, for a report of a structure fire. Mizpah Assistant Chief Eric Davenport, Car 1821, arrived and established command for a fire in a chimney of a single-story single-family dwelling. Mays Landing firefighters who were on a Santa detail arrived and assisted Mizpah firefighters who laddered the roof and dropped a chimney sweep down and cleaned soot and build up while other firefighters on the outside cleared the cleanout of the chimney debris. - Fire News photo by Ken Badger
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Evesham 2-Alarmer Twenty minutes into January 1, 2016, Taskforce 221 was dispatched to Plymouth Drive in Evesham Township for a dwelling fire. The original report to command was for a fire on a deck extending to the dwelling. CP22 requested an additional engine and ladder above the initial box before requesting the full second alarm after switching to exterior ops. The fire was placed under control in a little over an hour. No injuries were reported and the fire was under investigation. - Fire News photo by Dave Hernandez
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Fatality at Fire, 3 FFs Injured On January 28, 2016, a dwelling fire was reported in Cherry Hill on Sheffield Avenue. Crews arrived to find a two-story split level with heavy smoke from the front door and heavy fire conditions on Division C; an all-hands was struck. Early in the incident the house electrical line gave way, bringing down wires onto Ladder 1324, energizing the truck.Three firefighters were treated and released from the hospital with minor burns. The fire was reported to have started in the kitchen area. - Fire News photo by Ted Aurig
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2 FFs Injured in Hi-Nella Blaze On January 13, 2016, an off-duty Camden City firefighter called 911 to report a working fire in the mayor's dwelling on Warwick Road in Hi-Nella. Companies arrived to find smoke showing from a three-story dwelling's first floor and struck an all-hands. Crews attempted to gain access through the front door to find it blocked. They then made entry through the side door to find heavy fire conditions from a wind fed fire. Crews set up for defensive operations with heavy fire conditions. Crews knocked the bulk of the fire down and re-entered the dwelling to open up. A firefighter located the family dog hiding in the bathroom unharmed. All occupants were out and accounted for. Two firefighters were treated for burns. - Fire News photo by Ted Aurig
Chief Ron Guidetti and his wife with First Assistant Chief Kevin Stout and his wife at the Long Branch Fire Department anniversary dinner. - Fire News photo by Chris ‘Doc’ Denton
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Vacant House Burns in Byram Junk Yard On February 6, 2016, the Byram Fire Company (Sussex County) was dispatched to Route 206 for a report of a house fire in the Byram Junk Yard. Chief Rudloff arrived and called for a working fire box. Also responding were Stanhope, Netcong, Budd Lake and Lakeland EMS. Byram Engine 6 stretched handlines on the heavy fire in the rear lower part of the house with extension to the front. Stanhope Ladder 1 went to the roof and vented. Hydrants were limited and a Stanhope engine had to draft from a nearby water source, as other crews assisted with knocking down the fire and overhaul. The fire was under investigation by the Byram Police and Sussex County Fire Marshal. - Fire News photo by Kevin Maloney
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Massive Hillsborough Warehouse Fire The Hillsborough Fire Department may have battled one of the largest fires in the department's history. The fire started on February 11, 2016, at the Somerville Business Park. In addition to battling the blaze that was over 500,000 square feet in size, firefighters were also fighting extreme cold weather conditions, winds and low water pressure. The winds blew burning embers causing spot fires, which were fought by firefighters operating in brush trucks. Firefighters responded from 30 fire departments over five counties with more than 200 pieces of apparatus. After a two-week investigation by the BATF and area and state fire marshals, the fire was considered unintentional. - Fire News photos by Craig Haas and Steve White
MVA Rescue Assignment
On February 5, 2016, District 25 units were dispatched to an MVA The patient was extricated quickly and NJ State Police helicopter with entrapment in Medford Township. Units arrived to find a large Southstar transported the person to Cooper University Hospital in - Fire News photo by Dave Hernandez SUV into the side of a small car with one entrapped in the small car. Camden.
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Garfield 3-Alarmer On the morning of October 25, 2015, the Garfield Fire Department, assisted by several area departments, fought a raging three-alarm fire which destroyed two century-old buildings, leaving at least 15 people homeless and two businesses destroyed. The fire started on Jewell Street in a two-story structure built in 1911 with post and beam construction and quickly spread to a similar building on the D exposure separated by inches. As companies arrived, encountering heavy fire, a second alarm was requested bringing mutual aid to the scene. With the B exposure, an occupied twostory type 3, severely threatened and with companies encountering water supply issues, a third alarm was sounded bringing in additional companies. The fire burned out of control for almost three hours before being declared under control. Both buildings suffered major collapses and needed to be demolished, but the D exposure was spared with minor damage. Several occupants and three firefighters suffered non life threatening injuries and the fire was under investigation but considered accidental. - Fire News photo by Peter Danzo
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Quick Work in Camden On February 15, 2016, City of Camden units were alerted to a reported structure fire on Hemlock Walk. Ladder 1 arrived with fire issuing from division 1 of a two-story apartment. Battalion 1 arrived and placed all hands in service. Ladder 1, Ladder 2 and Engine 10 went to work while Squad 7 secured a water supply and stretched a back-up line. The fire was quickly knocked down and searches were negative. - Fire News photo by Dave Hernandez
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Nutley Apartment Fire On November 23, 2015, the Nutley Fire Department responded to Church Street for a apartment fire. Truck 1 made quick work of the fire and kept Engine 2 on scene and returned Engine 3. Belleville and Montclair covered the township. - Fire News photo by Mark Rosetti
Is Breakfast Ready? The volunteer fire companies of Scullville and Bargaintown responded to Otter Lane on November 20, 2015, for a report of a structure fire. EHT Police arrived and reported smoke inside the residence. Scullville Ladder 1535 arrived shortly thereafter with its crew entering the structure masked up and pulling a line. Its officer discovered burnt eggs on the stove, which filled the dwelling with smoke. Ladder 1535 was backed up by Engine 1532 and their officer down graded the assignment returning the Bargaintown apparatus and venting the structure. - Fire News photo by Dennis C. Sharpe
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Exposures Go in Belleville Blaze
An elderly Belleville woman was removed from her burning home by neighbors before firefighters arrived on the evening of November 28, 2015; two men on the second floor also escaped unharmed. Firefighters arrived at the Belmont Avenue home to find heavy fire in the rear extending to the first and second floors of the two-story house. An offensive attack was attempted but due to heavy fire conditions on the second floor, a second alarm was requested and command ordered all members out. Deck guns, a ladder pipe and numerous handlines were pressed into operation as fire broke through the roof, and extended into exposure D, a similar two-story frame as well as the C exposure, a two-story garage. Mutual aid came from Bloomfield and Nutley. - Fire News photo by Peter Danzo
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Fire Levels Tuckahoe Garage
Ocean View Hits House Fire A dwelling fire on April 18, 2016 on Sunny Lane in Ocean View Fire Company's district, Dennis Township Fire District 1. The fire required a multi-company response. - Fire News photo by Ed Beck
January 18, 2016, Central received a 911 call for a detached garage on fire on Marshallville Road. Tuckahoe Fire and Upper Township Rescue were dispatched. Upon arrival Tuckahoe Chief, Ed Carter, reported a fully involved garage fire. A call for mutual aid was immediately placed for Marmora and Seaville. The blaze was reported under control within 45 minutes. Also responding were the Cape May County Fire Marshall's Office, and New Jersey State Police. - Fire News photo by Robert Macom
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Dennis VFC Handles Truck Fire A vehicle fire on State Highway 83 in Dennis Township under attack by the Dennis Volunteer Fire Company, from the township's Fire District 2. - Fire News photo by Ed Beck
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64 Years Serving Long Branch
Long Branch Fire Department Chief Guidetti presenting Ed Williams with his certificate for serving the city of Long Branch since 1952. Ed Williams, his sons and his grandchildren are also members of the company. - Fire News photo by Chris ‘Doc’Denton
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Not a Way to Start the Year
The volunteer fire companies of Richland (Station 12-1) and East Vineland (Station 12-2) responded on January 1, 2016, on Walnut Lane in Richland for a dwelling fire in a two-story wood frame fully involved. Richland Chief Anthony Monfredo, arrived and established command with Richland Assistant Chief Paul Micheletti. Command called a second alarm bringing all neighboring companies. The fire building had a one-story addition on the B side that tied into a garage and the structure was vacant with no contents and the fire involving the lower section and the garage. Numerous han-
dlines were needed for suppression. A backhoe was brought in to bring down the front of the dwelling, which allowed firefighters to extinguish all hidden pockets of fire. Also responding were Newtonville (Station 12-6), Collings Lakes (Station 12-3), Cecil (Monroe Township, Gloucester County, covered Collings Lakes), Dorothy Fire and Rescue, Minotola, Landisville, Atlantic City Electric Company, New Jersey State Police, NJ Division of Fire Safety, BVT Fire Investigator, Buena Vista Township EMS, and the Collings Lakes Ladies Auxiliary. - Fire News photo by Ken Badger
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Helping Hands for Louisiana
After recent flooding caused damage in Louisiana, local retired New York City firefighters stepped up and assisted several charities to lend aid to their brother fire fighters who suffered damages as a result of this historical flooding. Retired New York City Firefighter Tony Srour, is a longtime volunteer for the Terry Fund whose mission is to assist firefighters and their families in times of need. Tony contacted Terry Fund Coordinator Annamarie Tucker to ask what could be done to assist Louisiana firefighters during this disaster. Annamarie made contact with fire departments in the Baton Rouge area and discovered that several fire houses were heavily damaged as a result of the flood waters. Many firefighters’ personal protective clothing was lost or damaged and many of the firefighters' homes sustained damage, as well. The Terry Fund was soon joined by Jennifer McNamara of the FDNY Firefighter John McNamara Foundation, Nassau County Office of Emergency Management and the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office. Together the group collected surplus fire equipment, cleaning supplies, gloves, masks, storage bins, and clean water to be delivered to the Baton Rouge Area. Globe Turnout Gear made a generous donation of turnout gear, and
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boots, which was used to replace firefighters' missing and damaged gear. Numerous FDNY retired members answered the call for volunteers to drive the equipment to Louisiana. Lieutenants Dan Murphy and Patrick O'Grady, Firefighters Tony Srour, Bob Galione and Bill Eisengrein, along with members of The Nassau Fire Marshal’s Office, made the long drive to deliver the equipment and supplies. The retired firefighters said that bringing the gear to Louisiana was, in part, to pay thanks to the firefighters from that area who responded to New York after 9/11 occurred. - Annamarie Tucker, National Coordinator;The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund
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