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Millville battles tough late morning two alarmer Millville, NJ. Fire ravaged a multi-family dwelling and left at least two occupants displaced on January 26th and required an additional alarm. At 11:15 a.m., Millville firefighters (Station 30) were dispatched to 106 South Third Street for a kitchen fire. Captain Michael Lippincott and his crew responded on Engine 30. Upon arrival, heavy smoke was seen coming from the rear of a two story wood-frame duplex dwelling. As Captain Lippincott did a survey around the building, flames became visible from the windows. Not seeing any occupants outside, Captain Lippincott and his crew advanced a one and a half inch line through the front door and began a primary search, beginning to knock down the flames. It was learned that the occupants were in a neighbor’s house and were safe. At 11:26, Chief Kurt Hess called for a second alarm. Millville’s off-duty firefighters were recalled and Vineland Station 2 came in for the RIC assignment. Laurel Lake (Station 13) responded to
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cover Millville’s station. Millville Rescue Squad also responded. The flames spread from the first floor rear, through the walls and into the second floor and attic. Additional one and a half inch and two inch lines were pulled. A crew entered the 108 side to cut off the fire. Although the street was narrow and power lines presented a positioning problem, Ladder 30 put its main to the attic window and then the roof to ventilate. Eventually, L30 used its ladder pipe to quell the remaining fire in the attic. Chief Hess declared the fire under control at 1:00 with crews remaining on the scene until 3:00. Damage to the 106 side of the duplex was extensive with damage to the 108 side less severe. The fire is believed to have originated in the first floor kitchen of the 106 side, but the exact cause is under investigation. Although icing conditions made the scene treacherous, no in-
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Heavy smoke billows from the duplex dwelling on S. Third St.
juries were reported. About 34 emergency personnel responded with three engines, a ladder, a rescue and several ambu-
lances. The Salvation Army canteen provided refreshments. The displaced occupants were
assisted by The Southern Shore Chapter of the Red Cross. - JOHN CARR
US Fire Administration releases 2012 firefighter fatality statistics
RON JEFFERS
Fire breaks through the roof as heavy smoke covered the sky during the North Arlington commercial building fire.
Three counties fight North Arlington blaze North Arlington, NJ. A laborintensive fire that sent huge columns of black smoke into the sky, visible throughout the North Jersey-New York City metropolitan area, summoned fire companies from three counties to protect exposures and extinguish the fire. Shortly before noon on January 23rd, North Arlington Fire Companies were dispatched to a reported fire in a one story sheet metal business on Ewing Avenue. The fire quickly consumed the building and mutual aid was activated. Heavy black smoke poured out of the bay doors of the structure and sent thick black smoke into the sky. The structure had serious exposure problems on the B, C and D sides, which included an antique automobile restoration business on the C (Sherman Avenue) side. Explosions and flames blew
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out of the bay doors during the operation. A defensive attack was established, which included North Arlington Ladder 3's ladder pipe and East Rutherford Truck 1's tower on Ewing Avenue and Kearny TL-2's tower operating on Sherman Avenue. Firefighters were also hampered by the 16 degree temperature and ice conditions. In addition, engine companies had long stretches of LDH from fire hydrants several blocks away to provide a proper water supply to master streams. The fire building was located near the end of Ewing Avenue close to the Meadowlands. It took several hours to bring the fire under control and fire com-
panies called in more manpower for relief purposes. The Moonachie EMS & Rescue Squad set up a rehab tent in a lot opposite the fire and the Teaneck Box 54 Club responded and served refreshments. In addition, haz-mat units from Bergen County and the Garfield Fire Department were called to the scene. Fire departments from Bergen, Hudson and Essex Counties were all part of the fire ground operation. Besides the departments already mentioned, fire units responded from Lyndhurst, East Newark, Wallington, Rutherford, Secaucus, Belleville and WoodRidge. A fire watch was maintained overnight due to the deep seated fire under the collapse of the roof. - RON JEFFERS
Emmitsburg, MD. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced today a provisional total of 83 on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States as a result of incidents that occurred in 2012, the same number of firefighter losses as in 2011. The 83 fatalities were spread across 34 states. Pennsylvania and North Carolina experienced the highest number of fatalities with nine firefighter deaths each. New York had six firefighter deaths, including the most recent tragic shooting deaths of two firefighters in Webster. California and Texas, each with five firefighter deaths, were the only other states with five or more firefighter fatalities in 2012. Heart attacks or stroke were responsible for the deaths of 41 firefighters (49%) in 2012. This single year total is a near average proportion of firefighter deaths from heart attack or stroke
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over recent years. This nature of fatal injury has remained relatively constant, while others, on average, have been reduced during the past decade. Eleven on-duty firefighters died in association with wildland fires, the same as 2011 and 2010. The single cause of injury seeing more than a four-fold increase in firefighter deaths during 2012 was vehicle collisions (including aircraft), with 18 deaths. These 2012 firefighter fatality statistics are provisional and will likely change somewhat as the USFA contacts state fire marshals to verify the names of firefighters reported to have died on duty during 2012. The final number of firefighter fatalities will be reported in USFA's annual firefighter fatality report, expected to be available by July. - US Fire Administration
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In memory of those who gave all 1st Responder Newspaper honors and remembers emergency responders lost in the line of duty Missouri: Eddy Meador, 54 Rank: Fire Chief Incident Date:12/08/2012 Death Date: 12/08/2012 Fire Department: Pattonsburg Fire & Rescue Protection District Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Pending Initial Summary: Shortly after working several emergency incidents including a car fire followed by a hazmat call on a nearby Interstate Highway, Fire Chief Meador fell ill and passed away from a cause still to be determined. Wisconsin: Steven W. Fritz, 58 Rank: Fire Chief Incident Date: 12/10/2012 Death Date: 12/10/2012 Fire Department: Rothschild Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Acting Fire Chief Glen Engebetson Initial Summary: Fire Chief Fritz fell ill while at his residence. Fire and EMS personnel responded to the call and transported Fritz to Saint Clare’s Hospital where he passed away from an apparent heart attack. Chief Fritz had responded to the fire station for at least one emergency call earlier in day. Missouri: Jeffrey Hudson, 46 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 12/12/2012 Death Date: 12/12/2012 Fire Department: St. Louis Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Dennis Jenkerson Initial Summary: n the morning and a short time after returning from an emergency call, Firefighter Hudson was found deceased in his bunk at the fire house. The cause of death is still to be determined. Incident Location: Fire Station #36, 5000 S. Kingshighway Blvd Rhode Island: Philip A. Mortensen, 67 Rank: Fire Chief Incident Date: 12/22/2012 Death Date: 12/22/2012 Fire Department: Brooklyn Fire & EMS Protection District Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Assistant Chief Leif Spilde Initial Summary: Shortly after returning to his auto shop from an emergency call, Fire Chief Mortensen fell ill and was discovered on the ground outside of the building. Brooklyn Fire and EMS crews responded and began CPR but despite all efforts succumbed to what is thought to have been a cardiac related injury.
New York: Tomasz Marian Kaczowka, 19 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 12/24/2012 Death Date: 12/24/2012 Fire Department: West Webster Fire District Fire Dept. Info: Chief: James Deisenroth Initial Summary: Firefighter Chiapperini and Firefighter Kaczowka were shot and killed at the scene of a house fire that had been intentionally set in order to draw the firefighters into an ambush. Two other firefighters were also shot at the scene and are recovering in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. Investigation into the incident continues by local, state, and federal authorities. Incident Location: 191 Lake Road, Webster, NY New York: Mike J. Chiapperini., 43
Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 12/24/2012 Death Date: 12/24/2012 Fire Department: West Webster Fire District Fire Dept. Info: Chief: James Deisenroth Initial Summary: Firefighter Chiapperini and Firefighter Kaczowka were shot and killed at the scene of a house fire that had been intentionally set in order to draw the firefighters into an ambush. Two other firefighters were also shot at the scene and are recovering in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. Investigation into the incident continues by local, state, and federal authorities. Incident Location: 191 Lake Road, Webster, NY
Alabama: Jonathan Wayne Burgess, 33 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 01/08/2013 Death Date: 01/08/2013 Fire Department: South Alabama Regional Airport Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Michael Ellis Initial Summary: Firefighter Burgess passed away from an apparent heart attack while performing safety checks on the runway at the South Alabama Regional Airport. Incident Location: Runway 29, South Alabama Regional Airport
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Allamuchy and Green Fire Departments practice an ice rescue using the Marsars sled. See how your department can purchase a Marsars sled on Page 19 CIRONE PHOTOS
Allamuchy conducts ice rescue drill On January 26, the Allamuchy Township Volunteer Fire Department held an ice rescue drill on Allamuchy Pond with the Green Township Fire Department and the Allamuchy-Green First Aid Squad. Firefighters and rescue personnel met at the Allamuchy fire house for a briefing to discuss the equipment required for ice rescues, the type of rescues they were going to conduct and several new techniques. As temperatures rose to 16 de-
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how a rescue sled works. Firefighters and rescue personnel, who worked the safety lines from land, learned what it takes to pull the ice rescuer and victim to safety, hand signals and the importance of getting both the victim and rescuer to a warming shelter immediately. The Allamuchy Ladies Auxiliary assisted, as they provided a heated shelter, coffee and food for the drill participants.
NJFFS Division A fire tower training Andover, NJ. New Jersey Forest Fire Service recently held a training for part time fire observers to cover fire towers in the fire season. Due to promotions and retirements, fire towers will need to be filled by part time fire observers. The state has 21 fire towers, seven of them located in Division A. This one day training designed by Fire Observer William Orlandi and Eric Weber was given to 28 firefighters hoping to fill the spots in the sky.
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Bill Bergin served the city of Hoboken for 31 years as a firefighter, as well as promoting public safety and its history. Since 1979, he volunteered with fellow firefighters to establish and maintain the Hoboken Fire Museum in a renovated 1881 firehouse. Along with members of the police department, Bergin and fellow firefighters, retired and active, continued the 65 year old tradition of a Public Safety Department Communion Breakfast, which raises funds for the Sisters of the Poor. He also served as the fire officer's union president for 16 years. “Vanishing Hoboken,” an oral history project, was initiated in 2000 by members of the Friends of the Hoboken Public Library and the Hoboken Historical Museum in response to dramatic physical, social and economic changes in the city over the preceding twenty years and to the consequent “vanishing” of certain aspects of public life. The oral history project was inaugurated with the goal of capturing, through the recollections of longtime residents, “Vanishing Hoboken,” especially its disappearing identity as a working class city and its tradition of multi-ethnic living. In 2001, with the support of the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, the Hoboken Oral Project transcribed and edited several oral histories to produce a series of “Vanishing Hoboken” chapbooks. Since 2002, twentyfive chapbooks were published. Retired Deputy Fire Chief Bill Bergin is the topic of one of these chapbooks called “The Firehouse, Recollections of Bill Bergen.” Recently, Bergin discussed his recollections of the famous New Jersey city to residents and firefighters at the fire museum on Bloomfield Street, where copies of the chapbook were passed out. “From day one, I didn't anticipate going to college,” he said. “The big part of my younger career was chasing fire engines on a bicycle. I think that was something that was in me from a kid.” He hung out at his neighborhood firehouse at Second and Jefferson Streets, Engine Co. 3, and got to know the firemen personally. “They gave me a cut-off from a rubber coat so I had my own coat,” he continued. “I guess it started then.” In the chapbook, Bergin discusses his memories of growing up on Jefferson Street, school, sports and yes, he did go to college-Wagner College on Staten Island. He served in the army after leaving Wagner for three years. Sometime during his army stint, he took the test for the fire department. He was still in the service when the city planned to hire. Bergin said the army had an “early out”program. The program included obtaining a job that you might lose. Bergin got out on a Friday and went to work in the firehouse on a Monday, he said, in 1960. He discusses his adventures with
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Hoboken honors dedicated fire chief his fellow fireman and how they liked to “bust me” when he was a rookie. He described the fires he fought, including wood-frame dwellings with kerosene stoves, arson fires in buildings that eventually became condos, recovering bodies and, of course, pier fires. In those days, the Hudson was crowded with tugboats that traditionally came in-not even being askedwhen they saw a pier fire and used their turret guns, just like a fire boat. In reference to the city's beautiful fire museum, Bergin recognizes the many photos donated by Fireman Fred Stanewitz, Jr. Due to a job related injury, he was assigned as a fire dispatcher in the old fire headquarters building on Hudson Street. When the firehouse was almost ready to be torn down, he noticed that there were a load of photographs in a dumpster, outside the building. He got in the dumpster and saved many photos that are now on display in the museum. Bill Bergen loves his Hoboken and his second family, the fire department. The Hoboken Public Library and the Hoboken Historical Museum selected a true Hobokenite and firefighter to recall the city's great firefighting history. DOWNS: A woman's body, who apparently jumped or fell from Rockerfeller Lookout along the Palisades Parkway in Englewood Cliffs January 2nd, was found by East Bergen County mutual aid rappelling teams. UPS: Howell's Ramtown Fire District donated a utility truck to Union Hose Co. 1 in Union Beach. That company lost five support vehicles, including a utility truck, to severe flooding from Sandy, said Union Hose Captain Chris Tuberion. DOWNS: Warren firefighters contained a dwelling fire to a first floor bedroom, January 2nd on Upper Warren Way, and then they discovered a deceased elderly woman in the room, officials said. UPS: The federal government has awarded a $172,823 FIRE Act Grant to the Wallington Fire Department for the purchase of new breathing apparatus. DOWNS: One person died in a dwelling fire on Potters Road in Stillwater, January 8th, and the EMT driving the ambulance transporting a second victim of the fire died as he drove to the hospital, officials said. The ambulance crashed into a utility pole on Stillwater-Fredon Road. The EMT-driver apparently had a medical issue and crashed, said Sgt. Adam Grossman of the State Police. The patient was transferred to another ambulance and taken to a hospital. Veteran EMT William Martin was driving a seriously burned man to a landing zone for a airlift to St. Barnabas Medical Center, but he began to feel ill and tried to stop the ambulance before he succumbed, said Captain Michelle Hess of the Stillwater Emergency Rescue Squad. An out-of-town paramedic and EMT were in the ambulance with the patient at the time of the accident, she said. UPS: Alpine will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the volunteer fire department by installing a memorial bell in front of the Church Street firehouse in the spring. DOWNS: A New York City-bound
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Retired Hoboken deputy chief Bill Bergin at the fire museum holding his chapbook and a copy of Fire apparatus Journal with the museum's 1932 ahrens Fox hose wagon featured on the back cover.
commuter bus collided with a mini school bus, January 10th on Route 9, flipping the school bus on its side and injuring more than a dozen people in Old Bridge. The school bus wasn't carrying children. The commuter bus went off the road and traveled another 60 yards after the collision and struck a telephone pole and a tree, officials said. At least 17 people on the commuter bus were injured, including the driver. The driver of the school bus suffered minor injuries. UPS: The Roseland Fire Department will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year with several events. This includes a parade on September 7th. The department also has a new uniform parch to recognize the anniversary year. DOWNS: An 86 year old West New York man died from injuries he sustained during a two alarm fire that began in his bedroom on 61st Street, January 4th. The victim was found unconscious by North Hudson firefighters, who forced their way into the apartment, Fire Chief Frank Montagne said, adding that firefighters administered CPR in the building's lobby before he was taken by EMS to Palisades Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. UPS: Atlantic City added 13 new firefighters to the fire department on January 4th as part of a federal SAFER grant. They are J. Pendlebury, T. Brining, R. Restaino, P. McDevitt, J. Welsh III, D. Williams, W. Nagle, A. Wilson Jr., R. DiCioccio, E. Knobb, P. Reynolds, M. Dogherty and M. Sandoval. DOWNS: On January 8th, authorities removed the body of a 24 year old man and containers of potentially hazardous chemicals from a parked car on 36th Street in Fair Lawn. The containers held two kinds of chemicals that are lethal when combined in a small place, said police Lt. Derek Bastinck. Police had responded to a report of an unconscious man inside a parked care with a “strange odor coming from it,” authorities said. The Fair Lawn and Bergen County hazardous materials units responded along with
representatives of the Department of Environmental Protection. UPS: Paterson will receive a SAFER grant of $6.97 million over the next two years to maintain fire department staffing at 340. The Bayonne Fire Department received $2,730.780, for hiring and retaining firefighters. DOWNS: A fire in a Middletown Township home January 11th injured a firefighter and killed a pet dog. A Port Monmouth firefighter was taken to Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, where he was treated for heat exhaustion-related injuries, officials said. UPS: Audubon received a $185,820 FEMA grant to replace 33 SCBA units. DOWNS: A FEMA worker from Kissimmee, FL, who has been working in Lincroft since November, returned to her room at the Comfort Inn on Route 35 in Middletown to find fire trucks in the parking lot. A fire had involved her ground floor room. Officials are looking at a melted coffee pot next to a box of tissues as the cause. UPS: A Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) of $231,434 has been awarded to the Monmouth Junction Fire Department for the purchase of new equipment and training. The East Windsor Fire Department received $45,000 in AFG funds. Hoboken received $35,440 and Harrison $30,739. DOWNS: Two people were killed after a two alarm fire consumed a Green Pond Road home in Rockaway Twp. , January 18th, officials said. UPS: As Marian Boben drove to work January 16th, she noticed thick plumes of black smoke and then flames coming from the roof of a Flynn Avenue home in Moorestown. She pulled over, called 911 and then ran to the house to alert occupants. Neighbors also ran to the house and began banging on doors and widows. They encountered two young adults roused from the commotion. Their parents were not home at the time. The girl was in the foyer and her brother came down from a bedroom
looking stunned. The man was asleep in the second floor bedroom. The people, who banged on the door, alerting the siblings, “saved this guy's life,” said Fire Chief Anthony Green. DOWNS: A wrong address, water problems, an electrified pumper and freezing weather worked against Trenton firefighters battling a Laclede Avenue dwelling fire on January 21st. Two homes were destroyed, but no one was injured. Firefighters were sent initially to the first block of Laclede Avenue, but the fire was reported on the wrong end of the street. It took Engine 9 several minutes more than usual to find the fire, which was now going good. Later, a live power line burned away from the house and fell on Engine 9. At the time, this was the firefighters only source of water. Firefighters were ordered out of the building and a water supply was brought in from West State Street. In addition, wind whipping through the scene sent large, flaming embers flying around the neighborhood. “The members of the Trenton Fire Department did a Herculean job to have this fire not cause any additional damage,” said acting Deputy Chief Leonard Carmichael, Jr. UPS: Firefighters and school personnel were recently honored for their contributions as Toms River dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy by the school district. “The people who came to work during this hurricane are really people who put others before themselves, before their families,” said Superintendent of Schools Frank Roselli DOWNS: A 79 year old Long Branch woman died in a Howland Avenue dwelling fire on January 28th. UPS: Retired Jersey City police Officer Harry Sandwith, owner of Dirty Harry's Detailing and a team of seven detailing professionals, started a four day project in January to refurbish 14 damaged vehicles from three of the four Union Beach firehouses that were damaged by Sandy. - continued on page 12
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One extricated from Pittsgrove crash On January 15, 2013, Willow Grove Fire Company Station 22 and Elmer EMS Squad 21 were dispatched to Buck Road for a reported MVC. EMS units reported the MVC to be in the area of Centerton and Garden Roads. Command reported a two vehicle MVA with one overturn and with one person trapped. Crews requested an additional BLS unit from Norma Alliance EMS Squad 24 to the scene. Rescue 22-9 extricated the patient. Life Support 7 was dispatched to the scene. Crews removed the patient, who was then transported to Elmer ER. Units remained on location until the vehicles were removed. The New Jersey State Police are investigating.
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Two young Moorestown residents saved from fire The volunteer fire department of Moorestown battled a second story attic/bed room fire on January 16th at 7:52 a.m. Occupants were sleeping, despite the fact that the fire was burning overtop their second floor bedroom ceilings. The smoke detectors did not activate because they were located below the fire. But, CO gas was quickly filling the second floor. Passing by were telecommunications workers, Tim Clements and his coworker Mark Juliano, who spotted the heavy brown smoke coming
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from the gable vent on the north side of the dwelling. Not seeing any life movement around the house, Clements and Juliano began banging on front and back doors to alert the occupants. After a short time, the oldest son finally came to the door to hear Clements tell him his house was on fire. The young occupant then went back in to awaken his younger sister. Marian Boben, another passerby,
assisted with providing a blanket and the warmth of her vehicle for the young occupants. Thanks to Clements and Juliano, the lives of two young Moorestown residents were saved. Moorestown Fire Marshal Robert J. Worrell investigated the fire and reported that it appears that squirrels may have gotten into the gutter area on the north end of the dwelling and caused an electrical fire by chewing on the wires. No official determination has been documented. - BOB WORRELL
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Fire in Bradley Beach restaurant quickly extinguished A fire was quickly suppressed in Bradley Beach on December 24 just before 10:00 a.m. The incident occurred at Giamano's Restaurant located at 301 Main Street on the corner of 3rd Avenue. A small fire in the two story building was quickly located and extinguished. Assisting the Bradley Beach Fire Department were Avon Fire Department, Neptune City Fire Department and the Unexcelled Fire Company from Neptune. The fire is under investigation by the Bradley Beach fire marshal and police department. There were no injuries at the scene.
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Avenel Engine 5-1's 2006 E-One 2000 gpm pumper operated at a four alarm mutual aid fire in Rahway on January 18th. The Avenel Fire Company, of Woodbridge Township, will celebrate their 100th anniversary on June 8th with a parade and picnic.
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High wind day New Jersey firefighters were kept busy on January 31st due to high winds, sending fire units on dangerous condition calls, wires down, etc. The members of North Hudson Ladder Co. 1 and Rescue Co. 1 removed portions of falling facade from three store fronts on the 3400 block of Bergenline Avenue in Union City. Plastic display signs from a fourth business were also shattered in the street. The incident not only called out the fire department, but also city police with the ESU, Department of Public Works, O.E.M. and the building department. Police shut down the busy business district street from 37th Street south for over an hour until the hazards were removed.
DOWNS: A multiple alarm fire gutted a vacant apartment building across the street from Elizabeth Fire headquarters on Irvington Avenue, January 26th. Smoke and flames were spotted by firefighters just after noon and the fire spread quickly throughout the five story structure, which had been under renovation. UPS: The Linwood Volunteer Fire Company's Fire Explorers program is now a year old. Led by the company's secretary and treasurer, Marc Ginsberg, the program prepares high school age students to attend the fire academy and join the department once they turn 18. The relatively new local program has seen three explorers move on and graduate from the academy. Ginsberg's stepson, Chris Jaspe, 18, was the first. DOWNS: A small fire at Memorial High School's wood shop, in West New York, forced the evacuation of the entire school body on January 28th. Too much dust had collected in the hopper, according to North Hudson Fire Chief Frank Montagne. Students were brought across the street to the recreation center. UPS: Howell Fire District 1 will receive a $450,000 SAFER grant to hire firefighters. DOWNS: A train with 71 people on board crashed into a tractor trailer on Main Street, Little Falls, January 30th, injuring ten people, two of them seriously, officials said. The truck
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was carrying 500 cans of paint. The driver of the truck was cited for careless driving and a crossing violation, NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said. UPS: A dog was rescued by North Branch firefighters, January 30th, after falling into the Raritan River and clinging to a thin piece of ice for stability for about 30 minutes. Deputy Chief Mike Russoniello and Firefighter Rob Sinibaldi came up with a plan to tether two rescuers to crews on land and spread ladders across the frozen river to evenly distribute their weight over a greater span to reduce the chance of becoming victims themselves, officials said. Russoniello and Sinibaldi were able to reach within four feet of the dog and grab the animal with a lasso tool used by animal control officers to put it in a stokes basket to bring it to shore. DOWNS: A man and a woman were seriously burned in a fire at the Mountain Top Estates on Forest Drive in Bloomingdale on February 1st. UPS: Kearny Firefighter Tommy Atwell is also a contractor. In the months since Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey, he and crews of local, out of area and Canadian firefighters have been working on demolition and repairing homes along the Jersey Shore. “People are in need,” Atwell said. “Firefighters, like always, are here to help without question.” DOWNS: An overloaded wall socket in a crowded Madison Street apartment building in Passaic is believed to have sparked an early morning fire January 24th that injured 12 people and left 17 families homeless. Lt. Bart Rutherford, who carried a woman down the stairs, suffered smoke inhalation during the rescue when his mask came off, officials said. Two other firefighters, Gary Delgado and John Kristol, carried a man down the stairs by his arms and legs. Two firefighters fell on sheets of ice and one member was hit by fallen debris as he entered the building. None of the injuries were called serious, officials said. The Red Cross assisted 75 peo-
ple in 17 families. UPS: In Middletown, Port Monmouth Fire Company members have a new firehouse lounge, made possible by a $2,500 donation from SURFShores United Relief Foundation. After Sandy, the firehouse had as much as 41 inches of water, ruining gear. DOWNS: During the fatal fire on High Street, East Rutherford on January 27th, Carlstadt Firefighter Richard Bartlett, of Engine Co. 2, suffered a serious elbow injury while getting a water supply to his engine. A passing car went over LDH, which in turn tripped the firefighter, who landed on his elbow when he hit the ground. UPS: Elizabeth firefighters rescued two people out of a third floor window while their back porch enclosure was burning on Court Street, February 1st. DOWNS: Authorities believe a multiple alarm fire at a North Arlington metal working shop January 23rd started when sparks from a grinder ignited a pile of sawdust. About 15 employees were in the building when the Ewing Avenue fire started, but none were injured. UPS: The Washington Volunteer Firemen of Robbinsville are celebrating their 50th anniversary. DOWNS: An 88 year old man died from smoke inhalation in a fire that started in the basement of his Hamilton Avenue house in Lodi on January 31st. Officials said the victim was still breathing when firefighters took him out of the house and Lodi EMT's performed CPR on him. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead UPS: Merchantville will receive a $300,000 FEMA grant to add three firefighters. DOWNS: A three alarm fire consumed a one story commercial building on Ames Avenue in Rutherford, January 4th, that contained 11 businesses. “The fire department did a tremendous job containing the fire to the one area so it didn't spread to the rest of the buildings attached to it,” Mayor Joseph De Salvo Jr. said.
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A fire on Ames Avenue in Rutherford, just a few doors away from the quarters of Engine 4 and Truck 1, consumed a commercial building that contained 11 businesses.
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Master streams were used to fight the blaze including Kearny Engine 4's deck gun and North Arlington Ladder 3's ladder pipe.
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Newark car fire closes roadway Newark NJ - One lane of Frelinghuysen Avenue was closed due to construction when a Dodge minivan caught fire. The fire quickly grew. Engine 19 arrived shortly after and extinguished the fire.
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Residents escape early morning fire in Kearny Kearny, NJ. An early morning fast moving fire sent occupants of a three story wood-frame dwelling running out of the building with the clothes on their backs and sent three firefighters to the hospital on January 20th. At 2:04 a.m., Kearny police and fire departments received notification of a fire at 118 Devon Street. Squad 2, Engine 1 and Tower Ladder 2 were dispatched. Squad 2 arrived and reported smoke showing from the top floor and they were lining in. The fire was discovered on the top floor at the C-D corner. Squad 2 reported to Deputy Chief Robert Osbourn that the fire appeared to have extended into the cockloft. The chief struck a second-alarm for the remaining town companies, Engine's 3 and 4. Firefighters made a primary search of the upper floors and re-
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quested more manpower to open up walls and ceilings to get to hidden fire. D.C. Osbourn struck a third alarm. In all, fire companies from Harrison, East Newark and North Arlington reported to the scene and went to work. As mutual aid companies were on their way, the fire took possession of the cockloft and the chief ordered all members out of the building. Flames took control of the roof area and master streams were set up, which included deck guns from Engine 4, Squad 2, a tower ladder operation and a ladder pipe from North Arlington Ladder 3. Master streams were set up to protect the B exposure, a two and a half story wood-frame dwelling
separated by a narrow alley. When firefighters re-entered the building, there was a partial collapse. A mayday was sent and all members were recovered. Three were reportedly taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to officials. D.C. Osbourn reported “all visible fire knocked down” at 4:34 a.m. At 4:41 a.m. the first release of mutual aid companies was ordered. The fire was placed under control at 4:53 a.m. Residents from six families who occupied the apartments were displaced. The two injured firefighters were treated and released at a local hospital. A captain remained in the hospital and was undergoing treatment. - RON JEFFERS
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Dive team and departments needed for recovery Budd Lake, NJ - After calling off rescue operations the night before, the New Jersey State Police Dive Team was called to assist with the recovery of the two teenagers. Families and friends lined the shore as the state police team made their way through the ice. Mt. Olive Emergency Services assisted the dive team for two days.
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Fourth alarm blaze destroys mansion in Upper Saddle River Just before dawn on Friday, January 11th, at approximately 4:40 a.m., the Upper Saddle River Fire Department was dispatched for a dwelling fire at 1 Stoneridge Road. Automatically, a tanker from Saddle River and one from Ramsey were dispatched. Upon arrival of patrol officers, the blaze was confirmed to be fully involved and through the roof of the two and a half story dwelling. Upper Saddle River units along with the Saddle River tanker crew initiated the first lines to be positions on the alpha side of the struc-
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ture. Ramsey Tower 441 set up on the A/B corner, swiftly beginning defensive truck operations. Ramsey Engine 432 laid in and the crew set up more defensive lines along with supplying the tower. A FAST team (Ladder 2) and an air truck (Air 3) from Mahwah assisted with more aerial operations along with Waldwick Tower 641. Engines from Allendale, Ho
Ho Kus and Montvale also responded. Montvale’s engine supplied Tower 641 while the crews from Allendale and Ho Ho Kus assisted with overhaul operations. A secondary FAST team (Rescue 242) from Wyckoff also assisted on scene. Additional units responded to fill Department 12’s house including Woodcliff Lake, Midland Park, and Franklin Lakes. Teaneck Box 54 also responded. - ROBERT POLICHT
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During Hurricane Sandy, Kearny Engine 4’s quarters in the South Kearny section of their town sustained damage causing the crew and apparatus to be relocated. They are temporarily riding out of the quarters of Jersey City Engine 17 and Ladder 11, a converted building at 255 Kearny Avenue (Jersey City). The South Kearny station is remote from the other Kearny stations, as it is in an industrial area. The Jersey City station affords them timely response to their district. Ironically, Kearny's old fire headquarters is on Kearny Avenue in Kearny, which is still an active station.
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Car overturns on Highway 18 in Neptune On December 20th at 6:30 p.m., emergency services in Neptune Township responded to a reported car accident on State Highway 18 near State Highway 33. A vehicle overturned and came to rest on its side in the center median. Shark River Hills Fire Company, Shark River Hills First Aid and Neptune Police Department were on scene.
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Resident dies and firefighters injured in East Rutherford blaze
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Byram Township mutual aid ice recue and recovery drill Byram Township, NJ - It almost seemed warm as temperature’s hit the high teens on the morning of January 27th after a long cold week. The drill was held at Panther Lake ,just off Route 206. Planned as a rolling response drill, companies rolled in as dispatched to evaluate response time. Firefighters from Netcong Fire Department volunteered to suit up and play victims for the drill. The ice ranged from six to eight inches around the lake. Ice rescue teams from Stanhope, Budd Lake and Jefferson along with their ice dive team participated. Lakeland and Jefferson First Aid squads also assisted.
East Rutherford, NJ. A 77 year old resident and two firefighters were injured as the result of a dwelling fire on the morning of January 27th. Local firefighters were toned out to a report of a kitchen fire at 33 High Street shortly after 11 a.m. In addition, the dispatcher reported that there may be a person trapped in the building. Firefighters found heavy fire and smoke involving a tow and a half story wood-frame structure with similar exposures on the B and D sides, separated by a driveway and walkway, respectively. A second alarm was quickly transmitted for mutual aid fire companies, including a FAST team. Daniel Lighan was located in a first floor bedroom by firefighters and removed from the structure. Witnesses observed firefighters and police officers performing CPR on the man, who was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced
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dead. The fire quickly spread from the first to the second floor and attic area. A frozen fire hydrant hampered firefighters efforts. In addition, hoarder conditions inside the house made firefighting difficult, according to Assistant Fire Chief John Giancaspro. Chief of Department Harold Tilt ordered all members out of the building and a defensive attack began. This included Engine 3's ladder pipe (quint) and Truck 1's tower. Flames consumed the walls and attic and broke through the roof quickly. About 15 minutes after a public service electric worker shut off the utilities on the B side of the home, a rain gutter fell to the ground where he was standing. The Moonachie EMS & Rescue Squad set up their portable tent in a
driveway opposite the fire building for a rehab station. Numerous mutual-aid ambulances also reported to the scene. Two firefighters were injured. Most seriously was Carlstadt Firefighter Richard Bartlett, of Engine Co. 2, who injured his arm and wrist after a motorist struck a hose, which then struck the firefighter, who was setting up a secondary water supply a block away from the scene. An East Rutherford firefighter suffered minor burns and was treated and released from HUMC. An estimated 75 firefighters were at the scene. Mutual aid fire companies included units from Wallington, Carlstadt, Passaic and Lyndhurst. Members of the Bergen County Sheriff's Department crime scene unit and the prosecutor's office were on the scene to conduct an investigation. - RON JEFFERS
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LITTLE BIG GUYS If your department has photos you would like to see in our “Little Big Guys” feature, please upload them on our website www.1stResponderNews.com or email them to Heather@1stResponderNews.com.
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Rutherford blaze destroys business on Ames Avenue Rutherford firefighters along with many out of town units battled a the fire that apparently began at the Ames Barber Shop and spread to the Tempo Boutique and Beauty Bar just before 9 p.m. on January 4th. Arriving companies found a large volume of fire in the rear of 8 Ames Avenue. With live electrical lines active and the fire already in the building, mutual aid was summoned to the scene, bringing companies from Lyndhurst, North Arlington, East Rutherford, Wallington and Clifton. Heavy fire took total control of the building as heavy black smoke began to vent from the structure. Eventually, the fire
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vented through the roof as East Rutherford’s tower ladder went to work in the rear. North Arlington Truck 3 went into operation from the Park Avenue side, working over the exposure building. Master streams went quickly into operation with blitz fire guns and several two and a half inch hand lines. Companies had difficulty getting access to the cockloft area due to a front overhang. A collapse of the roof area limited access to that area. Firefighters pulled the front of the building down, exposing the
roof area. Cold weather conditions brought DPW workers to the scene with salt for the icy conditions. The Rutherford Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary set up refreshments at the Ames Avenue firehouse, just down the street from the fire. Additional mutual aid from East Newark, Nutley and a Secaucus covered the Ames Avenue firehouse. The Hackensack MSU unit was called to the scene to assist in air bottle refill operations. One firefighter was treated for minor injuries from the fire. - DAMIEN DANIS
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KME awarded five year New Jersey State Cooperative purchasing contract for fire apparatus KME, of Nesquehoning, PA, has been awarded a five year cooperative purchasing contract (A83151) by the State of New Jersey to provide qualified NJ Municipalities and fire districts a wide variety of fire apparatus models at a discounted price structure. The contract allows for direct purchasing of more than 40 KME models without the need for additional public bidding. Phil Gerace, KME's Director of Sales and Marketing noted, "This contract allows fire departments within the state to purchase apparatus more easily and cost effectively. Fire districts and municipalities can procure trucks directly off state contract and take advantage of the volume discounts. The contract also allows them to minimize the delays and extensive costs associated with the administration of the public bid process. KME has extensive experience with such group purchase contracts across the US and is a prime vendor to the Federal Government under GSA, US Military, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracts". The state contract initiative was first announced by Governor Christie's in a August 31, 2012 letter to mayors across the garden state commenting on continuing cost savings efforts and the benefit of state purchasing contracts. In November, the contract became a major focus after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy rocked the region. In her letter initiating the RFQ process, Lina Groninger, Procurement Specialist with the NJ Department of Treasury, Division of Purchase & Property Procurement Bureau said
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"...due to the severity and damages of Superstorm Sandy and the fact that several cities and fire departments lost quite a bit of fire fighting apparatus, this RFQ is considered to be high priority...". Bob Emery, Fire Apparatus Sales Manager at First Priority Emergency Vehicles commented, "First Priority and KME went to great lengths to design models specific to the needs of NJ's fire service community, including not only 47 different KME models, but an unlimited number of customization features from KME's extensive options list. While some manufacturers often offer "Plain Jane" models common to the standard GSA schedule, the KME state contract allows our end users to design a unit fully customized to their individual response needs. In addition, with KME's convenient ISO certified Pennsylvania factory location, we are able to offer significant savings in the factory inspection and delivery phases of the purchasing experience. Over the next five years, this ground breaking contract has the potential to save the NJ fire service literally millions of dollars in equipment and procurement process costs, and we're proud to be a part of this effort. It really fits in with KME's corporate philosophy: "KME Works For You". For additional information on the contract and apparatus available therein, contact one of KME's NJ Sales Representatives, Bob Emery, at 800-247-7725. - PROVIDED
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House damaged by Hurricane Sandy destroyed by fire Just after 3:00 a.m. on December 22nd, firefighter in Neptune Township were dispatched to 25 South Riverside Drive for a reported house fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found a two story private dwelling with fire out the exposure-B side, second floor. It was quickly identified that the home, which is along the Shark River, had been damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Upon arrival of the first due engine from the Unexcelled Fire Company, the fire had intensified
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and was now blowing out the front second floor windows. The fire was threatening a one story hair salon along the exposure B side. As additional companies arrived, firefighters were able to protect the exposure and contain the fire to the second floor before it could burn through the roof. There was no damage to the exposure. Other companies on scene in-
cluded the Shark River Hills Fire Company, Liberty Fire Company, Hamilton Fire Company and Wayside Fire Company. Also, Neptune EMS, Neptune OEM and Neptune Police were on scene. The Neptune City Fire Department provided coverage for Neptune Township. There were no injuries. The fire is under investigation by the Monmouth County Fire Marshal's Office. - DONALD COLARUSSO
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In Piscataway Township, Arbor Hose Fire Chief Tony Fritz operates a silver colored 2012 Chevy Silverado LT.
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Hasbrouck Heights Chief Rich Giarratana answers alarms in a 2012 Chevy Silverado.
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Budd Lake, NJ - After the tragedy earlier this month in Budd Lake, Cub Scout Pack 249 requested an ice safety class. Firefighters and first aiders from Budd Lake put on the safety class. Over 75 scouts and parents attended.
In October, volunteer firefighters from the four station houses within the Sayreville Fire Department; Engine Co #1, President Park, Melrose and Morgan underwent bail out training at Station 7 (Engine Company's house) for two weekends. All the Sayreville firefighters received classroom training on the harness system and bailed out of windows from a two story training structure. Each firefighter had to bail out ten times, five with turnout gear and five with air packs.
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS February 10, 2013 NJ-The Secaucus Fire Department Exempt Ladies’ Auxiliary is hosting their 3rd Annual Valentine’s Breakfast at Washington Hook & Ladder in Secaucus from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. For tickets and information, call Jane Olsen at 201-330-9147. February 15, 2013 NJ-The 3rd annual Dover Fire Department Beefsteak Dinner will take place at the American Legion in Dover. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Contact Jon Filosa at 973-366-0328 February 16, 2013 FL-An Antique Fire Apparatus Show and Flea Market sponsored by the Florida Antique Bucket Brigade and SPAAMFAA will take place at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center in Jacksonville. Email Bob at bobrfire17@aol.com for more information. February 23-24, 2013 NY-Long Island’s Fire, Rescue & EMS Mega Show 2013 will take place at Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. Visit www.liproductions.net for more information. March 15-17, 2013 PA-Harrisburg River Rescue is hosting a Water Rescue Training Conference. This course is certified through the PA Fish and Boat Commission and meets NFPA Operations Level Certification. Contact Chief Ketterer at 717-215-9963 for more details. March 16, 2013 NJ-All Hands Working and the Leary Firefighters Foudation will host a Charity Hockey Game be-
tween the Philadelphia Flyers Alumni and All Hands Working. Tickets for the game and the autograph signing can be purchased at www.allhandsworkingwinterclassic.com. March 16, 2013 NY-The Euclid Hose Company of the Patchogue Fire Department is hosting their annual St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser Celebration from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are $35 and include a buffet dinner, wine, beer, soda, DJ, raffles/prizes and Irish dancers. Contact them at 631-356-6551 for details. March 16, 2013 FL-The International Fire Service Parade, the largest in the state, will be held in Delray Beach the weekend off March 16th. Contact the Professional Firefighters and Paramedics of Palm Beach at 561-8837763 for details. March 22, 2013 NJ-The Belmar Hook & Ladder Company is hosting their 2nd Annual Comedy Night and Sandy Relief Fundraiser at the South Wall Banquet Facilities. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Call 732-6816353 for details/tickets. March 23, 2013 NJ-The Bloomingdale Fire Department Hook & Ladder Company is happy to announce their Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser featuring Comedian Joey Kola. Tickets are $30 per person. E-mail bfdcomedynight@live.com for details. March 24, 2013 PA-The Montgomery County Fire Academy is hosting the “Public Relations for the Fire & Emergency Services” class. For more information and registration, visit www.
montcopa.org or call 610-278-5600. March 30, 2013 NY-The Suffolk Firefighters Emerald Society is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser/Party to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. The party begins at 4 p.m. at MJ Sullivans in Mt. Sinai. Visit them on Facebook for further details. April 6, 2013 PA-The Montgomery County Fire Academy is hosting the “Public Relations for the Fire & Emergency Services” class. For more information and registration, visit www. montcopa.org or call 610-278-5600. April 7, 2013 NY-Wolcottsville is hosting an Indoor Garage Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tables are $12 each. Contact Doug at 716-735-3687 for more information. April 12-13, 2013 NY-The NYSAFC is hosting a Company Officers Leadership Training will take place at the Marriott Rochester Airport. For additional details visit their website at www.nysfirechiefs.com. May 3-5, 2013 NY-the NYSAFC & OPC are hosting a Public Fire Safety Educators’ Conference at the NY State Academy of Fire Science in Montour Falls. Visit their website at www.nysfirechiefs.com for details. May 6-10, 2013 NJ-The NJEPA Expo will take place at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Training will take place May 6-8, Breakout sessions will be on May 8-10 and Exhibits will be open May 8-9. Contact executive.director@njepa.org for more details. May 6-7, 2013 PA-Chaplain Training, “Managing School Crises” will take place in Hermitage PA. Pleae contact Chaplain David Williamson at 724-342-2310 for more information. May 11, 2013 NY-Wolcottsville is hosting a Cash Raffle and Steak Dinner at 5 p.m. at $25 per person. Contact Bob Groff at rgroff29m7@rochester.rr.com for more information. June 12-15, 2013 NY-The NYSAFC 107th Annual Conference will take place at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona. 2013 attendee and exhibitor registrations are available at www.nysfirechiefs.com.
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Partnership benefits firefighters The ground breaking partnership of The First Twenty and All Hands Working provides the U.S. Fire Service with a singular point of focus for firefighter health and safety. By firefighters for firefighters, these two non-profits are dedicated to the health and safety our nation's firefighters. On December 4th, they held an event in Egg Harbor Township, which resulted in a donation of fitness equipment to the Cardiff Volunteer Fire Department. They host frequent events throughout the year to assist with departments in need, who contact them. These include a Meet and Greet with Danny Watkins of the Philadelphia Eagles, Bowl with the Birds, Autograph Signings and several donation nights at various restaurants. Their partnership with Danny Watkins has resulted in exceptional support from other members of the Philadelphia Eagles. Through this needed partnership, the aligned missions of these nonprofits are building a new road towards firefighter health and safety. Their three main goals are:
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1. Reducing LODD due to heart attack 2. Increasing the overall health and safety of our firefighters 3. Eliminating financial hardships for firefighters who experience on-the-job injuries By firefighters, for firefighters, The First Twenty & All Hands Working were built around their passion for bettering the health of their own.The firefighter community is best strengthened from the inside, and together they aim to provide programs that target every area of opportunity fully, swiftly and with unwavering commitment to the cause. Upcoming events and more information on their charities can be viewed at www.allhandsworking.org and www.thefirsttwenty.org. They can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. - HEATHER PILLSWORTH
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MUTUAL AID GORDON WREN
Many years ago I was fire chief at a fairly complex working structure fire, that went extremely well. I can give several examples of fires that went just the opposite on my watch. However, this one was one fire where everything fell into place and what looked like a total loss, turned out to be a fantastic stop by our firefighters, who really deserved any praise for great work. An officer from another local department happened to be buffing the call and approached me in front of a group of firefighters and gave me credit for what everyone agreed was a very successful incident. Then he stated that I didn’t learn
good firefighting from reading a bunch of books, but from going to a lot of fires and being an interior firefighter. I remember this conversation very clearly because on the contrary, I am an avid reader and get tremendous satisfaction from reading and learning, then looking for real opportunities in life to put concepts to work. To this day, I can pull something useful from my mental toolbox from something I read, or learned in a class or seminar many years ago. This is particularly true with leadership issues. As the fire coordinator for my county, I work with dozens of leaders; some great, some horrible and most who are good. The best book I ever read on leadership, is called, “It’s your ship”. The book was written by Captain Michael Abrashoff who had the honor of being assigned as Captain of a naval ship that had one
of the worst ratings in the United States Navy. The book describes how the author turned this ship around to the point, where it became one of the best in the navy fleet. I found his techniques fascinating. A ship, it’s captain, officers and crew can be analogous to any organization, particularly a fire department. They have a similar hierarchy and chain of command; in this case, the captain and a crew of 310 officers and sailors. Your department or company may consist of thousands or a handful of firefighters. Good or bad leadership will affect the overall performance of the ship, or in our case, the department. I was so impressed by the management techniques in “It’s Your Ship” that I immediately purchased and read his second book, which Captain Abrashoff gave the interesting title of “Get Your Ship Together.”
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Sandy Blows benefit held Surf City, NJ. A benefit concert to help a neighboring fire company rebuild after the Superstorm was the Sandy Blows - LBI Hurricane Benefit, which took place on January 12th. It raised much needed funds following Sandy’s damage to the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co. The event was held at the Surf City firehouse, as Ship Bottom’s firehouse sustained so much damage from flooding. Hundreds of people attended and were asked to make a donation of at least $10. A wide variety of door prizes were donated to the event and were auctioned off via
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raffle between band sets. The Surf City Fire Company, Station 49 whose fire company operates north of Ship Bottom wanted to help their struggling brother fireman and host the event. Ship Bottom suffered the fourth worst damages on record to a volunteer fire company in New Jersey. The amount is estimated at more than $400,000. The fire station took on approximately three and a half feet of ocean water during the Sandy storm surge.
They also suffered damage to the antique 1937 fire truck in the bays, a Chevy Suburban response vehicle and all the firefighting gear that was stored in lockers. Extensive salt-water damage occurred to fire trucks that responded to incidents after they returned from the mainland, and began making runs on Long Beach Island immediately following the storm. The Deptford Volunteer Fire Co. donated some equipment as well. The Sandy Blows event was a huge success and a small step in the recovery of this fire company. - TODD HOLLRITT
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I think I can recall using a similar sentence on a few occasions. I recently just read his third book called, “It’s Our Ship”. In this book, the author actually writes about some fire service leaders. In one of them, he describes a former US Army Sergeant, who after the military, became a career firefighter in Colorado. He was eventually promoted to lieutenant, supervising six firefighters, who gave him the firehouse nickname of “Dawg”. Dawg thought of himself as a student of leadership because he had been a Sergeant, read the latest leadership books and tried an assortment leadership techniques inspired by his reading. His crew said that after a week or month of trying a new method, the lieutenant would revert to being the same old Sergeant “Dawg” again. He belittled people, particularly new firefighters for their lack of knowledge. He was often grouchy and insisted on taking the lead in any situation. His firefighters finally vented their frustration by indicating that they were asking for transfers in order to escape being under his supervision. After the men vented, their battalion chief acted; the chief meted out the lieutenants’ penalty. He was
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assigned, by the chief, one more book to read on leadership. The book he assigned him to read was, “It’s Your Ship”. This kind of hard-hitting message certainly got his attention. The lieutenant read the book and vowed that he would start listening again and being a better leader. It turns out that he did exactly what he promised and there has been no backsliding. Ironically, I have suggested to fire officers on several occasions that they pick up the same book, read it and encourage or even require their officers to read it. And, just last week I ordered ten copies, most of which I intend to give to young officers, who show leadership potential to help them become better officers and leaders. “It’s Your Ship” is a quick and easy read, of only 210 pages and filled with fantastic ideas on how to motivate and get the most out of your firefighters - or your business, your soccer league, American Legion, etc. It was published by Warner Books. I just bought my copies online for a ridiculously low price. Think about adding it to your library or ereader.
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Six steps to a successful purchase of a new home this Spring The weather is about to break, finally. Soon spring will have finally sprung. The springtime serves as peak home-buying season. Even though buyers have a greater advantage than they’ve had in awhile, it’s still easy to take a wrong, frustrating and–gasp– costly turn. But don’t worry: The Sun National Bank Heroes Mortgage Program provides six ways to make sure buying a new home proves to be a success. 1st Responder and Sun Home Loans teamed up to create the Heroes Mortgage Program. This exclusive mortgage opportunity provides discounted fees and low interest rates for firefighters and other members of the emergency services community. The program offers unmatched rates, minimal lender fees and promises to get clients in their new home by the contract date. 1. Be prepared: You will need to do a little homework before you get started looking for a new home. Make sure that you can locate all the documents necessary for you to be pre-approved for a mortgage. You will most likely need the following: Your two most recent pay stubs, your last two years W2’s, all of your asset statements, (checking, savings, 401k, stocks, bonds, mutual funds) and last two tax returns. Sit down and work up your budget, know how much you want to spend before you are told how much you can actually spend. 2. Get pre-approved: Call the Heroes Mortgage Program to be pre-approved for your new mortgage. Without pre-approval, you will not know what you can afford to buy. This can get you into a very difficult situation. If you put an offer on a house without being approved and you can’t afford it, you might be opening the door to some very expensive litigation. Call the Heroes Mortgage Program today and find out what you can afford to buy. 3. Ensure you are working with a real estate professional. Ask your Heroes Mortgage Program representative if they can recommend a real estate professional to you. It is extremely im-
portant to have a real estate agent who is working for you and your best interests. A real estate agent will look out for the best deals in your market and are there to facilitate the negotiating process and the transition to your new home. 4. Find a good real estate attorney. A lawyer can help you negotiate the real estate contract and renegotiate it if a home inspection finds flaws-or an appraisal deems the house less valuable than the sales price. A lawyer also represents your interests at the closing and does the lion’s share of paperwork and the coordination associated with it. 5. Make a firm offer. When you see a house you want, you’ll make a verbal offer. If the seller is interested, your next step is to commit yourself in writing. The written offer, or contract, is usually drawn up by the seller’s agent, but if you choose to use a buyer’s agent and real estate lawyer, they can negotiate and review that contract on your behalf. If you end up negotiating the price of the property, make sure that you check in with your Heroes Mortgage Program representative. You do not want to overbid the price of the property and then not be able to qualify. 6. Get the home inspected. No matter how good a house looks and no matter how much you love it, you want to be sure it’s sound structurally and in every other way. If it’s not, you want to know whether the seller will address the issue before you seal the deal. If not, you have to decide whether you want to back out of the deal or take care of the repairs yourself. Sun Home Loans, a division of Sun National Bank, and 1st Responder are both proud to serve the heroes in our community, who dedicate their lives serving the rest of us. Clients enjoy unmatched customer service and attentiveness
throughout the process, from their initial inquiry, to closing. Working with its own resources and federal government programs, Sun National Bank develops solutions that open the path to home ownership. Sun National Bank provides a full-range of banking products and services, delivered by experienced bankers. Personal attention merges with world-class service and competitive products that meet the needs of today’s consumers and businesses. Sun National Bank believes that doing business in the community means being a part of it. Whether purchasing a new home or refinancing an existing one, the Heroes Mortgage Program is offered exclusively, providing personal service, benefits and rates not normally available to the general public. “The springtime is the perfect time to buy a home and we make it even easier with aggressive products and programs available to the men and woman who give so much,” said Steven Testa, an executive vice president with Sun National Bank. “The Heroes Mortgage Program continues to be a success and we are excited to work with more of out 1st responders as the market continues to flourish. We all look forward in continuing to build our relationship with the emergency services community.” To receive more information about the program and its benefits, contact Steven Testa at stesta@sunnb.com or call 973615-9745. Sun National Bank Home Loans and 1st Responder Newspaper are not affiliated. All loans subject to approval. Certain conditions and fees may apply. Mortgage financing provided by Sun National Bank Loans, Equal Housing Lender.
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Mortgage Checklist 1. Look for a bargain: According to the National Association of Realtors, home prices often drop by an average $7,000 after Labor Day. Prices in the Northeast can plummet by nearly $20,000 by October. 2. Know the market: Here's a quick quiz. Do you know why sellers in some Northeast and Midwest towns drop prices so quickly? Because winter's coming and they don't want to spend another year digging out the place. Use that to your advantage. 3. Know when a seller is desperate: Does the photo of the house you've been pining over all summer on MLS look exactly as it did when you first saw it Memorial Day? Is there yet another open house coming up in a few weeks? That all works in your favor. If a buyer hasn't budged since the summer, chances are there's room to negotiate. If they want the house sold more than they want a big profit, well, that's how deals are born.
4. Kick the tires: Fall is the time of year when the weather takes a turn. When you're buying a home, the leaf litter and returning rain provide ample opportunities to see where the current homeowners have done work and what they've neglected. For the most part, there shouldn't be leaves piled up in the gutters in late September or early October. There also should be decent gutter drainage that doesn't involve water spewing from where a drain pipe once was. 5. Help is on the way: Census Bureau numbers indicate that fall is a tough time for contractors and home and garden stores. If your dream house could use a kitchen upgrade or central air through its heating ducts, home stores and builders usually start discounting inventory around this time of year and can help you make changes without spending as much during warmer months.
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Quick stop in Saddle River At approximately 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 16th, the Saddle River Fire Department was dispatched to 62 West Saddle River Road for a working structure fire. Upon arrival of Chief 1130, he confirmed heavy smoke pushing from the eves and then called for his second alarm to be activated. First due Squad 1132 responded and went inside to investigate where the smoke was pushing from. Shortly after Engine 1131 arrived, they began opening up the front of the roofing and found a large area that was charred from a lighting fixture, which was mounted in a concealed space. Tanker 1134 responded and assisted with crews operating. Additional units from Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Allendale, Ramsey, and Ho Ho Kus responded as part of the alarm assignment.
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Elizabeth battles building fire near fire headquarters Elizabeth, NJ. Firefighters didn’t need to respond far as they battled a five alarm apartment building fire directly across the street from fire headquarters on Irvington Ave. On January 26, 2013 at 12:06 p.m., Engine 7 notified dispatch to transmit an alarm for a working fire after discovering heavy smoke coming from a five story apartment building under renovation while returning to quarters. Heavy fire was showing from the second floor with heavy smoke on all floors. The fire had dropped down to the first floor and quickly traveled to the third floor through interior voids. A three inch line was stretched to the interior of the building to be used as a standpipe, as it was unknown if the fixed standpipe system in the building was in service due to
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the renovations being conducted. Several hand lines were stretched to each floor to prevent the fire from spreading horizontally to another section of the building. The fire on the first floor was quickly knocked down, but flames were still visible on the second and third floors as it continued to travel the interior pipe chase. The fire eventually made its way to the cock loft and through a vent hole in the roof, but was knocked down with an aggressive interior attack on the fifth floor before it consumed the entire roof and building. All visible fire was knocked down and the smoke started to
lighten up throughout around 1:15 p.m. and was declared under control shortly after. With the intense efforts of all firefighters, the blaze was able to be held to just one section of the large apartment building. Construction workers were on scene at the time of the fire, but were able to escape unharmed and were all accounted for when the fire department arrived. Several mutual aid fire departments from Union County were summoned to the scene to assist along with two engines and one ladder from Newark. The cause of the fire has not been determined and is being investigated by Elizabeth fire officials. - KEITH ADDIE
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A fire at 70 West Sylvania Avenue was discovered by a borough police officer on January 2, 2013 at approximately 6:00 a.m. The commercial building, which is home to Sal's Auto Repair, had heavy smoke coming from the office area. Neptune City Fire Department responded and quickly knocked down the fire. The fire had slight extension to the cockloft area, but was quickly placed under control. Firefighters from Avon and Neptune were also on scene. The fire is under investigation by the Monmouth County Fire Marshal's Office and Neptune City Police.
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Structure fire in Jersey City On January 1, 2013 at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Jersey City Fire Department was toned out to Washburn and Baldwin Avenues for a structure fire. Battalion Chief 3 was on the scene with fire on the top floor of a three story frame dwelling attached to a two story frame. A second alarm was requested to the scene. Trucks and ladders went to work to extinguish the blaze. Car 26, the canteen unit, was requested to the scene. The fire was knocked down and under control within one and half hours.
Paterson firefighters were dispatched to 459 12th Ave for a reported house fire. Prior to arrival, command reported smoke in the area and had heavy fire on the second floor and heavy smoke in the attic with possible extension to exposures B and D. Firefighters stretched lines and established water supplies as crews made an aggressive interior attack on the second floor. A second alarm was struck as smoke started to pour out of the attic windows. Due to heavy fire and smoke conditions a third alarm was struck and crews were pulled out of the house for defensive operations. One tower ladder and one ladder pipe were put into operation to knock down the heavy fire before crew re-entered the building to knock down the remaining fire and overhaul. The fire was brought under control within an hour. No injuries were reported and the fire is still under investigation.
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Lambertville three alarm fire Lambertville, NJ. Crews were dispatched to a rowhouse fire on Arnett Avenue during the early morning hours of January 22, 2013. Evacuation tones were sounded and a third alarm was eventually dispatched, bringing in crews from several New Jersey counties as well as Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Hawthorne restaurant damaged in blaze A Mexican restaurant in Hawthorne suffered extensive damage to its interior on January 20th., but thanks to several factors, it was not as bad as it easily could have been. Members of Hawthorne Engine Co. 3 were painting inside the firehouse at 12:40 a.m, when a passerby notified them that there was smoke coming from the La Cantina Restaurant at 142 Goffle Rd., less than a block away. Engine 3 quickly responded as the rest of the department was dispatched. A second alarm was trans-
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mitted on arrival as heavy smoke issued from a one and a half story frame restaurant. Lines were quickly stretched in the front door and through a basement door at ground level on the Goffle Road side. A third alarm was transmitted as companies searched for the seat of the fire and truck companies opened up. Fire was located in a storage area in the basement and quickly knocked down, but the fire traveled
up to the first floor and attic through many voids that had been created by many renovations over the years. It was several hours before the fire could be placed under control. Although there was much interior damage due to the fire and firefighting, the rapid response was a large factor in saving the structure. Units from North Haledon and Prospect Park assisted at the scene, while Haledon, Glen Rock and Wyckoff covered the empty firehouses. - BILL TOMPKINS
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Forcible entry training in Pequannock Pequannock Fire Company 2 recently hosted a training session conducted by retired Newark Deputy Fire Chief John Riker. With the use of a forcible entry door simulator, Chief Riker demonstrated the proper techniques for forcing doors utilizing firefighting tools. All in attendance were given the opportunity to participate and practice their skills. RON JEFFERS
North Hudson Captain Mike Donnarumma, of Squad Co. 7, (left) and his brother Deputy Chief Dave Donnarumma operated together at a multiple-alarm apartment fire in Union City on January 22nd.
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Woman helps save father in Leonia An elderly man was rescued by his daughter and son-in-law that lived next door as a fire erupted in his Leonia home on January 6th. An apparent electrical fire started in the attic area of a home at 215 Leonia Ave shortly before 3:00 a.m. Luckily for the 86 year old man inside, his daughter and her husband lived next door, and she was awake at the time and saw the smoke. Both ran and took out the man as the fire department was called. Leonia firefighters with assistance at the scene from Englewood, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Fort Lee and Teaneck had the fire under control in less than one hour.
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No injuries in Neptune City A fire erupted in a one story private home at 322 West Sylvania Avenue in the Borough of Neptune City on December 27th at approximately 4:00 a.m. Firefighters from the Neptune City Fire Department were quick to arrive and found fire out windows on the exposure D side. Firefighters stretched two hoselines and were quickly able to get
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water on the fire. Primary and secondary searches for occupants were negative. Assisting the Neptune City Fire Department were Avon, the Neptune-Unexcelled, Liberty and
Shark River Hills. Also on scene were Neptune City First Aid, Neptune EMS, Neptune OEM and the Neptune City Police Department. The Monmouth County fire marshal's office is investigating the fire. - DONALD COLARUSSO
Millville, NJ. Family, friends, government officials and fellow firefighters attended the graduation of the Firefighter I Fall Class of 2012 from the Ronald D. Martinelli Fire & Rescue Training Center. The ceremony was held on January 18, 2013 at the Lakeside Middle School in Millville. The nineteen students graduating were: Ugur Akilli (Fairton Fire Company), Jessica Bellone, Scott Graiff and Terry McCalmont (Forest Grove Fire Company), Joseph Biener (Malaga Fire Company), Donald Campbell and Leo Magee III (Millville Fire Department), Ronald Biauce and Robert Vit (Rosenhayn Fire Company), Samson Kong (Upper Deerfield Fire Company Station 33) and Vineland Fire Department members Amariel Perez and Carlos Rodriguez (Station 1), Ryan Granato, Andrew
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Hartman and Emanuel Matias (Station 3), Johnathan Roman and Robert Walker (Station 4) and Louis Tolotti and David Vai (Station 5). Government officials attending the ceremony were State Senator Jeff Van Drew, State Assemblyman Nelson Albano, Cumberland County Freeholders Joe Derella (public safety liaison) and Carol Musso, and Public Safety Director James Matlock. Graduates were praised by the officials for their efforts and for volunteering to serve their communities. After the ceremony, light refreshments were served. - JOHN CARR
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Crews battle Johnson’s Sod Farm blaze On January 16, 2013, Upper Deerfield Station 31, along with Seabrook, Upper Deerfield Station 33 and UD EMS Squad 34 were dispatched to 1633 Route 77, Johnson's Sod Farm, for a reported working commercial structure. Units arrived to a large building fully involved and struck the all hands. This brought units from Rosenhayn, Alloway and Centerton. Ladder 32-16 and Engine 3301's deck gun were placed in service to knock down the heavy fire. Command reported the bulk of the fire knocked down at about the 30 minute mark. A fill station was established at the Upper Deerfield Township municipal building as tankers shuttled back and forth water.
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Command requested heavy equipment to be brought in for extensive overhaul. Tenders from Willow Grove, Alloway, Daretown, and Norma Alliance were also called to the scene. Crews removed several tractors from the building during overhaul. Units remained on location for several hours wetting down the hot spots. The New Jersey State Police and the county fire marshal are investigating. The Cumberland County Salvation Army Canteen unit also assisted at the scene. - EDAN DAVIS
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Bridgeton battles apartment fire Bridgeton Fire Company, Fairton, Rosenhay, and Bridgeton EMS were dispatched to 130 Pamphylia Avenue for a reported commercial dwelling. Units responding reported a large column in the area. Ladder 7-05 arrived to two second floor apartments involved and struck the all hands. Ladder crews opened the roof. Crews made an aggressive attack and quickly knocked down the bulk of the fire. Engine 29-01 was requested as the RIC team. Crews remained on location for some time checking for extensions. Bridgeton Police and the local fire marshal is investigating.
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and equipment. There were those fire departments along the coastal areas and barrier islands that abandoned their stations and moved apparatus to higher ground, an excellent decision that saved their apparatus. They were unable to respond with their apparatus in areas flooded with three feet or more of sea water and used boats and jet skis to get about until the flood waters subsided. The rain and winds along with the extremely high tides had done their damage and, in doing so, had spared very few, including emergency responders, some of whom also lost their homes. Firefighters, along with other emergency responders were overburdened with calls and in many instances the inability to respond quickly, if at all. Flooded roads and downed trees, poles and wires made roads inaccessible for fire apparatus. A few days passed before state-wide mobilization brought in relief crews from across the states, allowing for rest for the local responders and giving them a chance to address the issues of storm damage to their own homes. Yet through it all, the emergency responders were the shining light in all the destruction and misery that took place over the many days and weeks that lay ahead. No matter how well one prepares, it was almost impossible to plan for
all the circumstances that were encountered during the emergency operations and response that took place throughout and after Hurricane Sandy‘s temperamental visit. My hat is off to all the emergency responders and just ordinary citizens, who saw a need and stepped in to assist during this hurricane of the century. A little more than a year ago, I wrote an article about storm preparedness for fire departments. And, over the next few months will update and offer it for those who may have missed it, or can use it as a refresher and to assist in planning. The article will review how you can prepare your fire department and station for similar type disasters, mostly weather related, that may impact your area for extended periods of time. The larger the geographical area that is involved, the longer it will take for outside assistance to arrive and that means the longer your department will be at the forefront of disaster operations. For sure it doesn’t cover every possible event that can happen, but it should stir discussion and is a starting point for storm preparations, planning and extended duty for all departments. It may not be a hurricane in your area, but whatever the type of storm/disaster, it can and will happen again and it can happen anywhere.
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2013 prescribed burning at Monmouth Battlefield State Park Manalapan, NJ - It was just another dry winter day with smoke filled skies as B10 crews of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service successfully finished a prescribed burning a few hundred acres at Monmouth Battlefield State Park on January 20, 2013, after two days of burning. So far its looking like another dry winter, which could result in another busy fire season for 2013. More burns are planned statewide for the coming months before the Spring fire season starts on March 15.
Who needs to laugh more than the Fire Companies ---the first responders who deal with dangerous circumstances each and every day? There’s an innovative concept for fund-raising developed by Joey Novick, who is a stand-up comedian and the Fire Commissioner in his hometown: Stand-up comedy shows. Fire companies can get much-needed laughs and profit financially as well. Novick's company, ComedyWorks, provides all-star headline comedians from HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime, Last Comic Standing, and the Tonight Show. Novick’s been producing comedy shows since 1977, and has experience producing shows with such comedians as Jerry Seinfeld, Rosie O’Donnell, Larry The Cable Guy, and Tim Allen. "The comedians were very funny, and very professional," wrote Mark Bruhmuller, Fire Chief of the Churchtown Fire Company of New York. “Joey Novick did an excellent job. Everybody loves to laugh, and it's a great deal of fun." ComedyWorks produces more than 300 shows a year, almost 150 of those for emergency service organizations. The money these shows can raise varies, depending on things like the
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number of tickets sold, how they're priced, the amount spent on promotion and whether food and drink are available. "Mostly companies produce shows in their own facilities, which may hold 300–400 people," says Novick. "We'll put together a show for them that will bring in comedians from major comedy clubs, with a headliner from HBO, Comedy Central, or the Tonight Show. The feature performer will be someone who's headlined the comedy circuit: Catch a Rising Star, the Improv, the Comedy Store. The host of the show will be a comedian who's very high-energy, like a game-show host, to get the audience warmed up. A triple headliner show!” The Somerset Fire Company of New Jersey produces two fundraisers a year through ComedyWorks. "We've done about ten shows so far, and it's been great," says Mike Reinbeck, who coordinates the shows for the 65-mem-
ber volunteer department. "A friend of mine who had used Joey told me, 'This guy books really good acts.' So, we did the first show, everything was great, and we've been doing shows with Joey ever since." "I find their people to be very funny," agrees Adam Hubney, chief of the Atlantic Highlands Volunteer Fire Department in New Jersey, which books comedians through ComedyWorks for its annual dinner. "We have a professional comedy club in our county, and the quality is just as good." Comedy Works provides a 30-page ‘How-To’ guide that assists organizations through the comedy show production and warns of mistakes to avoid. "We make sure they follow everything in the guide," says Novick. "If a company has never done this before, it gives you everything from you need to know. We make sure that things get done right. Clients who follow the guide always do very well and tend to make money.” For information on Comedy Works, call 1 (888) 782-4589, go to www.comedyworks.org or e-mail joeynovick@earthlink.net.
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Third alarm blaze spreads to three houses in Paterson
EDAN DAVIS
Tractor trailer overturns on Route 55 On January 21, 2013, Vineland Units Engine 61, Rescue 1, Engine 21, and Squad 6 were dispatched to Route 55 Southbound on the Exit 32 off ramp for a reported commercial MVC. Units arrived to a tractor trailer overturned with the driver partially extricated from the vehicle. Command requested Life Support 2 and County Fire Police Station 87 dispatched to the scene. Rescue crews went into service to remove the patient from the vehicle. EMS on location requested the helicopter to fly. Engine 21 set up the landing zone behind the Hampton Inn. BLS and ALS transported the patient to the landing zone, where they were transferred to the waiting MedEvac 5. MedEvac 5 transported the patient to a local trauma center. NJSP is investigating.
Paterson, NJ. Heavy fire conditions, freezing temperatures and frozen hydrants hampered firefighters as they battled a third alarm fire in three vacant houses that sent a large column of smoke in the sky that could be seen JUMP TO FILE # for several miles 012813121 away. Just around 8:30 p.m. on January 27th, the Paterson Fire Department was dispatched to 265 Fair Street for a reported structure fire. Upon arrival, fire companies were faced with heavy fire in a two and a half story vacant dwelling with fire extending to similar structures on the bravo and delta sides. A second alarm was struck as crews tried to establish water supplies. Due to frozen hydrants in the area, crews worked to find working hydrants on neighboring streets. Once a water supply was established, a ladder pipe and tower ladder were put into operation to knock down the heavy fire in the main fire building as crews made an aggressive interior attack on both exposures. As the heavy fire was knocked in the main fire building, a third alarm was transmitted. Fire in the delta exposure was knocked down. However, fire still remained in the bravo exposure. As crews were inside the Bravo exposure a "Mayday" was given out for a firefighter trapped in the attic. A ladder was extended to the attic window to rescue the firefighter hanging out of the window. However, interior crews located the firefighter and
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Bass River Twp structure fire Around 1:00 p.m. hours on Munion Field Rd, a reported structure fire was called in. 4200 found heavy smoke showing. 4211 took up the D side. Crews pulled a one and three quarter inch line and made their way inside. Station 71 took up the A side and pulled another one and three quarter inch to go interior. Other companies arrived for a water supply. The fire was knocked down within 20 minute. Crews remained on scene for overhaul and no one was injuried. Other companies responding were Station 72, Station 50, Station 45 from Lower Bank and Station 70 stood by at Station 71. EMS was provided by Great Bay EMS. The fire is under investigation.
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brought him out of the structure. The fire took two hours to bring under control. No injuries were reported. The fire remains under investigation due to the three
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killed on 9-11 but did pass away from a heart attack some time later. I reviewed the second disk, which is one hour and 44 minutes in length. These episodes were to be on television, but I cannot honestly say they were as I had not seen them. Anyway, they are enhanced by vest cams at times, which brings you inside the burning buildings and places where emergencies took place. I will only review this second DVD for two reasons. First, because they are sold as a package, not individually and secondly, if I reviewed each of them, it would take a year as videos are reviewed in this publication every other month. Due to the fact that these episodes were filmed for television, they bounce to different scenes very quickly, which is not what you would see on the average video taken by a videographer, who would not be permitted in the building. Whereas most of the videos we review dwell on the outside of a structure or an incident, it is easier to take notes while analyzing it. These ten DVD’s advance too quickly to allow for note taking. I will simply cover the incidents from the episodes on this DVD.
Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue is the first, and they handle an apartment house fire. However, this house is one story high with horizontally attached apartments. When the fire is knocked down a relief crew is called to overhaul. Their next incident is a stabbing. Next is New York City and they fight a three story apartment house fire and later do SCUBA training. Then, there is a cellar fire and an MVA with entrapment. The District of Columbia is next with a fully involved car fire next to a dumpster. Next, is a suicide attempt, a gas leak in a school and a female assaulted. Los Angeles City is next with a structure fire caused by a mattress resulting with a fatality. Members of Station 9 talk about their work. An abandoned house fire is next followed by a house fire caused by a candle. Finally they respond to a man with head trauma. Back to New York City we go with a multiple dwelling fire, an interview with Rescue 2, an apartment fire and finally hazmat training. This set is well worth the money to see and will keep you off the streets for awhile if you view each of them!
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In house physical fitness training vs. off site programs FIREFIGHTER FITNESS Lori Ann Hodgkinson
I have visited my share of fire houses and have had numerous opportunities to speak with administrators and firefighters alike regarding their physical training programs. Although some stations offer “in house” programs, others send members “off site” to train. Here is what most of those I spoke to have said. Nearly everyone agreed that physical training should play a role in the fire service. (woo hoo, I love it!) Most agree that “in house” programs are more desirable, but those who do not have them site initial set-up costs as well as maintenance costs as the major road blocks to instituting them. These fire departments send their members to outside facilities (gyms) to train. They feel these programs are more cost-effective and require less administrative effort and upkeep on their part. Those with “in house” programs begged to differ on the whole cost effective argument and presented the following reasons. Many stated that although initial equipment purchase and set-up of the facility were greater at first, the costs diminished over the life of the program. Outside memberships must be renewed annually and usually increase each year. Many outside facilities require a minimum number of memberships be purchased and many fire departments can end up paying for more memberships than are actually being used. Those with “off site” programs worried about liability issues and insurance costs, yet those with “in house” programs stated if members were training off site on their dime, liability could still be an issue. They prefer training take place where they can have greater control over participation and safety. When asked about insurance costs, they explained that having an “in house” facility can save by reducing insurance premiums (compensation points) especially if the program is monitored and provides instruction and programs to strengthen members and reduce the risk of injury. The savings on premiums can actually exceed the cost of monitoring/supervising the program. Wow! A kajor knock on “off site” programs was the fact that they decrease “in house” time. We all know that greater ”in house” time reduces “response time”. That’s a big deal. For those departments that are volunteer, it is especially an issue.
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Also, if they are off site, hopefully they will respond, but even so, valuable time is lost. Additionally, there is little chance they will return to the outside facility to finish their workout after the alarm. Those with “in house programs stated that firefighters, who had their workouts interrupted by alarms, often returned to finish their workout (depending on the duration and severity of the alarm). “Off site” programs allow for very little control. They are not monitored and provide administrators with little or no feedback to their effectiveness and more importantly safety. “In house” programs that have a good set of SOP’s ensure that all participants are medically cleared to participate, have been given proper orientation and instruction as well as personalized exercise programs. Although these programs must be maintained and require a fitness professional, salary costs can be offset and often exceeded by a reduction in insurance premiums because of the increased safety and decreased liability. Again, although most agreed that “in house” programs were more desirable, there are still those departments that prefer to send members “off site” for fitness training. To determine which program is right for your department, (volunteer or paid), examine the points we discussed. Consult with a fitness professional and your insurance company as well as your membership to find the best fit for your department. Keep training and stay safe!
Union City, NJ. An afternoon fire consumed a rear apartment of a three story ordinary apartment building on January 22nd, displacing 18 families and sending one resident and one firefighter to the hospital. The fire started around 2:35 p.m. when North Hudson Fire Control received numerous phones calls report- JUMP TO FILE # 012313111 ing a fire at 40118th Street. First arriving police units reported smoke coming from windows in the front of the structure and to notify the fire department of a working fire. Arriving firefighters located the fire in a rear second floor apartment where heavy smoke was venting from the windows. A second alarm was struck as firefighters assisted tenants out of the building to safety. Police assisted some of the occupants across the street to Emerson Middle School for shelter from the 19 degree weather. The fire was quickly knocked down by interior crews, causing severe damage to the fire apartment. The building was shut down by city officials due to water damage. One resident and one firefighter were transported to Palisades Medical Center and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. “With the icy conditions and the wind on the roof, it took a toll on the firefighters,” said Fire Chief Frank Montagne.
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Pierce joins New Jersey cooperative purchasing contract for firefighting vehicles
Crews continue to battle heavy fire and a large amount of debris
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Appleton, WI. Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation and the leading U.S. manufacturer of fire and emergency vehicles, today announced full participation in NJ’s first-ever state sponsored cooperative purchasing program for fire and emergency apparatus. Pierce’s contract (#A83457) is effective immediately and runs through January 2018. “By providing fire departments with a broad selection of vehicle choices from multiple manufacturers, this New Jersey state contract enables precisely what was intended,” said Bobby Williams, Pierce Manufacturing vice president of sales and marketing. “We are confident that fire departments, after close evaluation, will see the many advantages Pierce offers in terms of quality, performance, long-term value and low cost of ownership.” In effect, the cooperative group purchasing program opens up an extensive selection of Pierce vehicles to municipal NJ fire departments, so that they can order and quickly receive Pierce apparatus. The program is an organized state effort to obtain pricing and contract process efficiency benefits for municipal fire departments. “We’re excited to participate in the program, and we applaud the state for quickly putting it in place, especially in light of the severe damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to fire apparatus across the state,” said David Russell, president of Fire and Safety Services, Ltd., the Pierce dealer for New Jersey. “In addition, our team of 14 salespeople, all current or former firefighters, understands that
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fire departments need vehicles and after-the-sale support they can count on for the long term. We treat every truck as if it were our own. It’s as simple as that.” Pierce has developed a comprehensive list of vehicles, including pumpers, rescues, tankers, aerials and wildland trucks that can be easily ordered through the program. To help educate fire departments on the wide range of vehicles that qualify, Fire and Safety Services has posted component lists for all available vehion its website at cles www.f-ss.com. Fire & Safety Services, Ltd., headquartered in South Plainfield, is New Jersey’s premier fire and emergency apparatus supplier. The company, founded in 1964, features on-site mobile parts and services support and 24/7/365 oncall managers. For more information, call 800-400-8017 and visit www.f-ss.com. Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation is celebrating its 100th year in business in 2013. Pierce is the leading North American manufacturer of custom fire apparatus, including custom and commercial pumpers, aerials, rescue trucks, wildland trucks, minipumpers, elliptical tankers, and homeland security apparatus. In addition, Pierce designs its own foam systems and was the first company to introduce frontal airbags and the Side Roll Protection system to fire apparatus. - PROVIDED
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Pleasantville battles stubborn second alarm fire Pleasantville firefighters battled a stubborn fire in the late afternoon of January 25th. Shortly after 3pm, Pleasantville firefighters were dispatched to the area of North Main Street Elementary School for a reported structure fire. Upon arrival of command, a working fire was transmitted for heavy smoke and fire in a two story structure at 306 North Main st. Atlantic City International Airport automatically sent an engine for the confirmed fire and a RIT team was requested from the city of
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Northfield. As crews established a water supply and stretched hand lines, other firefighters came across access problems while venting. Due to hoarding conditions, crews were not able to make an interior attack on the fire and were forced to go into defensive operations. At the time, a second alarm was requested bringing an engine
and tower from Absecon and an engine from Ventnor. Heavy fire and smoke filled the house as crews knocked down the fire with one ladder pipe, a portable monitor and multiple handlines. It took crews three hours to bring the fire under control due to the large amount of debris, as well as the cold snowy conditions. One firefighter was transported to the hospital for minor injuries. The fire still remains under investigation. - CHRIS TOMPKINS
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Secaucus firefighters used Tower 2's bucket to open up the facade of a dwelling on Farm Road to reach hidden flames on the evening of January 18th. Two families were displaced by the two alarm fire.
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Union County Mutual Aid Coordinator 7, Lou Kelly (left), and M.A.C. 4, Tom Murray, Jr., operate at the command post during a 4-alarm fire in a commercial building on East Hazelwood Avenue on January 18th which involved fire units from Union, Middlesex and Essex Counties.
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Elizabeth Deputy Chief Lathey Wirkus in command at a five-alarm apartment building fire on Irvington Ave.
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Kearny Deputy Chief Robert Osborn directs operations at a four alarm fire on January 20th.
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Cumberland County Firefighter II emergency medical training
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John Feltes, Cumberland County EMS Coordinator, (top of ramp) reviews the equipment carried in the county's mass casualty trailer.
Rosenhayn, NJ. As part of the Firefighter II training program in Cumberland County, on January 30th, 22 firefighters in the class were introduced to the capabilities available to them for a mass casualty incident and how they interface with EMS. Participants reviewed the equipment in the mass casualty trailer at the training center. They were also given a tour of AtlantiCare’s mass casualty response unit. This medical ambulance bus is one of 12 such units in the New Jersey EMS Task Force and is kept in Egg Harbor Twp. It operates out of the AtlantiCare Hospital System for Atlantic and Cape May Counties. John Feltes, Cumberland County EMS Coordinator and Special Operations Coordinator for Un-
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derwood Hospital MICU, explained that the AtlantiCare unit is available to Cumberland County at the request of the county EMS coordinator. Special Operations Coordinator for AtlantiCare, Jay Potter said the ambulance bus is capable of treating and transporting 19 stretcher patients. The unit has been in service for less than a year and has responded to three incidents. According to Potter, the unit was in operation for 13 straight days during hurricane Sandy, primarily with nursing home evacuations. - JOHN CARR
Master streams control commercial building fire in Rahway
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Rahway firefighters cut the lock on a gate to gain access to a fenced in area.
Rahway, NJ. Firefighters from three counties battled a four alarm fire at the Allstate Power-Vac facility on East Hazelwood Ave. for nearly two hours before bringing it under control. The Rahway Fire Department was dispatched on January 18, 2013 at 11:35 a.m. for a reported fire, possibly involving a truck inside the building. Employees reported hearing an explosion and then discovered heavy black smoke filling the area. Engine 1 arrived on scene and found heavy fire conditions in the rear of the one story commercial building. A water supply was established and a deck gun was placed in service to knock down the heavy fire as firefighters cut locks to gain access to the fenced in area.
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Several master streams were set up, including a tower ladder from Rahway and Linden to dowse the flames from the exterior. Several water supplies were established and relay pumping operations were set up due to water pressure problems in the area. Master streams had the bulk of the fire darkened by 1:00 p.m. and then hand lines were advanced inside the building to extinguish remaining hot spots. Union County Haz-Mat was summoned to the scene to monitor the air and water run off due to unknown hazardous materials present inside the building. All employees were able to es-
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cape the building unharmed. At one point there were reports of people trapped inside the fenced in area of the facility, but were able to get out safely. A large section of the building suffered significant damage, while the majority of the building that spans an entire block was able to be saved. Also, several vehicles inside the building were destroyed. Mutual aid fire departments from Union, Middlesex, and Essex Counties responded to assist at the scene and cover the city during the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but it appears to have started in a large truck that was parked inside the building. - KEITH ADDIE
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Carlstadt Ex-Chief and his Brother-In-Law Wood Ridge Ex-Chief Tom Bischoff Jr.
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Members of the South Orange Fire Department stand by their new 102 foot aerial. Firefighters Ricky DeFino and Giovanni Grasso, DC Savage, Firefighter Mike Burrell and DC Sullivan
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Springfield Captain Marc Corea, and Firefighters Peter Peros, Pat Federico and Tom Balke with Engine 4's new Spartan ERV 1500-gpm pumper.
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First aid merit badges in Flanders Boy Scouts from Troop 156 in Flanders came to the Flanders Fire Company #1 and Rescue Squad to work on their first aid merit badges. EMS Division Capt. Nicole Shields, center, worked with troop members, including her son, Brandon, 12, left, and Jason Cartier, 12. Capt. Shields watched as the boys practiced putting a sling on an injured arm. The boys must master this and other skills ranging from getting an injured hiker out of the woods to recognizing strokes and heart attacks to earn their badges.
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Livingston Engine 3 has been assigned a 2012 Spartan Hamilton Fire District 9 placed back into service a re- Waldwick Engine 1 received a 2012 Pierce Arrow XT ERV 1500-gpm/500-gwt pumper sold by Campbell Sup- built Seagrave 1500-gpm/750-gwt pumper that was in- 1500-gpm/750-gwt/50-gft pumper with 10-inch raised ply Co. volved in a major collision. The former 2004 model now cab roof, sold by Fire & Safety Services. has a 2012 classiďŹ cation.
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The Cedar Knolls Fire Dept recently received a 2012 International Matex Tank Terminal, (IMTT) in Bayonne NJ Pierce Dash CF Puc 1500gpm/750 tank, 40 foam engine. recently placed into service Rapid Attack 1. Rapid AtIt will run as Engine 34 for the Cedar Knolls Fire Dept. It tack 1, is a 2012 Ford F-550 XL Super Duty. was sold by Fire & Safety Services
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South Bergen Fire Chiefs Association President Rich Pelcher (left) with Little Ferry Fire Chief John Ruff and Moonachie Assistant Fire Chief and EMS Captain Frank Smith
South Bergen Strong Group aids fellow first responders parment members are Keith Bruining, Adam Bene, Lou Avola, Ed DiGiorigo, Thomas LoPiccolo and Moses Owen. Wallington Fire Department members are Brian
Truslow, Ray Volosin, Brian Batchelor, Joseph Fehl, Dave Kaczor and Chris Sinisi. - RON JEFFERS
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Second alarm for West New York West New York, NJ. On the afternoon of January 24th as temperatures hit the high teens, a fire in an OMD was called into the North Hudson Regional Fire Department. Fire on the first floor on this four story building was making its way to the second floor, but was quickly held to the apartment of origin. Firefighter not only battled the heat and flames, they also battled the temperatures and freezing ice.
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Moonachie, NJ. The Fire Service is an extended family to its members and the bonds are very strong in southern Bergen County. After Moonachie and Little Ferry were hit hard by Sandy and their public safety units equipment lost or seriously damaged by ood waters, their neighborhood brothers and sisters came to their aid. They assisted JUMP TO FILE # during the storm and 011413107 continue by raising funds to get their fellow blue coats back to normal. Members of the Lodi and Wallington Fire Departments established a South Bergen Strong Committee to assist their neighbors. In December, the group held a very successful beefsteak dinner for the Moonachie and Little Ferry ďŹ re departments and EMS squads. On the morning of January 12th, Lodi and Wallington units pulled up to the Moonachie ďŹ rehouse to present their brothers and sisters with the donation. An impressive $27,500 was raised and these funds were split between the Moonachie and Little Ferry ďŹ re and EMS units. Representatives from all receiving agencies were present to accept the checks. The stripped Moonachie ďŹ rehouse is ready for renovation. On the apparatus oor stood two Moonachie pumpers, that still need evaluation and/or repair work. Occupying two other apparatus bays are a 1989 Pierce 1500-gpm pump that was donated to the MF. by the ďŹ re commissioners of Montville Excelsior Fire Co. 2 and a 1984 Pierce 1250-gpm pumper that was donated by the Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District of Gilberts, Ill. The MFD's platform is back at the KME plant for extensive repair work. Their antique GMC/Ahrens Fox pumper is in the process of being repaired. Engine 4's 1980 Sanford was parked outside in the parking lot ready for disposal after suffering severe ood damage. This pumper has a rear-mounted hose reel for LDH. Ironically, the replacement pumper from Montville also has a rearmounted LDH reel. The South Bergen Strong Committee consists of Co-Chairman Anthony Maiolo of Lodi and Matt Palmer of Wallington. Lodi Fire De-
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NJ’s first Dash CF, PUC goes to Cedar Knolls Since Pierce Manufacturing came out with the Pierce Ultimate Configuration (PUC) body design, it has been a hot item with many fire departments across the country. Some of the main points of the design include the elimination of the pump house affording more storage space, a limited pump and roll capability via a rear engine pto drive and lower hoseloads to name a few. Though the PUC is available on all Pierce custom chassis, their last new introduction, the Dash CF represents a cab design to mate up with this body style according to them. The Dash CF is also available with standard pumper, aerial and rescue designs. Heretofore all Pierce PUC apparatus delivered to NJ were with their other chassis. Cedar Knolls in Hanover Township (Morris County), has the first PUC pumper in the state with the Dash CF chassis. Engine 34 was delivered on New Year’s Eve on the brink of 2013. It has a single stage 1500 gpm pump and carries 750 gallons of water. The Husky foam system has 20 gallon Class A and 40 gallon Class B tanks. Hose layouts include two 1 ¾ inch preconnected front bumper rolls, one with a smooth bore nozzle and the other with a fog nozzle (plumbed separately), a one-inch bumper roll trashline, a 2 ½ inch flat load preconnect on either side of the body, three 1 ¾ inch flat loads with interchangeable tips in crosslays, a 2 ½ inch and a 1 ¾ inch hoseload each on the driver’s side rear, a dead load of three inch on the officer’s side rear to connect to a TFT Blitzfire hand monitor, five inch supply hose and a TFT Hurricane RF deck gun. Other features include a six seat cab, Cummins ISL9, 450 hp diesel engine. A 10 kw on-board generator and Will Burt Night Scan. Since the advent of the PUC design, other manufacturers have introduced their own versions. First Priority Emergency Vehicles reports the following KME orders. For the Kingwood Township VFC in Hunterdon County, an Eliminator tanker on a Freightliner M2-112 chassis. Specs include a Detroit DD13, 450 hp diesel engine, Allison 4000 EVS transmission, Hale DSD, 1000 gpm singlestage pump, 3300 gallon poly water tank, KME’s Eliminator Tender body3/16” aluminum, ROM roll up doors, three 10 inch dump valves, Zico QuicLift hydraulic portable tank system, 3500 gallon Husky folding, portable water tank, and Whelen NFPA-LED Lighting Package. The Navesink Hook & Ladder in Red Bank (Monmouth County) ordered a 103 foot aerial on a Predator chassis. Specs include an LFD chassis with ten inch raised roof cab and seven seats, Cummins ISX12, 500 hp diesel engine, Allison 4000 EVS transmission, Whelen NFPA-LED Lighting Package, KME 3/16” aluminum rear mount ladder body, Onan 35 kw direct drive pto generator, FRC Spectra LED scene lighting, two Hannay electric cord reels, four section steel aerial ladder, multiplexed ladder operating system, Akron StreamMaster XT electric monitor at ladder tip, store front blitz nozzle and 115 feet of ground ladders. They delivered the following ambulances. Three First Priority RenaisPlease send any comments or news tidbits you might have about Apparatus of the Month to us at 1st Responder News, 1 Ardmore Street. New Windsor, NY 12553. Or you can e-mail them to Apparatus@1stResponderNews.com.
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South Orange L 8-1, 2013 Ferrara Igniter 102 foot aerial with 8 kw generator.
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Cedar Knolls E-34, 2012 Pierce Dash CF, PUC pumper. It is 1500/750/20A/40B with 10 kw generator and Night Scan. It was sold by Fire & Safety Services.
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City of Wildwood FD EMS, A-391, 2012 Ford E-350/AEV ambulance.
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Deal E-6176, 2011 Spartan ERV on Metro Star chassis. It is 1500/500 with 10 kw generator. It was sold by Campbell Supply Co. LLC.
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Arbor Hose Co., Piscataway Twp., E-643, 2012 Spartan Gladiator/Toyne 1500/700/25 with 10 kw generator.
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Sayreville Tactical 7, 2012 Ford F-750/Custom Works with 35 kw generator, portable winch and awning. It was sold by First Priority Emergency Vehicles. John M. Malecky
sance Remounts. One is a Ford E-350 under a Road Rescue module for Sea Bright FD (Monmouth County), one is a Chervrolet CK 3500 Type 1 under a Road Rescue module for the Elizabeth FD EMS (Union County) and the third a Chevrolet 4500 under a Braun Chief XL for the Florham Park FAS (Morris County.) Ambulance orders include five First Priority Renaissance Remounts. Three Ford E-350’s under Road Rescue modules are for the Union County EMS, Westfield and two Ford E-450’s, one under an E-ONE module for the South Bound Brook FAS (Somerset County) and one under a P.L. Custom module for the Edison FAS No. 1 (Middlesex County.) Fire & Safety Services reports the following Pierce orders. For Mendham Boro (Morris County), a Velocity 105 foot PUC ladder, for the City of Clifton (Passaic County) an Arrow XT pumper and for Eatontown in Monmouth County a Velocity 75 foot aluminum ladder quint.
Pierce deliveries include three Arrow XT pumpers, one each to Waldwick (Bergen County), Riverside (Burlington County) and the Elizabeth Avenue VFC in Franklin Township (Somerset County.) Washington Township/Long Valley (Morris County) received a Saber PUC pumper. Ambunet has made the following ambulance deliveries within the last quarter of 2012. To Delran (Burlington County), Bell Transport in Maplewood (Essex County) and Sunny Transportation in Woodbridge Township (Middlesex County), a Demers Type II each. Sunny also bought a Medix Type II. A custom Medix Type II and a Type III long wheelbase Special Care Transport Unit on a Chevrolet chassis both went to McCabe Ambulance Service in Bayonne (Hudson County) and Type II Medix units went to Able Medical in Somerville (Somerset County) and Courtesy Medical in Howell Township (Monmouth County.) New Jersey Emergency Vehicles has delivered a P.L. Custom Classic, Type 1
Verona E-14, 2011 KME Predator, 2000/750 with 20 kw generator. ambulance on a Ford F-450 chassis to the Upper Deerfield Township EMS, Seabrook (Cumberland County.) Campbell Supply Co. LLC has received an order from the Union Beach FAS (Monmouth County) for two Wheeled Coach CitiMedic Type III ambulances on Chevrolet chassis. They will replace two destroyed units from Hurricane Sandy including a new Wheeled Coach. Summit in Union County has ordered a 1500 gpm Spartan ERV pumper with a Gladiator LFD chassis and ten inch raised roof cab. They made several Spartan ERV deliveries. In Monmouth County, Deal and Freehold Boro received new apparatus. Deal has a Legend pumper on a Metro Star MFD chassis. Specs include a Cummins ISL9, 400 hp diesel engine, Extreme Duty interior and front bumper, front bumper intake and discharge, aluminum wheels, Hale 1500 gpm single-stage pump, 500 gallon
poly tank, two 1 ¾ inch and one 2 ½ inch crosslays, five inch discharge, Akron Apollo HiRiser deck gun, aluminum body, ROM roll up doors, 10 kw Smart Power generator, Hannay electric cord reel and Akron Star scene lights. Freehold Boro received a mid mount platform on a Gladiator MFD chassis. Specs include a Cummins ISX 12, 500 hp diesel engine, Extreme Duty interior, eight seat cab, 100 foot steel platform, 1000 pound payload rating, Laser pointer outrigger placement lights, auto level and auto stow outriggers, saw compartment in platform, LED safety walkway lighting, Hale 8FG, 2000 gpm pump, 300 gallon poly tank, all pump gauges back lit for night operations, stainless steel body, ROM roll-up doors, 15 kw Smart Power generator and FRC scene lighting. - continued on page 56
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North Hudson Captain Jim Mc Donough (center) retired in January after 25 years of service. Mc Donough, who started his career with the former Weehawken Fire Department, stands with company members, Firefighter Steven Alvarez (left) and Richard Gora.
North Hudson firefighters stretched hose lines and carried ground ladders through an alley to gain access to a rear address dwelling off of Kennedy Blvd. in North Bergen.
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Carlstadt Chief of Department Jarret Milligan operating at a multiple alarm fire in East Rutherford
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- continued from page 54 In Gloucester County, Monroe Township received three pumpers on Spartan Metro Star chassis. The Williamstown VFC has two Legend pumpers. Specs include a six seat cab, Cummins 400 hp diesel engine, Hale 1500 gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, high side compartments on both sides and a 6 kw pto generator. The Cecil VFC has a Star pumper with a six seat cab, Cummins 450 hp diesel, Hale 1500 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, rescue style body, light tower, 10 kw pto generator, TFT Hurricane RF deck gun, three Hurst reels and an eight cylinder air cascade system. In Bergen County the Garfield VFD has a tractor drawn aerial with a pump. Specs include a Gladiator ELFD chassis, Cummins ISX 15,, 550 hp diesel engine, Extreme Duty interior, 10 seats in cab, David Clark 3800
Series wireless intercom, 103 foot steel aerial, heated and AC tiller cab, ladder tip wireless controls, Elkhart Scorpion wireless monitor, 500 pound payload rating, LED safety walkway lighting, Hale DSD 1500 gpm pump, 200 gallon water tank, all pump gauges LED back lit for night operations, Elkhart unibody valves, aluminum body, 10 kw Smart Power generator, two Hannay electric cord reels and FRC scene lighting. They also delivered two EVI emergency service trucks to the Jersey City Police (Hudson County.) Specs include a Ford F-550 Super Duty, Super Cab 4 x 4 chassis with 162 inch wheelbase and two seats, 112 inch aluminum modular rescue body with rear ROM roll-up door, six ton Ramsey winch, two-kw Honda generator with floodlight, Whelen scene lighting on body and FRC telescoping scene lighting behind the cab.
Suspicious fire sends residents and firefighter to hospital North Bergen, NJ. A suspicious fire sent four residents to the hospital and displaced seven when a fire started in a wood-frame dwelling shortly after midnight on January 21st. North Hudson Fire Control dispatched a full-assignment at 12:12 a.m. to 7221 Kennedy Boulevard and then notified companies that the police were off at the scene with a working fire in a rear address dwelling. The fire was in a home located behind a commercial structure with a driveway entrance to the front door of the house. First arriving police units encountered several residents in need of medical care due to the heavy smoke condition. Ambulances from nearby municipalities and hospitals
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were summoned to the scene. Firefighters had to stretch hose lines and carry ground ladders from Kennedy Boulevard through the dark alley to the fire building. Flames spread through the walls and into the attic of the building. “Upon arrival there was a large volume of fire on the exterior in the rear of the building and heavy smoke condition,” said North Hudson Fire Chief Frank Montagne. Officials said the fire began on the exterior of the structure in a two foot wide alley separating it from the commercial building that faces Kennedy Boulevard. Three alarms
were transmitted by Deputy Chief Nick Gazzillo as the fire raced up the rear of the building and extended into the attic. Additional alarms were sounded because the fire was difficult to reach, exposure problems and icing conditions. Four residents were taken to Palisades Medical Center suffering from smoke inhalation and were treated and released. A battalion chief was also taken to PMC suffering from chest pains and held for observation, officials said. The fire has been ruled suspicious and an investigation is being conducted by North Bergen police and the state Division of Fire safety. - RON JEFFERS
Far Hills-Bedminster auto accident with fire On January 29th at 10:58 a.m., the Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department and Somerset Medical Center BLS Unit 803 were dispatched to Inter- JUMP TO FILE # state 78 East Bound 013113121 for an auto accident with possible fire. Assistant Chief Brian Bassett confirmed a working vehicle fire. Engine 29-101 stretched a one and three quarter inch handline to extinguish the fire. Tanker 29-132 provided an additional water source. Due to a possible fuel leak, Liberty Corner Fire Company was requested, butcancelled enroute. Somerset Medical Center BLS Unit 803 transported one patientl. - ERIC MURPHY
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New officers for Flanders Fire Company #1 and Rescue Squad Flanders, NJ. A firefighter credited with pulling a man out of a burning house is the new chief of the Flanders Fire Company #1 and Rescue Squad. Frank Zeller was named chief of the volJUMP TO FILE # unteer fire com- 011713117 pany after being chosen by fire company members. He previously was first assistant chief. Members also promoted Nicole Shields to captain of the emergency medical services division. She was previously first lieutenant. Doug Fenichel was elected president of the firefighters' association, which handles the business affairs of the fire company. Fenichel, who also is an assistant engineer, has been an EMS officer and a trustee. Zeller has been a firefighter for 34 years. He joined the Randolph Fire Department when he was 18. In 1992, he moved to Flanders and joined the fire company. He became an assistant engineer and moved up through the ranks of the department, serving at every level. In 1998, Zeller was among firefighters who responded to a house fire on Raymar Street. Although smoke and flames were billowing from the house, Zeller and Firefighter Iain Thomlinson entered the stricture and pulled the unconscious
occupant to safety. Zeller and Thomlinson received medals of valor from the Morris County 200 Club for their efforts. Other officers for 2013 include First Assistant Chief Scott Faluotico, Second Assistant Chief Mike McDermott, Captain Kevin Elms, First Lt. Patrick Piserchio and Second Lt. David Leahy. Ms Shields will assume command of the department's EMS division. A registered nurse, she has been an EMT for 17 years. Other EMS officers include First Lt. Bruce Gallagher and Second Lts. Mayra Garcia and Cindy Zeller. Other association officers include Vice President Joe Abrusci, Secretary Jeanine Anglum, Treasurer Kevin Dolan, Assistant Treasurer Tano Giacchino, Personnel Officer Tom Puder and Asst. Personnel Officer Bruce Gallagher. Trustees are Fred Detoro, Sr., Scott Faluotico and Stan Rastiello. The new officers will be sworn in Jan. 26 at an installation ceremony. The Flanders Fire Company and Rescue Squad No. 1 provides fire protection and emergency medical services to residents and businesses in Flanders and, through mutual aid, surrounding towns. It is made up of about 50 members, all of whom receive training in fire suppression, rescue, hazardous materials response, homeland security issues and emergency medical services.
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