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February, 2016
1ST Responder Newspaper - NJ
All hands dwelling in Runnemede
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Service award in Madison Park
On the evening of December 7th, prior to our December company meeting, we were visited by a representative from the NJ State Exempt Fireman's Association. He was here to present the Leonard Minkler Service Award for 2015 to our President, Frank Giacalone. Unbeknownst to Frank, he was nominated for the award by members of our department based on his unwavering dedication to the department, and as a member of the exempt firemen. We are very happy and proud of Frank in this accomplishment and would like to thank the NJ Exempts for coming to present this prestigious award to someone who well deserves it. Thank you for your continued dedication to the department Frank.
APPARATUS OF THE MONTH A look at what’s new with apparatus around the state with John Malecky
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The other order is from the Shrewsbury Fire Company (Monmouth County.) It will be a Predator 100 foot midmount aerial platform quint with a LFD, 148.5 inch cab, 10 inch raised roof, eight seats and a transverse cab compartment behind the rear doors. Specs include a Cummins ISX 15, 500 hp diesel engine, Allison 4000 EVS transmission, Waterous S100, 2000 gpm single-stage pump, fourinch discharge, three-inch deck gun discharge with Elkhart Vulcan monitor, two 1 ½ -inch crosslays with 2 ½inch crosslay above the pump, 2 ½-inch front bumper discharge, 300 gallon poly water tank, 3/16 –inch aluminum KME tandem axle body with 11 compartments, Amdor roll-up doors, 208 feet of ground ladders stored behind hinged doors at rear, six storage compartments, in the rear wheel wells for eight spare SCBA cylinders and extinguishers, dual hose chutes, Onan 10 kw hydraulic generator, two electric rewind cord reels with 225 feet of cord each, two FRC 215 watt, 12 volt LED fixed lights on each side of the body, six Whelen M9, LED scene lights on cab and body, KME five-section aerial platform, with two Akron monitors (one each electric and manual) each with two 2 ½-inch discharges under them for off platform work. The plat-
form has a three in one attachment (roof ladder, parapet mount, Stokes mount and lifting capability.) It also has a breathing air system with two 4500 psi, 444 cubic foot cylinders and six FRC LED 120 volt lights (one each front, under, on each side and two telescopic at the rear. Their ambulance division delivered the following: eleven Mercedes Sprinter/Demers Type II’s to Cooper Health System EMS in Camden (Camden County), a Ford E-450Demers 164MX Type III to Maple Shade First Aid Squad (Burlington County) and a Ford E-450/Braun Chief XL Type III to Lakewood Hatzolah EMS (Ocean County.) Ambulance orders include eight Road Rescue Transmedic Type II’s on Ford E-350 chassis for Atlantic Health System EMS, a Type III Renaissance Remount of a Braun Express module onto a Ford E-350 chassis for Capital Health Systems EMS in Trenton (Mercer County) and a Braun Super Chief medium duty on a Freightliner M2 extended cab chassis for the Demarest Ambulance Corps. (Bergen County.) Absolute Fire Protection reports that the Avenel Fire Company in Woodbridge Township (Middlesex County) ordered a E-ONE E-Max rescue pumper on a Typhoon chassis. It will have a 1500 gpm pump, 530 gallon water tank and a three tool HRT system
Task Force 7 was dispatched to 34 S Read Ave for a reported house fire around 1:45 a.m. on December 4th. 701(Chief Moriarty) arrived on location to smoke showing from a one JUMP TO FILE# story frame single 120915100 family dwelling, police reporting a basement fire. Quint 75 conducted a 360 of the dwelling and stretched a one and three quarter inch hand line into the front door on a confirmed basement fire with extension the the first floor. Quint 75's crew attempted to darken down the fire on the first floor while trying to find the basement access. 702 (Deputy Chief Loverdi) assumed fire operations. Squad 32 established the water supply to Quint 75 and advanced the second hand line to the basement from the "C" side. Ladder 32 and Quint 91 searched, ventilated, and assisted with the fire attack. Squad 75 assisted with the fire attack and provided lighting to the scene. Rescue 82 and Quint 51 acted as the RIT teams. Due to rapidly changing conditions and a compromised first floor B side, the companies were ordered out of the house. The bulk of the fire was knocked down from the exterior and transitioned back to the interior attack. The fire was placed under control in about 40 minutes with no reported injuries. Special thanks to Utility 81 for providing the cascade services and Squirt 21 for providing a cover while we were on scene. The fire is under investigation
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by the Runnemede and Camden County Fire Marshal's Office. There were no working smoke detectors in the dwelling. The homeowner was alerted by the family dog at which point she was confronted with smoke and exited the home.
JAIME DALEUS
The worth of our training as an Alliance really showed at this fire. All the companies knew their assignments upon arrival, completed the assignments at hand, and overcame obstacles when confronted. - ANTHONY DOLCE
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Pete Donatello Sr. South Bergen Zone 3 Mutual Aid Coordinator and his son Pete Jr. Assistant Chief of the Rochelle Park Fire Department after a mutual aid fire in Lodi
DAMIEN DANIS