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Five Mile Beach Volunteer Firemen’s Association Post Office Box 935, Wildwood, NJ 08260-0935
Member Volunteer Fire Companies Anglesea - North Wildwood Wildwood - Holly Beach West Wildwood - Wildwood Crest After the cancellation of the 2020 Fireman’s Convention and Expo, it is our pleasure to welcome you back to Wildwood for this year’s New Jersey State Fireman’s Expo. The last year-and-a-half has been a most trying time for all. We have attempted to bring back some normalcy by putting on the Expo as usual with the least amount of inconvenient changes. We hope you and your family have weathered this pandemic unscathed. While you are here we recommend you still practice Covid safety measures. Even though the convention has been reduced to just one day, the Expo will still be a two-day event. Expo hours are 0800
to 1800 on Friday and 0800 to 1400 on Saturday. As you may know by now, the trolley service from Wildwood Crest in no longer in business, a casualty of the Corona virus. We have arranged for a jitney service to run in its place. Due to the change in registration times, the jitney service is scheduled to run from Jefferson Avenue in Wildwood Crest along Atlantic Avenue to Farragut Road, where it will turn east, then north on Ocean Avenue to the convention hall and Expo area. Friday jitney operation hours are to start at 0830 until 1600. Saturday service is schedued to run from 0830
until 1300. The Fireman’s memorial parade will start as usual at Morning Glory and New Jersey Avenues in Wildwood Crest at 1400. You are reminded there are no sirens allowed in town at anytime, including along the parade route. The parade will again be led by the fire companies that have lost a firefighter in the line of duty this past two years. Please be safe and enjoy your stay. David Thompson President, FMBVFA
Welcome from NJS Fireman’s Assocation Chiefs, Delegates, Life Members: The Officers and Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association would like to welcome everyone to the walk-through election of your State Officers. Although health and safety conditions have improved as compared to last year, your State Officers and Executive Committee felt that we should still take a cautious approach to activities this year. We ask for your patience as we try to take care of the necessary business of the Association. The election of your State Officers and four ballot questions will take place on Friday, September 17, 2021, at the Convention Center from 0900 to 1500. To try to keep the lines down, please limit those coming in to the Convention Center to just those individuals who have business there or are required to be there. Delegates and Life Members should have their white and red registration cards in hand as they enter the Convention Center to help speed up the voting process. We set up a “suggested” voting time schedule by county in order to try to keep the lines short. Please try to adhere to that schedule. Information is available on our website and from your local Relief Association Secretary. We will not be having full convention sessions this year, but we will be creating a Memorial Service video which will be available on our website later this year. Although the Executive Officers are running unopposed, we ask for your support by voting for each of us. The first ballot question
was submitted by 22 separate Local Relief Associations located in seven different counties. We ask that you review the information that was handed out at the County Caucus Elections on this resolution and cast your vote in the long-term best interests of our Association. The next three ballot questions are required “housekeeping” questions and we ask you to vote yes on each of them. Over the past year your Officers, along with the Executive Committee, continue to move the Association forward in a very positive and effective manner. We currently have three programs that the NJSFA administers to assist our members and their families. The Healthcare Program continues to be a success with our members. So far during this calendar year, we have over 125 firefighters participating in the program. Every County in the state has members in the program this year. Effective July 1, 2020 the maximum monthly reimbursement was increased to $5,000. This program is available to any member who is receiving care from a licensed caregiver working with a licensed health care firm. The firefighter can be receiving that care at home, an adult day care facility, a rehabilitation facility or a long-term care facility. Since the inception, 230 firefighters from all 21 counties have enrolled in this program. (Continued on page 6)