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Continued from Page 5 industries bordering those waterways], community and cultural events such as the Hindu Community Center’s annual procession parade, crew regattas and recreational waterway users and increases our opportunity at additional grant funding for sustainability, training, equipment, maintenance, repairs and fuel.” As proposed by the Coast Guard, municipal fire departments on the New Jersey side of the Hudson from Kearny, Secaucus, Bayonne, Newark, Elizabeth, Linden, Jersey City, Hoboken, Carteret, Perth Amboy, North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue and Edgewater – along with the FDNY – are expected to participate in the fireboat task force. Under this response plan, the KFD – together with
‘They get the benefit of training experience with the TF-1, which they bring back to us and, in turn, train our [KFD] members.’ — KFD Chief Steven Dyl Secaucus, Bayonne and the FDNY – would be called out for first alarms to attack water-based fires or effect water rescues in the zone designated “Newark Bay North – Hackensack River” and in the zone designated “Railroad Bridge – Passaic River.” Fireboats from Newark, Elizabeth and Linden would respond to second alarms in the same zone; boats from Jersey City, Hoboken and
Carteret, to third alarms; and boats from Perth Amboy, NHRFR and Edgewater to fourth alarms. The Coast Guard has devised similar types of responses in other waterway zones for which Kearny is not included. Dyl said the KFD would be linked to a radio frequency keyed to a “centralized regional dispatch center” to be operated by the NHRFR for a “tiered response for
incidents in Kearny.” The NHRFR is getting funding to hire additional dispatchers as needed to expedite the regional dispatch project, Dyl said. The KFD has already put itself in a position to carry out its responsibilities if the town’s elected officials authorize participation in the cooperative agreements by having more than $1 million in federal Port Security grants between 2010 and 2015 to help
bolster its water-response capabilities, the chief noted. It has, he said, thereby acquired five vessels: Marine 3 with pump capabilities, designed for low bridge clearances at Rutgers, Clay and Bridge Sts., for example, and four smaller boats, all outfitted with motors for river/flood rescues. And it has secured for its members, training in state boating safety techniques, swiftwater awareness, operations and technician; plus dry suits, ropes and firefighting foam. Through these efforts, Dyl said, “we have reduced our liability, while giving us the ability to rescue our citizens.” KFD members were involved in two recent rescue efforts, the latest on Oct. 21 involving two civilians in the Passaic River between Kearny and Newark, and a previous one Oct. 10 involving a civilian who jumped off a Passaic River crossing, also between Kearny and Newark.
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