Up Close &Personal

Page 14, Fire News, January 2023 Up Close & Personal

(Left) APaterson firefighterat a commercial twoalarmeron Main Street on September10, 2022. - Fire News photo by Michael Ratcliffe

Atlantic City Fire Department Captain Bill Baumgartel (ret.; center) with retired Atlantic City Fire Department Captain Robert Vandyke (left) and retired City of Pleasantville Fire Department Company 2 Assistant Chief Ken Badger. Bill created the hand-crafted frontispieces forboth Bob and Ken as a token of friendship. - Fire News photo courtesy Ken Badger Atlantic County Firefighters Association President Chuck Macintosh, Jr.; Executive Chairman Howard Berchtold, Jr.; and Vice-Chairman OscarDutch, Jr.; at the NeverThere Gun Club spaghetti and crabs dinneron November4, 2022. This is an annual event the E-Board attends. Also in attendance were members Kim Feinstein, and Jaime and Rob Melon. - Fire News photo by Dennis C. Sharpe

City of Linwood FirefighterJay Sarno at the controls of Ladder5 at a Columbia Avenue job in the City of Pleasantville on November22- 2022. - Fire News photo by Dennis C. Sharpe InstructorSharpe and Trainee Carmona doing laddertraining on October16, 2022, showing students the difference in height of people when performing different tasks. - Fire News photo courtesy Dennis C. Sharpe Bargaintown Chief Eugene Sharpe and Scullville Chief Vern Cruse arriving at a Weymouth Avenue job on November13, 2022. - Fire News photo by Ken Badger

On September14, 2022, Silverton EMS and RWJ Paramedics requested an LZ to be set up fora patient who had jumped from the fourth floorof the Ocean County College complex. New Jersey State Police Southstarlanded at the college at the LZ set up by Silverton Fire Station 29. The patient was conscious and transported the Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

- Fire News photos by Mark Rosetti

LZ for Jumper Transport

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Dog Rescued at Cologne Fire

The volunteerfire companies of Cologne, Laureldale and Mays Landing responded to Primrose Court on June 20, 2022, at 0600, for the report of a structure fire with all occupants evacuated but with a dog still inside. Cologne Assistant Chief Sanders and firefighters, were greeted by heavy fire from the Aside of the structure with fire on the ground floorventing out two windows. Two lines were stretched and the fire was quickly knocked down. Firefighters quickly found the dog and removed it to the exteriorwhere it was resuscitated by EMS. - Fire News photos by Ken Badger

Originally built in 1987, this apparatus served the Oceanport First Aid Squad. Afterits careeras an ambulance, it was acquired by the Oceanport Fire Department to be used as a Special Services/Fire Police vehicle and Traffic Unit and is still in service today. - Fire News photo by Chris ‘Doc’Denton

35 Years and Still on the Job

Pets Die in Bayview Blaze

The volunteerfire companies of Bayview, Oceanville and Pomona responded to South 2nd Avenue on September28, 2022, fora report of a structure fire. Heavy smoke could be seen from a distance and the structure was located down the end of a long driveway. Bayview Assistant Chief Louis Miranda III established command forheavy fire showing from the garage of a two-story, wood frame, single-family dwelling. Galloway Township Chief John Mooney arrived and assumed operations. Asecond alarm was requested that brought in the remaining Galloway Township companies (Germania and South Egg Harbor), Absecon, Atlantic City Airport, Cardiff and Farmington from Egg HarborTownship. Bayview Engine 2644, laid in with a LDH that supplied a 2-½ inch line to the rearof the structure. Oceanville’s Quint, Engine 2644, supplied theiraerial which flowed theirladderpipe onto the well involved garage. During an interiorsearch, three dogs were discovered deceased and brought out and covered. The cause of the fire was underinvestigation by the Galloway Township Fire Investigators and Police. Also responding were Galloway EMS, Atlantic City Electric Company, and South Jersey Gas Company, Ladies Auxillary and Galloway Police. - Fire News photo by Ken Badger