No. 3 Vol. 6
June 2021
Cedar Grove Gets a New Firehouse
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By Lindsey Kelleher edar Grove Engine Company No. 3 has a new firehouse and a new fire truck. The building is located along Pompton Avenue, and has new amenities that were not in the former building such as air conditioning and bathrooms. The second floor will be used for meetings and the garage will be used as a space for training the volunteer firefighters and to repair trucks and other apparatus that sustains weather-related damage. Township officials and members of the township council said this building, which was six years in the making, will be an important part of Cedar Grove’s history. It was built to give the township a more modernized firehouse since the former building was outdated and in disrepair. “When all of you are gone, this will be your legacy. This building,” said Cedar Grove Township Manager Tom Tucci. K. Hovnanian Homes
built the firehouse which cost approximately $1 million, according to Tucci. Cedar Grove Engine Company No. 3 also recently got a new fire truck: Engine 73,
which cost approximately $750,000, according to Tucci. New masks were also purchased for the department, which cost $300,000, Tucci said.
Township officials and firefighters celebrated the new firehouse and fire truck during a ribbon cutting ceremony in May at the new Engine Company No. 3
building. Cedar Grove Mayor Kerry Peterson praised the firefighters for their hard work during the ceremony. “You put a tremendous
amount of time into your training, and we thank you for all of your hard work and service,” Peterson said. “You are the heart and soul of Cedar Grove.”
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