On Saturday April 21, 2018, the Deptford Skating Center held a "Touch-a-truck" event at the skating center.  Tower 926 set up in the middle of the parking lot along with the Deptford EMS, Deptford Police Department and other vehicle for children to experience  large vehicles.  A … [Read more...]

On Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 2043 hours Battalions 94 and 92 were dispatched for a dwelling fire on Woodbury Lake Road in the Lake Tract Section of Deptford.  Battalion 9401 (Spade) arrived on location and reported a one story wood frame single family dwelling with an exterior … [Read more...]

On Sunday April 15, 2018 at 0029 hours, Battalions 94 and 92 were dispatched to the Burger King at 925 Cooper Street for a Building Fire.  Squad 921 arrived to find a single story commercial structure with smoke visible.  Crews found a fire inside the walls in the Ladies … [Read more...]

On Saturday April 14, 2018, Bob Bartosz, a renowned fire photographer, visited the Tacoma Fire Company while he was in the South Jersey area on a visit.  Bob a life long South Jersey resident before moving to North Carolina, is the Camden City Fire Department's Official Fire … [Read more...]

Squad 921 along with Ladder 736 (Westville FD) were dispatched to provide a cover for Camden County Station 5-1, Gloucester City Fire Headquarters.  the GCFD were assisting the Camden Fire Department with a multiple alarm fire.  The crews answered one call for service while at … [Read more...]

Battalion 92 to the rear of 1060 Broadway (Planet Fitness) for a brush fire.  Brush truck 925 arrived to find a PSEG utility pole well involved in fire.  Due to the high voltage power lines involved in fire, a safe zone was established with the assistance of Westville FD, closing … [Read more...]

Gloucester County Regional Task Force 5 was dispatched to Clayton to provide fire protection coverage as the Clayton Fire Department along with the area fire departments were working a two alarm industrial building fire in the borough.  The task force consisting of Tower 926, … [Read more...]

On Sunday April 8, 2018 at 0900 the Tender Task Force and the Large Diameter Hose (LDH) Task Force responded to the Delsea Regional High School in Franklin Township to hold a joint drill to test the capabilities of both task forces.   The scenario was a large building fire with … [Read more...]

On Monday April 2, 2018 at 1955 hours, Battalions Four and Two were dispatched to 661 Iszard Road in the Lake Tract section of Deptford for a dwelling fire.  Battalion 9401 (Spade) arrived to find a one story wood frame single family dwelling with heavy fire on the "C" side.  … [Read more...]

On Saturday March 31, 2018 at 1800 hours, Squad 921, with a staffing of five, provided a cover for the Glassboro Fire Department.  The crew was extremely well treated by the GFD and answered one call for service during our stay which was completed at 2200 hours.  Thank you to … [Read more...]

Nearly 500,000 thousand smoke alarms have been recalled by safety device company, Kidde. The affected dual sensor smoke alarm units are models PI2010 and PI9010. The two units were manufactured between September of 2016 and October 2017. The recalled models were sold at … [Read more...]

On Tuesday March 20, 2018 at 1332 hours the Woodbury Fire Department was dispatched to 38 W Barber Avenue for a Dwelling Fire.  Chief 501 (Gartner) arrived on location to find a 2.5 story wood frame single family dwelling with heavy fire on the B side of the dwelling.  Chief 501 … [Read more...]

On Friday March 2, 2018 a nor'easter storm rolled into the area bringing heavy rain, high winds and heavy wet snow.  In the afternoon, the weather became bad with winds gusting between 30 and 60 mile per hours.  This brought down trees and wires.  Squad 921 responded to wires … [Read more...]

On Saturday February 17, 2018 at 1255 hours, Squad 921 was dispatched to the intersection of Cooper and Hunter Streets in Woodbury for a motor vehicle crash with Entrapment. Chief 501 (Gartner) was on location with a vehicle versus a utility pole with the vehicle resting on the … [Read more...]

On Thursday February 8, 2018 shortly after 5 am, the Woodbury Fire Department was dispatched to 663 Mantua Avenue (Barlow Buick/GMC) for a structure fire.  Chief 501 (Gartner) arrived to find a car dealership service facility with heavy black smoke coming from the building.  … [Read more...]