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January 19, 2022

THIS TIME….IT’S “MY” CANCER

My attempt at writing the below linked article was to provide a very basic but very honest “firehouse talk” article about cancer. So yep-I was diagnosed late last summer. Some people are afraid of even the word cancer. I completely understand. That said, this piece has some words to intentionally draw your “Firefighter” attention—with the...
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Double Fatal Fire Apparatus Crash-New Jersey-Video

Two people are dead and at least two others are injured after a multi-vehicle crash involving fire apparatus in south New Jersey this morning. It happened around 1040 hours at the White Horse Pike and Warwick Road in Magnolia. Initial reports are that a squad truck was struck by a car traveling at a high...
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FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 1/19

On 1/19/2000 the Boland Hall fire at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey killed three and injured more than fifty when two students set the fire as a prank in the freshman dorm around 4:30 a.m. while most students were asleep. Although no accelerants were used the fire rapidly spread across the third-floor...
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