LET THEM NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

On Saturday August 28, 2010, members of the Knights of Fire New Jersey Motorcycle Club, in support of the Fire Department New York-Fire Family Transport Foundation, The Wounder Warrior Project, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Iron and Steel Team – led a procession to escort a piece of WTC steel from New York to the Pentagon in Arlington VA. One of the team leaders of the Knights is Steve Sansevere, a neighbor of Ex-Chief Angelo DeCarlo, who was accompanied by Exempt New Milford firefighter Ron Berndt. Together Steve, Ronnie and several others organized the run, which safely delivered the steel to be erected as part of a 9/11 memorial on the Pentagon grounds. Ex-Chief DeCarlo travelled to the Molly Pitcher Rest Area on the NJ Turnpike, one of the many stops between Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn and the final location in Arlington. Angelo took the opportunity to film the arrival of the steel, and capture images of several hundred of the motorcycle riders who made that day a success. The fire service prides itself on keeping history alive, through anniversary celebrations, written and verbal accounts, parades and many other methods. Although nearly 9 years have passed since that fateful day, Saturday's event was an example of the brotherhood firefighters (active, exempt or retired) have in keeping the torch of history in our daily thoughts. God bless the families of those who perished on that tragic September day in America's history. Keep their spirits alive by supporting future events such as the one this past Saturday. God bless America

Tonight the Mayor and Council presented Ex-Chief Terrance Lawler with a plaque in appreciation for serving as Chief of Department for 2010. Unfortunately Terry had to leave us as he recently moved to Warren County. Terry also served as Chief of Department in 2004 and has been a member of Company 2 since 1990. The Department and its members thank Terry for his service and wishes him and his family good luck in their new endeavors.

At 18:22hrs NMFD was dispatched to the 300 block of Lacey Drive for a burning odor inside a residence. Crews investigated the residence with the thermal imaging camera and found no apparent cause or hazards. The Oradell Fire Department provided Tower 21 on a mutual aid assignment due to New Milford's own Tower 31 being out of service for repair.

Alan Silverman, a 4 time ex-chief of NMFD took the reigns as Department Chief monday evening in a swearing in ceremony conducted at New Milford Fire Co 2.  Alan takes over the position from Terrence Lawler a 22 year member of Co 2 who has bought a home outside the boro. The members of NMFD wish Alan good luck in the remainder of the year and also Terry on the purchase of his new home and thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the organization and the community.

Station 2 drilled on the use of master streams and drafting procedures today at New Milford's Hard Castle Pond. Members practiced drafting and large volume water application using portable monitors and the tower ladder.

From Terry:
If there is anyone interested in attending this training, let your officer's know as we should have funds to cover the cost of the training.

WILDWOOD 2010 HOT CLASSES !!! PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR FIRE SERVICE CONTACTS

Here is the link to the Cape May County Fire Chiefs Assn for the HOT classes held in Wildwood the day before the Firemen’s Convention starts. http://www.cmcfirechiefs.com/2010hottrng.php That date is Thursday September 16, 2010. This year Brotherhood Instructors will be presenting our 8 hour all hands on Basic Engine and Ladder Company Operations Class. This class consists of Ladder Company operations in the morning and Engine Company operations after lunch. Ladder operations rotations include Vent, Enter, and Search under zero visibility, roof operations and cutting, and forcible entry directly followed by a primary search under zero visibility. Engine operations rotations include hand line selection and stretching, aggressive 1 ¾” advance through a residential building, and aggressive 2 ½” advance for commercial/standpipe operations. A few pictures of previous classes are included below. Course cost is only $150 !!! Hope to see you all there! Print the flyer from the above website and hang it in the firehouse!
Chris Collier Brotherhood Instructors
Ccollier.broinstructors@gmail.com
www.brotherhoodinstructors.com
Cell: 609-743-8538 Office: 914-874-1027

At 1232 Hours the Tower Ladder was requested to Rochelle Park to respond to their Fire House for a stand-by while they were working a fire in a 4 story office bulding. The crew stood-by with an engine from Garfield Company 2. They took in no runs and were released at 1450 Hrs.

On Sunday August 1st NMFD in conjuction with the Tri-Boro Fire Mutual Aid Group conducted annual pumping testing on all department engines. What that means to the lay person is the fire trucks are rated by their manufacturers to be able to pump so many gallons of water a minute and to maintain that amount of water for so many hours at a rated pressure. We conduct this testing as required by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to ensure operational readiness of our apparatus.