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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:57:33 -0700

Reprinted from Alt. Firefighters;

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
The Associated Press
7/4/02 11:29 AM

GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A multistory duplex caught fire and collapsed early Thursday, killing at least two children and three firefighters who came to their rescue, authorities said. Another child, a sibling of the two who died, was missing.

The roof collapse initially trapped eight firefighters inside the duplex, but five were dug out by their comrades, Acting Camden County Prosecutor James P. Lynch said.

The children's mother was taken to Crozier-Chester Burn Center in Chester, Pa., said Greg Reinert, a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's office. The woman's condition was not immediately available.

Ten other people, including eight firefighters, were taken to Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center in Camden, where they were being treated for unspecified injuries.

Gov. James E. McGreevey stopped at Cooper on his way to the fire scene. He said the three firefighters made "the supreme sacrifice," and promised the state
would pay for their children's college educations.

Gloucester City Fire Chief Bill Glassman said one firefighter was from his department, and the other two were from Mount Ephraim.

Hours before the blaze broke out at 1:30 a.m., city firefighters passed directly in front of the home during a Fourth of July parade.

The fire was out shortly after 5 a.m., and rescuers used backhoes to clear debris while they searched for victims. When a firefighter's body was removed about 8 a.m., police and firefighters lined up several rows deep and saluted.

Authorities said the fire was being investigated as a criminal incident, but there was no evidence it had been deliberately set. The victims' names were not immediately released.

Neighbors said the home was rented by a family that had lived there less than a year.

Chris Johnston, who lives several doors down from the 2?-story duplex, said the right half of the home was completely engulfed in flames soon after the fire broke out. Johnston said he could feel the intense heat as flames shot about 50 feet in the air.

Tina Vessella said she went to her sister's house after hearing about the fire and stayed up all night worrying, "especially knowing that there were children in there."

Witnesses said the flames melted aluminum siding on John's Pizzeria, which is across the street, and damaged a nearby traffic light.

Independence Day festivities in Gloucester City and Mount Ephraim were canceled. Gloucester City is about five miles south of Philadelphia

End

My Condolences to the families and to all involved.

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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:19:21 -0700

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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:25:36 -0700

Posted on Sun, Oct. 20, 2002

For a half-century, he's answered the call of fire alarms
Warren Forman is the longest-serving active member of the Laurel Springs Department.
By Phil Joyce
For The Philadelphia Inquirer

The small radio attached to Warren Forman's belt had barely relayed its urgent message before he was out the door after saying a hurried goodbye to a visitor.

The visitor was halfway down the front sidewalk when Forman whizzed by in his pickup, blue light flashing, on his way to the Laurel Springs Fire Department a few blocks away.

Within minutes, the first engine was headed to the site of the alarm - Gold's Gym on White Horse Pike - while Forman, in the firehouse, waited at the wheel of the department's rescue truck for the word that he was needed at the scene.

The word never came.

False alarm. Mostly, they are false alarms. Fine. Forman will take that over a fire anytime. He has seen too many fires over the years.

Forman, 72, has been responding to fire alarms in Laurel Springs for nearly 52 years. He is an honorary chief and safety officer of the department, and a former assistant and deputy chief.

He is the longest-serving member of the department in active service, having joined in 1951 after leaving the Army.

In recognition of his work in the community, the Laurel Springs Lions Club has named him citizen of the year for 2002.

"Uncle Warren responds to almost all our calls," Assistant Fire Chief Larry Winters said. Winters, a close friend, started calling Forman "uncle," and it caught on with the firefighters.

"He is beloved," Winters said. "Just a wonderful person. He is a special guy around the firehouse... . He takes it personally if anyone suffers even a minor injury."

As a retiree, Forman tries to answer all the daytime alarms. Most of the department's 40 firefighters work day jobs.

Forman estimated that he has answered more than 70 calls a year in the decade since he retired as a telephone company supervisor after 36 years. Mostly, they are the result of alarm systems being accidentally triggered. If it's a fire, it's usually cooking-related.

But sometimes it's more - a big one.

The worst fire happened two years ago when an old movie house that had been converted to apartments burned down, Forman said. There was only one minor injury.

He said the most disastrous blaze was 20 to 25 years ago, when an apartment above a restaurant caught fire and a young boy died.

"That was sad," he said.

Forman had intended to retire after 50 years' service as a firefighter, but the officers persuaded him to stay on.

Formans have been answering alarms in the Laurel Springs department since 1933.

Forman's father, Russell, who owned a hardware store in Camden, was chief of the department for 22 years. Forman's daughter Carol Schmidt served on the ambulance squad for a while. And his granddaughter, Nichole Nicolayuk, was an emergency medical technician.

Forman and his wife, Joan, have been married 48 years. She is a deputy court administrator for the borough

They have another daughter, Deborah Nicolayuk, and a son, Guy, who lives next door in Laurel Springs.

Forman, it seems, is a man of limitless energy. When not responding to fire alarms he upholsters furniture, delivers meals to shut-ins, helps out at the Stratford United Methodist Church, and wings around town running errands for the family.

Shortly before retiring, he took a course on furniture upholstering. Word got around about his skills and soon he had friends and strangers asking him to do upholstering jobs.

Now he has a waiting list of more than 20 customers, including a local furniture store that calls on him regularly.

What he doesn't have is much time for model railroading.

Somewhere in his attic, cut up in sections, there is a platform for his model trains and a model village of Laurel Springs, which he built.

The village includes tiny replicas of his house, his children's houses, Borough Hall, the elementary school, the train station - and the firehouse.

"It takes a lot of time and work just to set it up," Forman said. "Maybe I'll find time around Christmas."

That is, if that fire alarm doesn't bring too many interruptions.

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Contact Phil Joyce at 856-779-3987 or pjoyce@phillynews.com.

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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:49:11 -0700

If you want to relive the events of 9-11-01, this is a good montage. Like it say's "This is what our nation is responding to".
A seven meg flash movie, it takes time to download before it runs, but it's worth the wait.
The song is "Only Time" by Enya
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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:49:37 -0700

During the last week of June 2004 we will move Station60.com from a Windows server to a Unix server.
This is a really big move and we apologize to all if we loose a feature you were fond of, or a forum post of yours.
This move will bring improved features and we hope you enjoy our efforts.

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Sun, 01 Aug 2004 09:31:27 -0700

Giddy-up Cowboys! Leading off with the deuce!!! Is it true you had a little trouble advancing because some people don't know how to pick up a hose? :?

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Tue, 03 Aug 2004 01:35:23 -0700

What does your company do? Do you have SOP's or SOG's regarding this issue? Do you use a valve or just wrap the hydrant? Leave your station number and county too because I'm curious to see how other departments operate.

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Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:48:02 -0700

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Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:40:07 -0700

A bond forged by fire is never broken

Hitting theaters on October 1st.

The Jay Russell action drama stars Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Morris Chestnut, Robert Patrick, Balthazar Getty, and Jay Hernandez.

Jack Morrison (Phoenix) is a fireman -- he saves lives for a living. But as rewarding as the work is, the physical toll, high risk, and low pay often make Jack wonder if he has done the right thing for his wife and children. Even the support and encouragement he receives from his mentor and chief (Travolta) and the fellow firemen in his firehouse, Ladder 49, can't help Jack shake the feeling. But when Jack becomes trapped in the worst blaze of his career, it is now he who needs to be rescued. With the fire raging in every direction and his brothers-in-arms struggling to set him free, the question of whether Jack will live or die hangs in the balance

Official Website

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Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:45:19 -0700

WASHINGTON TWP Schooley’s Mountain firefighters will be featured in a
Discovery Channel special highlighting emergency preparedness in Morris
County that airs on Sunday, Oct. 24.

The program will depict the steps that county emergency agencies will
take in the event of a radiological or biological incident, said Keith
Heimburg, assistant chief of the Schooley’s Mountain Fire Protection
Agency

Five members of the department took off from
their day-jobs to be part of the exercise at the Morris County Fire
Training Center on Tuesday, Sept. 14, he said.

The scenario
portrayed a simulated radiation incident. The “victims” were required
to go through a general or gross decontamination procedure, followed by
a definitive one, he said.

The Schooley’s Mountain firefighters
were recruited to portray the victims in the incident, as well as to
provide equipment for the exercise.

Initial Steps

Gross or preliminary decontamination, the first step, involves flushing
the victims with massive amounts of water, Heimburg said.

Emergency apparatus were placed in two columns with numerous nozzles
attached, and then streams of water were directed into the corridor of
the building.

The definitive decon, or second step, requires
victims to enter a decontamination shelter, where their clothes are
removed and showers are used to remove any residual contamination,
Heimburg said.

The shelters are part of the regional
decontamination trailers that were purchased with federal homeland
security grants for Morris County, he said.

They are placed
at strategic undisclosed locations throughout the county to respond
throughout the northern New Jersey metropolitan area, he said.

The Morris County Office of Emergency Management, along with the Morris
County Regional Fire Coordinator, staged the exercise with several
Morris County Fire departments to check on the speed and effectiveness
of the procedure, Heimburg said.

In addition to Heimburg, the
other Washington Township participants were Lt. Al Pierce, and
firefighters Dave Labato, Brian Fitzpatrick and Brittany Odgen.

The exercise took about three hours to complete.

“We thought it was good opportunity to get people up to speed on emergency procedures like this,” Heimburg said.

? 2004 A RECORDER COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:20:16 -0700

A fire fighter is working on the engine outside the station when he notices a little girl next door in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the side and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle.
The girl is wearing a fire fighter's helmet and has the wagon tied to a dog and cat. The fire fighter walks over to take a closer look.
"That sure is a nice fire truck," the fire fighter says with admiration.
"Thanks," the girl says.
The fire fighter looks a little closer and notices the girl has tied the wagon to the dog's collar and to the cat's testicles. "Little Partner," the fire fighter says, "I don't want to tell you how to run your firetruck, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could go faster."
The little girl replied, "You're probably right, but then I wouldn't have a siren."

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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:22:28 -0700

A fire started on some grasslands near a farm. The county fire department was called to put out the fire. The fire was more than the county fire department could handle. Someone suggested that a nearby volunteer group be called. Despite some doubt that the volunteer outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made.
The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They rumbled straight towards the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames and stopped! The firemen jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two easily-controlled parts.
Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the volunteer fire department's work and was so grateful that his farm had been spared, that right there on the spot he presented the volunteers with a check for $1,000.
A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the department planned to do with the funds. "That ought to be obvious" he responded, wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing we're gonna do is get the brakes fixed on our fire truck!"

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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:33:00 -0700

How to use a Cop-o-meter

Officer standing/car running = not hazardous
Officer unconscious/car running = toxic fumes
Officer unconscious/car stalled = oxygen displacing chemical
Officer/car both melting = acidic chemical
Officer/car on fire = extremely flammable

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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:08:44 -0700

* If it's a stupid idea but works, it isn't stupid.
* Never work at a fire that is braver than you.
* A fireball has the right of way.
* The media will turn up, just as your brilliant plan turns to shit.
* Never forget that your equipment was made by the lowest bidder.
* If your efforts are going really great, you're at the wrong fire.
* Things that must work together, usually aren't shipped together.
* The hose will have round thread and the valve will have storz.
* Portable radio batteries will fail at the precise moment you need help.
* Anything you do will be wrong, including doing nothing.
* With a little organization, chaos can be assured.
* If one item is hard to get, make sure you grab three.
* The distance from a piece of equipment you need, is directly proportional to the urgency in which you need it.
* It is easier to receive forgiveness than permission.
* When accused, admit nothing, deny everything, and make counter accusations.
* Success forgives all sins.
* Your biggest save will have no witnesses.
* Your biggest mistake will have hundreds of witnesses.
* The person who contributed least to the fire fighting effort, will be the only one interviewed on the six o-clock news.
* No matter how bad things get, it will look much worse on TV.

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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:09:35 -0700

* Your two way radio transmissions all begin with "Breaker, Breaker"
* You have ever been dispatched to a working "cow" fire
* You ever put out a cow chip fire
* Your PASS alarm goes "Yeee Haw"
* You dispatch center ever said "Y'all can't miss it"
* You used your rescue air bags as furniture at the fire station
* You refill your air bottles at the local gas station "Free Air" hose
* Your department has a Rescue Bubba and a Rescue Cow for training
* You only wash down the floor in the station to "keep the dust down"
* Your radio call signal is "Wheee doggies"
* You have to mark the department out of service two weeks during deer season and every Sunday during the Winston Cup Race
* You bought a computer so you could get NASCAR Online on the Internet
* You count reading fire magazines in the bathroom as training hours
* Your last four fire department raffles were for a shotgun...and a member won it each time.
* You borrowed the department's quick dump tank so you could have a neighborhood pool party
* Your safety officer is the person who broke his arm at the last house fire
* Your rehab consists of a cold beer and a pack of "nabs"
* Your last serious fire was your fire department BBQ
* You used your "good" fire house as a bumper on your boat dock
* You have a shotgun rack in the back of your fire truck....and got two bucks on your last call
* Your Hurst tool is on loan to the local body shop
* You use a hanging noose knot for all your rescue operations because it's real adjustable
* You don't allow a person to join the department unless they own a pickup
* You wore a hole in your fire boots....while wearing them at your full time job
* You keep 2 packs of "Red Man" in your turnout gear for "emergencies"
* Your departments brush truck doubles as your hunting truck
* You voted against the last person for chief because he was a Jeff Gordon fan
* You painted your new rescue truck to look like Earnhardt's race car
* You borrowed the fire truck to use the spotlights for deer hunting
* The directions to your last house fire was "Go down past the last house you burnt up"....and you know exactly which house they are talking about
* You ever went diving in a swimming pool with your SCBA equipment.....just to see how it would work
* You must take the battery out of your tractor to put in the fire truck before you go on calls
* Your preacher borrows your PASS alarms each Sunday for church to keep the congregation awake
* You consider "2 in and 2 out" to be two guys in the cab and two on the tailboard of the truck
* The last girl you kissed was named Rescue-Annie and you enjoyed it so much you are thinking seriously about asking her out
* Your department has ever had two emergency vehicles pulled over for drag racing while going to a scene
* You have naked lady mud-flaps on your pumper
* Your firehouse has wheels
* You've ever got back and found you've locked yourself out of the firehouse
* Fire training consists of everyone standing around a fire get'n drunk
* You've ever been toned out on an out house fire also if that out house fire was with entrapment
* You've ever let a person's house burn down because they wouldn't let you hunt there ground
* Your personal vehicle has more lights on it than your house has lights in it
* You've ever walked through a Christmas display and walked away with at least 3 new ideas for a light scheme for your truck
* Your rescue truck can smoke the tires
* Your department's name is misspelled on your equipment
* The nurses and doctors turn out the lights and hide when you show up at the hospital to get your equipment
* Dispatch can't mention your name without laughing
* The local news crew won't put your department on T.V. because you embarrassed them last time.
* You've ever locked the keys in your trucks
* You've ever referred to a light bar as sexy
* Your defibrillator consists of a marine battery, a pair of jumper cables, and a fish finder
* You've ever taken a girl out in a pumper
* Your pumper has been on fire more times than it's been to a fire
* Your pumper smokes more than the house fire
* You've ever been arrested for indecent exposure at a house fire
* You've ever called it quits on a house fire when the beer got hot
* You've ever been late to a house fire because you had to stop and get the guy who fell off the truck
* You've ever stopped in route to pick up a road kill
* You hand out spit cans before each meeting
* You have a sign out front of your station that says will fight fires for beer
* Your equipment has chew stains down the sides of 'em
* Everyone on your department is related in some way or another
* Your annual vacation plans depend on where the state EMS conference is held.
* You have as many ambulances in town as you do EMTs.
* You thought your first ambulance " run " would be a 5K.
* You think that the ABCs stand for " Always Being on Call. "
* When you are unsure of which pager went off and what you were on call for.
* Your patient is standing at the curb with suitcase in hand waiting for a ride.
* Your patients are either family or friends, but maybe not both.

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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:45:04 -0800

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3. = Connect to Station60's server.

Note: In Windows Vista you need to launch the client by right clicking on the icon and selecting "run as administrator".