WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) today announced the Minotola Fire Company/Buena Borough Fire District #2 will receive $62,486 in federal funding from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program.
This is the fourth fire grant for the company, including awards of $78,750 (March 2005), $46,684 (October 2003) and $10,800 (August 2002).
To date, over $19 million has been awarded locally to 112 organizations in the 2nd District since the program began in 2001.
"It's a great idea that the government helps out local volunteer fire departments," said Minotola Fire Chief Scott Welsh. "This funding will support our 33 active firefighters with new air packs."
Two residents were treated for injuries after jumping from the second and third floor windows onto the roof of an extension at the rear of the first floor.
The Patterson firefighter failed to notify his supervisors that he had been arrested a third time for driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to serve one year in prison.
Wednesday, February 11 2009 @ 01:40 am EST
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This was sent to me as an e-mail saying "Call before you dig" Claiming it was caused by a post hole digger.
It was incorrect. It truns out it was caused by corrosion that was not detected.
Appomattox, VA—At 7:47 a.m. on Sunday morning, a gas pipeline ruptured causing an explosion along Oakville Road (Highway 26), approximately two miles outside of Appomattox. The explosion demolished two brick homes, strewed rubble on Oakville Road, and singed the grass in a nearby field.
Thursday, February 05 2009 @ 10:30 pm EST
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By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, 609-272-7215
Published: Friday, February 06, 2009
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - One firefighter was injured Thursday afternoon fighting a two-alarm fire that gutted a townhouse in the West Atlantic City section and closed the Black Horse Pike for more than two hours.
The fire was reported at about 4:30 p.m. in a townhouse on Empire Drive, said Wally Bakely, chief of the West Atlantic City Fire Company. Firefighters arrived moments later to see flames coming from the first story and heavy smoke coming from the building, and Bakely immediately called a second alarm....read more
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Thursday, February 05 2009 @ 09:48 pm EST
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By EMILY PREVITI Staff Writer, 609-272-7221
Published: Thursday, February 05, 2009
The Absecon City Fire Company No. 1 will receive $130,316 in federal funding for training and equipment needs, according to a statement from the offices of U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2. The department has received three grants totaling more than $250,000 through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program since it started in 2001, according to the statement.
Since then, more than $19 million has gone to 112 organizations within the Second District, according to the statement. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program awards grants to fire departments and emergency services to provide training and other resources, including equipment, protective gear and emergency vehicles, the statement said.
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. -- A firefighter is seriously injured after a fire truck flips on the way to an emergency call. It happened on Jacksonboro Road in Colleton County a little before five o'clock. The firefighter was flown to MUSC.
MUSC says that 27-year-old Michael Juhasz is now in fair, but stable condition. The Colleton County fire director says he was flown to the hospital with several broken bones.
The fire and rescue team had to use the Jaws of Life to pull him from the twisted debris. The fire truck had flipped many times and into a ditch. It was destroyed.
Two giant tow trucks on the scene pulling away all the pieces. Firefighters, Sheriff's deputies, and investigators remained at the crash site for about four hours.
The fire director says Juhasz, a firefighter with one and a half years experience, was wearing a seatbelt when the accident happened.
There are very few details at this time as to why the truck veered from the road and flipped in a ditch. Right now Highway Patrol is investigating this crash.
Juhasz was driving by himself at the time of the crash. The fire director says another small fire pickup truck was ahead of him, but not involved in the crash.
Thursday, February 05 2009 @ 06:07 pm EST
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By ROB SPAHR Staff Writer, 609-272-7283
Published: Friday, February 06, 2009
HAMMONTON - An elderly couple was unhurt after their car crashed into a fish market Thursday.
Tony Vitale, who has owned the Village Fish Market on the White Horse Pike since 1985, was in his store's freezer when he heard "a loud bang" shortly after noon. The noise was the sound of a large sedan crushing the front of his store inward, shattering two large windows and hurling inventory across the room.....Continue Reading
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