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Wednesday, March 09 2016 @ 04:53 pm EST
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 Posted: Friday, March 4, 2016 5:36 am
MICHELLE BRUNETTI POST
Staff Writer The Press of Atlantic City
After a year of design work and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, Atlantic County's centralized dispatch plan is effectively dead.
To pay about $351,000 to Stockton University in Galloway Township for its share of design of a building that would have housed both the county dispatch center and Stockton's police force.
But no further work will be done. "We are paying a final bill," said County Administrator Jerry DelRosso. "That's the end of that."
DelRosso said only six of 23 municipalities returned surveys with updated information on how much the towns are currently spending on emergency dispatch services. So the county did not have information needed to proceed.
Freeholder Ernest Coursey said that was a clear message most are not interested in pursuing the idea.
The building, with an estimated price tag of about.......Continue Reading
Tuesday, March 01 2016 @ 06:18 pm EST
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MILLVILLE, N.J. --
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is working on containing a blaze near Millville, Cumberland County.
The brush fire started burning around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday along Route 49 and Estelle Manor Road.
No injuries have been reported.
A cause of the fire has not been determined as of yet.
Tuesday, March 01 2016 @ 09:56 am EST
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Fire crews in New Jersey conducted a controlled burn Monday night.
It happened on the border of Camden and Burlington counties in a wooded area between Routes 30 and 206.
Sunday, January 24 2016 @ 08:25 pm EST
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SEA ISLE CITY — Surge protectors were to blame for several fire calls Saturday, Sea Isle City Fire Department President Pete Pittaluga said Sunday morning.
Water that seeped into and surrounded buildings zapped several devices that were on the floor and still plugged into electrical outlets, causing smoke in buildings and alarms to sound, he said.
The biggest blaze firefighters fought was at the Avalon Coffee Company, which was torn down following Saturday’s fire. Fire companies from Rio Grande and Middle Township, Seaville and Oceanview in Upper Township, and Somers Point all responded, Pittaluga said.
No cause has been determined, although Pittaluga speculated thta either a power surge or a blown transformer was responsible. He said “two big booms” were heard at the property before the fire started.
Firefighters also responded to an alarm at the Ocean Drive, wading through freezing, waist-deep flood waters to reach the popular bar, Pittaluga said. He said many of the fire calls occurred at the time of the morning tidal surge.
Saturday morning’s high tide in the resort came within 6 to 8 inches of what was experienced during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Pittaluga said, reaching as far as the door of the fire hall. If the wind had not shifted Saturday night, the tide — on top of water trapped on the island — would have exceeded that of Sandy, he said.
Sunday morning, most streets in the city remained flooded from water that had not drained.
Contact: 609-463-6719 CNevitt@pressofac.com
Thursday, January 14 2016 @ 12:49 pm EST
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Posted on the AC Press On-line: Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:30 pm
Cindy Stansbury, Staff Writer
 
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - A suspicious fire erupted Wednesday night in a vacant home on the 1500 block of Pinehurst Ave, police say.
At 8:43 p.m., officers from the Township of Hamilton Police Depertment, as well as Laureldale, Cologne, Mays Landing and South Egg Harbor Fire companies responded to a report of a fire. Police say the fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported.
Police say the circumstances of the fire, which started at the back of the residence, is suspicious and under investigation.
Trish Quintana and Rosemary Malaspina said they had passed the home minutes before flames became visible. Malaspina
"I was driving by, and we pulled over in front of the house because I thought I smelled something weird," Quintana said. "This is crazy."
Quintana said the pair drove away and were later informed that the home was ablaze.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Robison at 609-625-2700 x 578.
This story was taken from the news source stated above. It's content and comments are not necessarily the opinion of The Elwood Vol. Fire Company or it's members.
Monday, December 28 2015 @ 10:06 pm EST
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Posted in the AC Press: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:01 am
Atlantic County government's work toward creating a countywide emergency dispatch system has been so clumsy and inadequate that it threatens to give sharing services a bad name.
That's unfortunate since the benefits of handling all dispatch from a secure, centralized and state-of-the-art center are obvious and needed.
There have been many failures to communicate during the development of this project so far.
Insufficient data was gathered from municipalities about...... Continue Reading
Wednesday, December 23 2015 @ 06:54 pm EST
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Posted on The AC Press on-line: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:45 am
CINDY STANSBURY, Staff Writer
A man was struck and killed Tuesday night by a NJ Transit train heading through Mullica Township to Philadelphia from Egg Harbor City, authorities said.
According to Jim Smith of NJ Transit, the man who was killed was Troy J. Heintz, 49, of Egg Harbor City.
Train service has been suspended along the Atlantic City Rail Line following the 8:34 p.m. incident. It was restored late Tuesday night.
About 50 people were on the train when the incident happened, but no injuries were reported, said Jim Smith, a spokesman for NJ Transit.
Train service remained suspended at 10:15 p.m. in both directions between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. The train was stopped at Darmstadt Avenue.
Passengers were expected to board a NJ Transit bus at the Darmstadt Avenue location and be taken to Hammonton to get on another train, Smith said.
NJ Transit remained on the scene at 10:15 p.m. investigating.
This story was taken from the news source stated above. It's content and comments are not necessarily the opinion of The Elwood Vol. Fire Company or it's members.
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