Wednesday, November 11 2009 @ 08:22 am EST
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Upon arrival at the scene of a car fire, the chauffeur of the engine inadvertently stopped with the rear of the engine on the track side of the crossing gates. Luckily, the engineer of the approaching, slow moving freight train, saw the rear warning lights of the engine and was able to stop in time.
We removed the name of the fire department from the front of the engine in the picture so it can be used for training purposes. This serves as a good reminder that chauffeurs need to maintain situational awareness of where they stop their apparatus. Everything worked out ok with this incident, but if there was a curve before the crossing the engineer might not have seen the warning lights, or if the train was traveling at a faster speed.....well, the results could have been different.
EGG HARBOR TWP.--It may have taken more than a decade, but there's a new emergency traffic signal on the Black Horse Pike.
The signal sits in front of the Cardiff Volunteer Fire Station in Egg Harbor Township and allows the fire trucks to safely exit the station when responding to emergencies.
Officials say they've been working for 14 years to get the light, which they feel is necessary to keep everyone safe, “It gets us out of the firehouse, gets us able to respond to the calls without being delayed out here on the highway and absolutely, its about safety first, for my firefighters and the motoring public, with the fire trucks sitting across the black horse pike because we couldn't get outta here,” said Chief Bill Danz.
The light will constantly flash yellow, to advise drivers that it's there, and will be solid yellow or red when activated by the department for a call.
Saturday, November 07 2009 @ 09:48 pm EST
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From Press staff reports | Posted: Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 comments
FOLSOM - A fire broke out at about 4:15 a.m. today at the Horsin' Around Bar and Grill on the Black Horse Pike. It quickly spread from the rear of the second story of the bar to the front of the building and the attic.
Flames could be seen blazing from the roof of the building as the fire spread. Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles as firefighters tried to gain control.
State Police Sgt. Steve McNally said arson investigators from the agency were at the bar as of shortly after noon.
But McNally, of the Buena Vista barracks added, "That's more or less standard procedure when we don't know the cause of a fire."
McNally said tenants lived on the second floor of the building. No one was injured in the fire, he added.
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Posted in Breaking, Atlantic on Saturday, November 7, 2009 11:35 am Updated: 6:40 pm.
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Atlantic City Firefighter Jeff Bird hands a shirt to Adalid Barahona, 8, left, as brother Edwin Barahona 9, and mother Mayra Sepulveda look on Friday the Travelodge in West Atlantic City. The family has been staying at the Travelodge ever since the boys were released from the hospital following the Oct. 24 fire.....Continue Reading
ATLANTIC CITY--It was nearly two weeks ago that two young brothers were pulled from an Atlantic City apartment fire, and today they were given the chance to say thank you to the firefighters who saved their lives.....Continue Reading
Saturday, November 07 2009 @ 08:24 am EST
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By LYNDA COHEN, Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 comments
ATLANTIC CITY - A fire that cleared tenants from the Inlet Towers on Wednesday morning started in a wall and was sparked by electrical wiring, investigators have ruled....Continue Reading
