From the Atlantic City Press published: Friday, February 15, 2008

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) A 2,200-acre fire in the Pinelands in the next month will be no accident.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is planning a controlled burn in the Stafford Forge Wildlife Management area in Stafford Township in the next month.

Exactly when it's conducted depends on the weather in a corner of the Pinelands not far from Long Beach Island.

The idea is that by clearing underbrush and fallen pine needles, there would be less fuel for a major fire.

The area to be burned is near where 17,000 acres burned last May after a military jet dropped a practice flare in the area during training exercises.

From the Atlantic City Press published: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

By MICHAEL CLARK Staff Writer, 609-272-7204

ATLANTIC CITY - A former fire captain dismissed for allegedly making racial threats to an underling is expected to be reinstated and awarded back pay tonight, while his accuser is in the process of being fired for an unrelated matter.



Click here for full article

Firefighters battle flames, icy weather during Venice Park blaze

From the Atlantic City Press published: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, 609-272-7215

Ed Jordan, 101, was found dead in the second-story bedroom of an Atlantic City home destroyed by fire on Monday. Jordan began his public service with Atlantic City on the Police Department in the 1920s, then transferred to the city's Fire Department, where he later retired a deputy chief. photo provided by Atlantic City fire officials.

ATLANTIC CITY - A 101-year-old man was killed in a house fire Monday night in the Venice Park section, as about 40 firefighters battled frigid temperatures and icy winds along with the flames, a fire official said.

Click here for full article.

From the Atlantic City Press published: Saturday, February 9, 2008

Four people, two of them teenagers, were injured in a two-car collision Saturday night in Hammonton, police said.

According to Hammonton police Sgt. Kevin Friel, a 20-year-old Hammonton woman was driving north on Ninth Street at 8:25 p.m. when she struck a car heading west on South Egg Harbor Road. Friel said she failed to yield to the other car at the intersection.

She and a 13-year-old male passenger, also from Hammonton, were taken by ambulance to William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton and Cooper Medical Center in Camden, respectively. A second male passenger, a 16-year-old Folsom resident, was taken by helicopter to Cooper along with the 52-year-old driver of the second car, a Hammonton woman.

The injuries the four victims suffered were unspecified, Friel said, and their names were not released.

Click read more for full article

911 Response In Fatal Fire Criticized

From the The Intelligencer

By Christin Kristofic

DOYLESTOWN, Pa

When Brenda Orr called 911 the morning of Jan. 29 to report that her bed was on fire and she couldn’t get out, the phone rang seven times before an operator picked up and put her on hold.

It was almost a full minute from the time Orr dialed 911 before another operator picked up and asked about her emergency.

Click read more for full atricle and 911 Audio

From the Atlantic City Press published: Friday, February 8, 2008

Several Margate firefighters and police officers are credited with saving the life of a woman who ended up in the bay off Amherst Avenue early Sunday morning.

Click "read more" for full article