From: 1st Responder.com

By RON BAILEY Correspondent

Hammonton, NJ- Officers from throughout the area paid their final respects to Sgt. John Cruz of the Atlantic County Deparmetn of orrections in Mays Landing

Cruz a father of three was killed monday night by a drunk driver as he pulled out of his driveway. Cruz who has lived in Hammonton area for over 41 years served as a Sgt. with the Atlantic County Dept of Corrections for more than 27 years. Cruz was best known for creating the Home Detention System.

Officers from Atlantic County and Cape May County were among the many who attended the Services Thursday. The Atlantic City Police Dept. Mortorcycle Unit along with the Atlantic County Sherriff's Office provied Traffic Control during the Procession to the Cemetary.

From FireHouse.com

When the Port Vue Vigilante Fire Company extinguished a fire that gutted a home on Romine Avenue last May, Chief Gary Kulka couldn't help but feel that there should be something more that he could do to help.

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From the Atlantic City Press Published: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:25 p.m. Update -

MAYS LANDING – A 30 year old Hammonton man has been charged in connection with a fatal accident that took the life of an Atlantic County Corrections Officer on Monday evening, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said today.

I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for
trapped children at 3 AM, flames rolling above your head, your palms and
knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the
kitchen below you burns. I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 6
in the morning as I check her husband of 40 years for a pulse and find
none.

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From FireHouse.com

A lawyer for the parents of three children who perished in a Warren County fire wants to know whether the volunteer firefighters who responded were qualified to battle the blaze.

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From: FireHouse.com

On Dec. 23, just two days before Christmas, Gloucester County N.J. 911 Center telephone lines lit up like a Christmas tree for a reported fire at the Oak Valley Fire House in Deptford Twp. NJ.

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