Posted on October 1, 2006
The single family home that now stands at 61 Madison Ave will be razed in the coming weeks, but in the meantime the owners have allowed the Bergenfield Fire Department to drill in the structure.
Posted on October 2, 2006
At 1849 hrs, the Bergenfield Police Desk dispatched Prospect Fire Company on a still alarm for a reported fire in a dryer. Chief Hartung (740)immediately upgraded the call to a general alarm. Upon arrival, units found a small fire that had been extinguished that lead to a thorough examination of the dryer and surrounding area for extension. Nothing further was noted and the units were released.
Posted on October 7, 2006
The Borough of Oradell held their annual fireworks celebration on Saturday night and they requested an egine from Bergenfield to cover their town. Engine 745 with Lt. Jim Lodato in command along with a crew of five responded to Oradell. They were assigned to cover the Borough along with a Paramus engine and a Haworth truck. They also had to cover the woods along Oradell Avenue to make sure that no fires were started by embers from the shells.
Posted on October 26, 2006
At the October 26, 2006 fire officer’s meeting, David Tedesco of Prospect Fire Company No. 1 and Edward Kneisler, III of Alert Fire Company No.1, were elevated from probationary status to active status. They both successfully completed Firefighter I and their six months' probationary period. They are now allowed to participate in interior fire fighting functions. They both started in the Junior program and have worked hard to advance to active status. We would like to congratulate David and Edward and welcome them aboard.
Posted on October 15, 2006
On Sunday afternoon October 15th, Chief Charles Hartung was contacted by the Bergenfield PD and asked to respond to a home that suffered fire damage on Glenwood Drive East. The family that lives there had left the home on Saturday and returned home about 24 hours later. Chief Hartung arrived on scene and entered the single family home and was met by soot and smoke damage. As the investigation ensued, it was determined that a fire had started in an upstairs bathroom.
The fire, whose origin was traced back to a vanity on the bathroom wall, was on fire and fell off the wall into a basket of clothes. The basket of clothes was next to the toilet. The fire started to develop and melted the toilet seat causing intense heat that caused the toilet bowl to explode. With the toilet bowl now gone and an open water line, the fire was extinguished. Unfortunately, the water kept on flowing and caused extensive damage to the home and filled the basement with three inches of water. There was heat and smoke damage throughout the home. The home had working smoke detectors, but they were not monitored by a private company and the homeowners' neighbors were also away.
The Borough Fire official was requested to the scene and filled out the necessary reports and conducted the investigation.
Posted on October 27, 2006
This Saturday night we will be setting the clocks back an hour and the Bergenfield Fire Department would like to remind everyone to change their batteries in their smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.
Posted on October 29, 2006
On Saturday night at 22:36 hrs, the Bergenfield Fire Department was requested to 54 Carnation St. for a report of smoke in the basement. Deputy Chief Gomez (D2) was first to arrive on scene. He entered the house and was met by a light smoke condition on the first floor and could see a little heavier smoke in the basement. After a quick check he found no fire.
Captain Lorz and his crew off of the Ladder and Lt. Lodato with his crew off the Rescue checked the entire basement. They were able to locate a sump pump under the washer and dryer. The motor had seized due to debris getting stuck in the motor. The rubber coating over the top of the motor was melting, which was causing the smoke condition. Units operated on scene for 60 minutes.
Posted on October 30, 2006
At 23:18 Hrs, Truck 742 and Deputy 1 (DC Polandick) responded on a mutual aid assignment to Teaneck Fire Headquarters. Teaneck had a house fire on Cherry Lane. The Ladder along with engines from Englewood, Bogota and Hackensack covered the township. They did not take in any runs and were there for a little over an hour.
Posted on October 28, 2006
On Friday, October 27, 2006, the Borough of Bergenfield held its annual volunteer dinner for the emergency services in town.
Firefighter Nancy Naylis was presented with a plaque in recognition of her quick action at a fire department function in September. At the conclusion of the September meeting of the NJ/NY Volunteer Firemen’s Association, refreshments were served. The organization's President, Robert Kirsch, began to choke. Naylis quickly realized that he was choking and administered the Heimlick Maneuver. Kirsch’s airway was cleared and although shaken, he was okay.
Robert Kirsch is a former Chief of the Bergenfield Fire Department and Nancy's brother. Kirsch, along with Mayor Richard Bohan, Fire Commissioner Christopher Faustino, and current Chief Charles Hartung, presented Naylis with the plaque and a lifesaving citation bar to be worn on her uniform.
Posted on October 31, 2006
At 17:18 hrs, the New Milford FD requested the RESCUE to respond in to their Borough as a FAST Team. New Milford was battling a fire in the second floor of an occupied multiple dwelling on Reichelt Road. Chief Hartung (740) responded to New Milford directly and awaited the arrival of the RESCUE.
While the RESCUE was responding to New Milford, Bergenfield Fire Co. No. 2 was dispatched on a still alarm. The Borough of Dumont was requesting that engine 743 respond to Independent Hose Co. and stand-by while they were at a working fire. Deputy 2 (DC Gomez) responded to Dumont with the engine. Their stay in Dumont was short and 743 was returned back to Bergenfield fairly quickly.
Upon the arrival of the RESCUE in New Milford, Chief Hartung instructed the RESCUE'S crew to bring their FAST equipment as well as the roof saws up to the front of the fire building. The crew was immediately put to work. Captain Byrnes watched closely as Firefighters Rynn and Hart cut the roof. While roof operations were occuing FF's C.Naylis and Tedesco were placing ladders for secondary roof access. While 746's crew was opening up the roof, Oradell’s Super FAST Truck (Tower 21) responded in to take over FAST team responsibilities. Members of the RESCUE spent a little over an hour at the scene.
