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Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.
The purpose of this group is to share and review policies; and to create a clearing house for departments that need guidance or ideas in developing policies and procedures.
Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.
Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.
We saw something similar here in Raleigh earlier this year. A homeowner was recharging his golf cart battery (lead-acid) in the garage, with the door closed. Directly above the garage was the second story. A by-product when charging a battery of t...
Discussing issues relevent, and unique, to the volunteer fire service.
Also had an instance where a golf cart in the garage was causing the homeowner's detector to go off
Yes, I had the son of a county fire marshal call me due to a co detector going off in his house. After investigation the highest readings were in the basement but there were no fuel fired sources there to cause the alarm. They called me for a coup...
Profile Information
- Residence.
- Lake Hiawatha, NJ
- Department:
- Lake Hiawatha Fire Dept.
- Title/rank:
- Chief
- Years of public service:
- 11
- Agency structure:
- Volunteer fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Keeping up with the training needs of modern day firefighting.
Recruitment and retention of new members.
- Professional Qualifications:
- Firefighter I
New Jersey Incident Management Level 3
Numerous training courses attended, mostly related to structural firefighting.
- Topics you provide training for:
- Department Policies and Procedures.
Firefighting Strategy and Tactics.
- Areas of expertise:
- Single Family Dwelling fires
Garden Apartment fires
- Bio:
- Member of the Lake Hiawatha Fire Department (volunteer) since 1997 (second generation).
Chief of Department since December, 2007.
Recently married to the love of my life!
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