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Hasbrouck Heights Fire Quickly Knocks Down Fire Saving Home on Christmas Eve

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Hasbrouck Heights NJ, around noon on Christmas Eve , Hasbrouck Heights Fire Chief 60, Chief 62, Squad 1, and Ladder 1 all responded to Berkshire Road for a reported fire in the rear of the home.

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Harrington Park Home Destroyed by Early Morning Fire

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Harrington Park NJ, just after 5am this morning, the Harrington Park Volunteer Fire Department Battalion 2 North Box Alarm was activated for a reported house fire in the Borough. Units arrived on scene to find a fully involved house fire and a second alarm was struck. 24 Ladder was first due and immediately went to work with an aggressive exterior attack of the fire. The fire was placed under control an hour and a half later ,around 6:30am.

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Washington Township and Hillsdale Fire Department Join Forces on Car Fire on the Garden State Parkway

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Twp. of Washington NJ, on Wednesday morning  the Washington Township and Hillsdale Fire Department responded to a car fire on the Garden State Parkway near Hillsdale Avenue . Initial 911 calls coming in to both towns, both departments were dispatched and worked together to extinguish the fire.

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Reader Questions ‘Mutual Aid”

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“And as ALWAYS the Ridgewood FD is there fighting the fire because we have a paid FD that is always on duty and all the surrounding towns get by with volunteers (when any are available). Now I am not saying that we shouldn’t help our neighbors, but come on people. We pay dearly for the privlege of having a fully paid fire department, which is an awesome benefit to living in this town. Why can’t our neighbors do the same?”

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Ridgewood Emergency Services responded to a Mutual Aid request to a Multi-Alarm Fire in Fort Lee

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Emergency Services responded to a Mutual Aid request to the Multi-Alarm Fire on February 14th in Fort Lee. Emergency Services volunteers were called to establish heated shelters to serve as fire-ground rehabilitation and command post meetings.

Besides serving the Village of Ridgewood, 24/7, the Emergency Service Volunteers provide specialized emergency services responses throughout the County and State

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Firefighters from Rochelle Park, Maywood, and Hackensack free a driver who was trapped in his Car following a multi vehicle crash on Route 17 north in Rochelle Park

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Rochelle Park NJ, Firefighters from Rochelle Park, Maywood, and Hackensack worked in unison to free an adult male driver who was entrapped in his Toyota Corolla following a multi vehicle crash on Route 17 northbound in Rochelle Park on Tuesday afternoon, 11/06. Route 17 northbound was closed in the immediate area while emergency personnel aided crash victims, contained crash related fluid spills, and cleared the roadway of wreckage.

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Glen Rock Fire Department Rescues Two Cats at Sycamore Terrace Fire

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Glen Rock NJ, October 5 , the Glen Rock Volunteer Fire Department reported that at 0222 hours this morning, GRFD was dispatched for a reported working fire on Sycamore Terrace. On arrival, Chief Jennings and Asst Chief Aguilar made entry into the basement and observed a heavy smoke condition. Engine 833 (Lt Pimlott) established a water supply and stretched a hand line. Ladder 832 (Capt Burbano) assisted with ventilation and overhaul as well as the rescue of two cats from the structure. Special thanks to Ridgewood, Hawthorne, Fair Lawn, Wyckoff and Paramus for invaluable mutual aid assistance.

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Reader says Mutual aid is very commendable as an action IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

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Mutual aid is very commendable as an action IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. If it is seen as a permanent backup by another town which regularly cannot send out their own force, that means that the sending town is coming “for free” to do a job that should be done alone by the town requesting aid or with mutual aid if the incident requires more help than the aided town can supply. Mutual aid means “mutual”. It means another town will come to your aid if it’s bigger than you can handle. Mutual aid does not mean that the town that needs aid sends no one from their town to the scene. That type of aid should be paid for, especially when the sending town’s citizens have to pay for the same service.

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Reader says This goes above and beyond “Mutual Aid.”

Ridgewood's La Bella Pizza destroyed by Sunday Fire

So let me get this straight. The Borough of Glen Rock sues the Village of Ridgewood over water rates and now the Village of Ridgewood is providing free fire protection services to the Borough of Glen Rock? Huh? Free fire protection services? Free as in paid for by taxpayers from the Village of Ridgewood?

Come on, people. Surely you’ve all heard of “Mutual Aid”? If it was one of our schools in danger, Glen Rock, and others, would be there. Hackensack is not our closest hospital but they have an ambulance standing by for “our” fireworks.

This goes above and beyond “mutual Aid.” It is regular daytime response to incidents at commercial/multi unit residential buildings.

Ridgewood taxpayers need to stay alert on this issue. Look what happened when Montclair made a deal to provide fire protection services to nearby Glen Ridge. Montclair’s taxpayers got screwed big time.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/mayoral-candidate-harvey-susswein-not-all-of-us-are-tee833206bf