photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Paramus NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco attended two solemn memorial ceremonies to honor and remember our fallen firefighters. The first was at my local firehouse for the Paramus Fire Department. In the afternoon, He joined the New Jersey/New York Volunteer Fireman’s Association for their annual memorial service.
Tedesco said on Facebook, “Thank you to our firefighters for all that they do to keep our communities safe.”
Organizational records show the New Jersey/New York Volunteer Fireman’s Association was informally started in 1913 as talks between a small group of community servants from both New Jersey and New York discussed formation and on March 27, 1914 a permanent association was formed with roots in counties of Bergen (NJ) and Rockland (NY).
The group originaly met at the home of the Volunteer Fire Department in Park Ridge, New Jersey. Here plans and ideas for the organization were discussed, and documented, with strong fundamentals forming a sound foundation. The original membership at the first meeting was Park Ridge, Westwood, Hillsdale, Spring Valley and Pearl River. The purpose of this first meeting was to form a leadership group and a recruitment of all volunteer fire companies along the old Erie Railroad, from North Hackensack, New Jersey to Spring Valley, New York.
Follow the Ridgewood blog has a brand-new new X account, we tweet good sh$t
https://twitter.com/TRBNJNews
#news #follow #media #trending #viral #newsupdate #currentaffairs #BergenCountyNews #NJBreakingNews #NJHeadlines #NJTopStories