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Ridgewood Fire Fighters have a Busy Day on Wednesday

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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday Ridgewood Fire Department, “B” Shift was called in for a fire in a detached garage in the early morning. Later that day Firefighters from “C” Shift rushed to fire inside of a garbage truck. No injuries were reported at either fire.

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Ridgewood Fire Removes Slate Shingle falling Hazard

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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday Ridgewood Fire Department “B” Shift using Tower 36  had to remove slate shingles that were falling onto the sidewalk on Broad Street  .  This is the second instance of concerns over falling debris in recent weeks  . No Injuries were reported.

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Ridgewood Fire Races to Subdue Car Fire

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 on Monday 12/23/2019: “B” Shift extinguishing a car fire. There were no injuries and no damage to the adjacent building.

The car fire, a red Porsche was in-front of the Ridgewood Press  at 609 Franklin Turnpike, Ridgewood.

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Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 Present Donation to Mallorys Army

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Ridgewood NJ, On Wednesday October 23rd Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 presented a donation to @mallorys_army which was our charity for our Golf Outing this year. Pictured are Lt Jordan Zales President of the Golf Committee FF Chris Mead and FMBA President Jason Jacoby along with Dianne Grossman who is Mallory’s mom and the head of the organization. Being able to give back to our community and help blue out bullying is very special to our organization.

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Ridgewood Fire Douses Rear Engine Fire

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Ridgewood NJ, Saturday 8/31/2019: Ridgewood Fire Department “C” Shift extinguished an engine compartment fire without any injuries or extension into the passenger compartment! MMost of the car was saved but we are not sure it will make it to the Ridgewood car show .

The car appears to be a Karmann-Ghia .The first KarmannGhia was introduced in Europe in 1955 and arrived in America as a coupe in 1956. The convertible soon followed in 1958. It cost $300 to $400 more than the coupe, but was sportier to convertible-loving Americans, for whom it initially was built. The slick little car was sold through 1974. The car was made by Volkswagen .

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Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 Raise Money for Mallory’s Army

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Ridgewood NJ, on Monday, June 3 Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 were able to have our 28th annual charity golf outing at River Vale Country Club , Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 couldn’t do it without our gracious participants and sponsors! This year we were able to raise money for Mallory‘s Army which is a great charity turned out of a very sad situation in New Jersey.  The firefighters thank once again to all that were involved and can’t wait for the 29th next year!

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Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 28th Annual Charity Golf Outing

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Ridgewood NJ, The Annual FMBA Golf Outing is coming up on June 3rd, 2019! If you or anyone you know would like to participate please fill out a registration form and send it back to us. If you register by tomorrow it is $165 a golfer after tomorrow it goes up to $175. If you or anyone you know would also like to do a sponsorship it would be greatly appreciated! This year’s charity is for Mallory‘s Army which the letter here explains more about.

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Ridgewood Dads Night Basketball/Toy Drive featuring the PBA, Dads Night, & FMBA

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Ridgewood NJ, Join the Ridgewood PBA Local 20 for the 1st annual  Basketball/Toy Drive featuring the PBA, Dads Night, & The Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47.

Don’t you want to see your police, fire, and dads duke it out on the court? I sure do. It’s all for charity so come out December 15th!! It’s sure to be a fun time!

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Ridgewood Fire Assists Signal Division in Pole Repair at Train Station

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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday 10/24/18 Ridgewood fire fighters “B” Shift with Tower 36 reached new heights in cooperation with the Ridgewood signal division  in repairing the flag pole at the Ridgewood train station .

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Fire Prevention Week in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday 10/10/2018,  as part of Fire Prevention Week “A” Shift went around to all the Ridgewood schools with the HSA Presidents on board the Fire Trucks to conduct a Fire Drill. These are timed each year to see how fast everyone evacuates the building and a helmet trophy is awarded to the school with the most improved time which this year went to GW Middle School! This year as always was a lot of fun for all involved!

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Ridgewood Fire Department Open House October 21st

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 ask you to please come to the Annual Ridgewood Fire Department Open House on Sunday October 21st from 1:30-3:30PM at Fire Headquarters at 201 East Glen Ave.

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Ridgewood Firefighters Present a check for $12,000 to a charity that pairs service dogs with Veterans with PTSD

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 on Wednesday 9/19/2018: Several members of Ridgewood Local 47 (L to R): Jason Jacoby, Jordan Zales ,Anthony Dinice , Chris Mead , Mike Ferraro present a check for $12,000 to Rebuilding Warriors which is a great charity that pairs service dogs with Veterans with PTSD at the Annual Convention in Atlantic City.

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Holly Acrophobia Batman , Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 conduct Tower Training at Graydon Pool

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Ridgewood NJ, on Friday  Ridgewood Firefighters “A” Shift did some Tower Training at Graydon pool .  Hope none looking at these pictures has the fear of heights .

The name of phobia of heights is acrophobia, which is commonly defined as an extreme and irrational fear of heights and high places. Although it is often confused with vertigo or the spinning sensation that is observed when a person looks down from a high place, acrophobia is actually more than just height vertigo.

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Ridgewood Firefighters participated in the 30th annual Super Science Saturday at Ridgewood High School

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 members participated in the 30th annual Super Science Saturday at Ridgewood High School. This year attendees could have forced a door using our battery powered Hurst tool and viewed various other tools while learning about fire safety.

Pictured here is Lieutenant Young with the Hurst spreaders and Lieutenants Young and Krug speaking to a few of the visitors who stopped by our display. We look forward to next year!

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Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 remind you more than 200 home fires each year start with a Christmas tree

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Ridgewood NJ , the Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 remind you that  according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), more than 200 home fires each year start with a Christmas tree. In these videos, NIST fire researchers demonstrate what could happen if a fire starts in a watered Christmas tree vs. a dry Christmas tree.

Every holiday season, hundreds of residential fires start with a Christmas tree. Above, you saw the NIST video that illustrates the dramatic difference between a fire started in a well-watered tree versus in a thirsty, neglected tree.