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photos by Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47
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Ridgewood NJ, on Thursday 9/3/2020: “C” Shift practicing Standpipe Operations at the new Village Parking Garage. Fire hydrants work by tapping into a pressurized system. In addition, a fixture called a standpipe facilitates firefighting within buildings and works like an overhead sprinkler system.
file photo by Boyd Loving
It is quite ironic that the restaurant owners who lobbied so long and hard for this garage (Saraceno, Sullivan, & Vagianos) screwed themselves and their patrons in the process by demanding a structure so large (i.e., expensive) be built that the only way to pay for it is by extending metered parking times until well into the evening.
I can’t wait until they come running back to the Council a few years from now asking that the metered parking be pushed back until 6 PM because their businesses are suffering.
Lesson to be learned John, Ed, and Paul – You can’t have your cake and eat it too!