N.J. firefighters suing fire truck, siren makers over ‘irreversible’ hearing loss
By Craig McCarthy | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on December 08, 2015 at 8:47 AM, updated December 08, 2015 at 5:00 PM
Bayonne Fire Department fire truck leaves the firehouse on Avenue C by City Hall.Jersey Journal file photo
More than two dozen New Jersey firefighters are suing five fire truck manufacturers and a siren maker alleging the noise from the emergency vehicles’ sirens have lead to an “irreversible” loss of hearing.
The lawsuit was removed from state Superior Court and filed in federal court in Newark on Dec. 4 on behalf of 34 current or former firefighters in Elizabeth, Linden, Bayonne, Union, Ridgewood, Kearny, Cranford and West New York. The suit names American LaFrance LLC, Kovatch Mobile Equipments Corp., Mack Trucks Inc., Pierce Manufacturing Inc. and Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC, as well as the siren maker Federal Signal Corp.
The lawsuit alleges the firefighters, who were each employed by the departments for decades, “have suffered irreversible hearing loss and a permanent decrease of their hearing” making them unable “to enjoy life’s pleasures.”
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I’ve just ordered some Testosterone for the Bayonne FD.
The Lieutenant can pick it up at the CVS store located on Sip Avenue across from the station house.
There is hearing protection availability.if you watch some television many departments in floods wear headsets and also have advanced maps in thier trucks.problem solved.
What about the hearing loss suffered by Ridgewood fourth of July parade goers at the hands of HoHoKus firemen and Ambulance drivers continuously blasting their horns and sirens that one year?
why no ear plugs? even if headset are too expensive ear plug are cheap pseg been doing this for years I think the lawsuit is frivolous.
Frivolous
” SUCK IT UP ” boys. They have to make money somehow after the kissed the Manager butt and signed their contract.
You must be kidding, this is just a group looking for a judge for easy money. Wear ear plugs or head sets or find another job.
Where’s the RPD guy that scours the posts here…how come he’s not defending his brothers over at the FD…?
What an embarrassment. I heard a DPW worker is suing because he got his hands dirty.
Rumor is its a retired member.
LUIS ALVAREZ, SANTO BARRACO, ARTHUR CAPONE, FRED G. CASSEL, KEITH J. CASTALDO, MICHAEL CONOSHENTI, FRANK CORNACCHIO, DENNIS COSTELLO, MICHAEL DICOSMO, GREGG HENNINGS, STEPHEN HESS, DANIEL P. HIGGINS, JAMES M. HIGGINS, JAMES P. HIGGINS, ALFREDO IRIZARRY, MICHAEL JEFFREY, FREDERICK JULIANO, JOSEPH LAMORTE, ROBERT LEWIS, STEVE MCCONLOGUE, BRIAN MCGOVERN, STEVEN MAFFEI, ROBERT MALONE, STEVEN MONCUR, PHILLIP MORRIS, EDWARD J. NICHOLSON, JR., RICHARD ORIS, JOHN S. RICE, MICHAEL SABOL, JOHN L. TANZER,
ROBERT J. TAORMINA, JUAN TAPIA, KENNETH TRAPP, ROBERT YANKEVICZ,
Did the hearing loss result from the Valley Hospital donated hook and ladder? Audrey is hard of hearing too.
Landscapers learned years aho to wear ear protection.
Sort of like a retired major league pitcher saying his arm hurts so now he can sue MLB. And you wonder why people hate us ?
you are all so funny, talk about back door men.hummmmmmmmm,
who cares.