Firefighters Aid In Massive Essex Fells Fire
If you were listening to the fire horn in Verona on Sunday night, you may have heard an unusual combination: 2-2-2-2. It’s a pattern of emergency horns that tells Verona’s volunteer firefighters that their help is needed in a neighboring town and they need to report to our two stations for their assignments.
The VFD’s members were among the scores from across western Essex County who were called to Essex Fells for a massive house fire. This kind of multi-department response is coordinated thru the Essex County Fire Mutual Aid System.
The VFD was at the Devon Road home for about five hours, assisting Essex Fells as a Rapid Intervention Team, which means that they were assigned the task of rescuing any missing or injured firefighters. They also worked on extinguishing hot spots, and they returned on Monday morning with the ladder truck to assist reaching some small, hard to reach pockets of fire that were re-igniting.
Friday, November 11
7:40 p.m.: A kitchen fire took place at a Bloomfield Avenue apartment. Officer Tim Banta and the Verona Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire leaving only minor damage to the kitchen.
Read more...Thursday, November 10
9:40 p.m.: A transformer fire at a Park Avenue residence took place. Officer Barone and the Verona Fire Department responded and observed an electrical wire burning next to the house and only minor damage.
Read more...Wednesday, November 2
4:16 p.m.: Two people were reported to be trapped in an elevator at a Bloomfield Avenue location. Officer Barone responded along with the Verona Fire Department who was able to free the individuals from the elevator with no injuries reported.
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The Verona Fire Department, Engine 11 visited Our Lady of the Lake School and Tuesday, October 18, to teach the preschool about fire safety. Firefighter Matt Antotino spoke to the class, accompanied by firefighters Rick Neale, Vin Salvatore, Larry Burdett, Jerry DeYoung. They went over Stop, Drop, and Roll; having a meeting place in case of a fire and general fire safety. The children were made deputy firefighters then allowed…
Read more...Tuesday, October 4
6:55 p.m.: Officer Page Parsels responded along with the Verona Fire Department on a report of an oven fire at a Sunset Avenue residence.
Read more...Wednesday, September 28
7:30 a.m: Officer Joel Martin responded with the Verona Fire Department to an odor of gasoline in the area of South Prospect and Bloomfield. After arriving, it was determined that the odor was from an overnight gasoline delivery at a local service station.
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By Virginia Citrano The Verona Fire Department almost had to be in two places at once on Monday night. Just before 8 p.m., the VFD got a call to head to Cypress Avenue and Ann Street near F.N. Brown elementary school. [...]. But no sooner had the firefighters parked the trucks there than a second call came in, across Pompton on Cambridge Road near Amy Court. A malfunctioning bathroom light…
Read more...Monday, August 29
7:40 p.m.: Officer Robert Shafer and members of the Verona Fire Department responded to an Amy Court residence on a report of smoke coming from a bathroom. Upon arrival, emergency workers found a light fixture on fire. The fire was extinguished and the faulty light fixture was removed.
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