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Irvington Fire Recruit Victor Melillo, 21, Dies Days After Collapsing During Academy Training Irvington Fire Recruit Victor Melillo, 21, Dies Days After Collapsing During Academy Training
Irvington Fire Recruit Victor Melillo, 21, Dies Days After Collapsing During Academy Training A 21-year-old fire recruit from Irvington died at Morristown Medical Center days after collapsing during academy training, officials announced Tuesday. Victor Melillo, a new recruit with the Irvington Fire Department, collapsed around 9:30 a.m. on March 4 during a training exercise in the  parking lot of the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy off Hanover Avenue in Parsippany Township, Morris County officials said. First responders and EMTs performed life-saving efforts before the Morris County OEM's EMTs and paramedics from Atlantic Ambulance rushed Melillo to Morri…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
THE RISING: Sam Springsteen Sworn As Jersey City Firefighter THE RISING: Sam Springsteen Sworn As Jersey City Firefighter
THE Rising: Sam Springsteen Sworn As Jersey City Firefighter With his famous parents looking on, Bruce Springsteen’s son was sworn in Tuesday morning as a Jersey City firefighter at City Hall. Sam Springsteen, who turned 26 earlier this month, was one of 15 new Jersey City firefighters sworn in during a half-hour ceremony that filled the City Council chambers. The youngest of Bruce and singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa’s three children had been a member of the Colts Neck Fire Department close to his folks’ home. He then trained for five months with his fellow Jersey City newbies at the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy. “It wasn’t easy,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Parsippany PD: Officer OK After Shooting Himself In Leg During Firearms Training Parsippany PD: Officer OK After Shooting Himself In Leg During Firearms Training
Parsippany PD: Officer OK After Shooting Himself In Leg During Firearms Training A police officer from the Department of Human Services was hospitalized with minor injuries after accidentally shooting himself in the leg during firearms training Thursday, authorities said. The officer was in the process of completing his weapons qualifications at the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy Firing Range when his gun fired into his thigh around 10:30 a.m., Parsippany Police Chief Andrew Miller said. He received immediate medical assistance from other officers and academy staff before Parsippany-Troy EMS took the officer to Morristown Medical Center with non life-threa…

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by Cecilia Levine