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'Dream Became Reality': Linden Firefighter Inspires With Organ Transplant Story
A Linden firefighter is opening up about his heart transplant in an effort to raise awareness toward the importance of organ and tissue donation. Knowing heart disease runs in his family, Mathew Pribish went in for a routine cardiology checkup more than a decade ago. "I wanted to make sure that, as a firefighter, my heart was healthy," Pribish said. During one of those checkups, the firefighter was told that he has Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affects the heart, joints and other parts of the body. In 2013, after being monitored for a few years, Pribish's aortic root…
Police & Fire
17 Adults, 9 Children Displaced In Newark Fire, 1 Firefighter Injured
Six families were displaced and a firefighter suffered minor injuries in a fire that collapsed the roof of a Newark home Tuesday afternoon. A fire broke out at the two-story, duplex, wood-frame at 81 Wolcott Terr. around 2:25 p.m. A second alarm was called immediately with some 70 firefighters at the scene. Firefighters reported a roof collapse with one firefighter suffering a minor injury -- but remaining on duty. The fire was considered under control at 3:03 p.m. Six families, comprising 17 adults and nine children, were relocated. The cause and origin of this fire ar…
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Heroes
: Officer, Firefighter Save Life Of Junior Responder, 17, Critically Injured In Explosion
UPDATE: A firefighter and a police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a Ridgefield Park restaurant, authorities said Monday. The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said. A fire had erupted in a makeshift wooden garbage b…
Police & Fire
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: Firefighter Injured In Morris County Barn Blaze
A firefighter was injured while battling a stubborn blaze that ravaged a barn in Morris County over the weekend. The fire broke out in Long Valley around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a Facebook post from Schooley’s Mountain Fire Co. The fire was knocked down within two-and-a-half hours with help from the Washington Township Fire Department and the Long Valley First Aid Squad, the post said. One firefighter was injured in the blaze but refused medical attention, authorities said. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
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: Garfield Fire Ravages Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building
UPDATE: A firefighter sustained a minor injury during a blaze that ripped through a multi-family, mixed-use Garfield building late Friday into Saturday. The fire broke out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on the second floor of the three-story Maple Avenue building, which houses the Sud's City laundry on Palisade Avenue. It quickly blew through the attic and roof, collapsing a rear portion of the building collapsed soon after. Utility wires briefly caught fire in the stubborn blaze, which was finally brought under control at 1:49 a.m. Jeff Stang produced up-close video: At the scene.JeffS…
Police & Fire
4 Families Displaced, Firefighter Injured In Newark Blaze
A firefighter was injured and four families were displaced in a two-alarm Newark fire overnight Friday. The three-story home at 45 North 6th St. was fully consumed when nearly 70 firefighters arrived around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, police said. The fire spread to three adjacent homes, which were damaged in the blaze. One firefighter suffered cuts on his face, and the blaze was considered under control at 3:19 a.m.
Police & Fire
Woman Dies, Firefighter Injured In Jersey City Blaze
An 84-year-old woman died and a firefighter was injured in a Jersey City house fire Thursday morning, authorities said. Firefighters were met by heavy flames and smoke when responding to 270 Clerk St., around 10:45 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The two-alarm blaze was confined to the second floor of the home, where the woman was found unresponsive in her bedroom, Suarez said. The victim was pronounced dead at 11:44 a.m., the prosecutor said. One Jersey City Fire Captain was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries. The fire wa…
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2 Families Displaced, Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Newark Blaze
Two families were displaced and one firefighter injured in an early-morning fire Friday that tore through a Newark home. Firefighters responded to the 3-story wood frame home at 382 Leslie St., where a kitchen fire had spread to the second and third floors around 6 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. A second alarm was called around 6:30 a.m., with some 90 firefighters in total working to knock down the blaze. One firefighter was injured after falling through the floor and suffering a knee injury. He was treated at the scene by EMS, Ambrose said. The fire was…
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Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Hasbrouck Heights Blaze
A firefighter escaped serious injury when he fell through the second floor of a Hasbrouck Heights house during a Monday night blaze, responders said. The firefighter was hospitalized with what were characterized as minor injuries following the mayday call on Henry Street, they said. The three-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the unoccupied, 2½-story home before quickly extending shortly after 7 p.m. Firefighters had it knocked down in under an hour. 312 Henry Street, Hasbrouck HeightsDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE The cause wasn't immediately determined. CHECK BACK FOR MORE…
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Former Sussex County Volunteer Fire Chief Joel Sparling Dies, 56
The Sussex County community is mourning the loss of former Fredon Volunteer Fire Company Chief Joel Sparling. He died Oct. 25 at the age of 56. Born in Glen Ridge, Sparling later moved to Fredon Township, where he became heavily involved in the community, his obituary says. Sparling was a lifetime member of the Fredon Volunteer Fire Company and served on the Morris Minute Men Emergency Medical Services team. He also worked as a Director of Retail Operations for more than 25 years, his obit says. Sparling later moved to New Bern, NC, where he died at Carolina East Medical Center. “Joel was…
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Lawsuit
: 65 Atlantic City Firefighters Exposed To
Covid-
19 Followed 'Ineffective' Approach
The Atlantic City firefighters union has filed a lawsuit saying the city took an "ineffective approach" to handling the COVID-19 pandemic after 65 firefighters were exposed to the virus. The city arranged rapid tests for firefighters directly exposed to six others who tested positive, and instructed those who tested negative to return to work, according to the suit filed in Atlantic County Superior Court. Filed by Local 198, the suit calls the approach to handling the virus "ineffective," and " jeopardized the health and safety of all firefighters, their families, and the general publi…
Police & Fire
5 Families Displaced By Jersey City Fire
Five children were among at least 15 people from five different families displaced by an overnight Jersey City fire. Flames shot out of the second and third floors of a multi-family home on Randolph Avenue when firefighters responded around 1 a.m., Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. A firefighter suffered a minor burn on his right leg, though none of the residents were injured, she said. The fire was under control around 1:45 a.m. Our disaster action team responded to a home #fire on Randolph Ave. in #JerseyCity helping 17 people from 5 families, providing Red Cr…
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