Introduction
Engine Company 10 was organized September 16, 1920 at the then-new firehouse at 2500 Morgan Boulevard, in the Fairview section of Camden. The unit shared quarters with Ladder Company 4, which was organized on the same date. Ladder Company 4 was disbanded due to fiscal considerations in 1936. This firehouse was the first in Camden to be built after the department became motorized, and Engine 10 and Ladder 4 were the first two units to enter service after horse-drawn apparatus was withdrawn from use in Camden. Engine Company 10 briefly shared its quarters from 1986 to 1993 with Ladder Company 2, prior to that unit being relocated to the new Liberty Station at 1301 Broadway. Engine Company continues to protect Camden from its original location on Morgan Boulevard.
Engine Company 10
1924
1928 American LaFrance 750 GPM Pumper
1954 Dodge–American LaFrance 200 GPM Hose Wagon
1955 American LaFrance 1000 GPM Pumper
1950s–1960s
1986 Hahn 1000 gpm Pumper
1994 — From Left: Captain Charles Mayo, FF Ronald Wrobel, FF Ronald Gorski, & FF Angelo V. Decaro
1990s — Hahn 1000 gpm Pumper — late 1990s looking from firehouse, northwest towards Morgan Boulevard
2419 Arnold Street
A reported dwelling fire with a report on an infant trapped was dispatched in Camden City at 0042 hrs. Engine 10, Squad 7, Engine 8, Ladder 2, Rescue 1, and Battalion 1 responded to 2419 Arnold Street. Camden County Radio advised crews a neighbor reported that an infant was still inside on the 2nd floor. Engine 10 arrived on location with heavy fire showing from division 2 of a 2 story middle of the row occupied dwelling. Battalion 1 arrived and struck the all hands. Battalion 1 also requested another engine and ladder crew. Rescue 1 arrived and searched the dwelling with negative results. Secondary searches also were negative. Crews contained the fire to 1 unit with no exposure damage. The cause of the blaze is under investigation by the Camden Fire Marshals.
Story and Photo: Ted Aurig
2419 Arnold Street — April 20, 2005
Aaron Spencer — Captain Ty Miles
2018
Named: 2018, Aaron Spencer, and Captain Ty Miles.
Early Donor in Aluminum Drive Hopes ‘Gift’ Will Be Sent to Hitler
Camden Courier-Post —
Early Donor in Aluminum Drive Hopes ‘Gift’ Will Be Sent to Hitler
Campaign Opens Here with Distribution of Pamphlets on Details; Metal Collection Listed for Thursday at Nine City Centers
Hitler’s anti-Semitic nation may receive a “gift” in the near future from a South Camden Jewish resident, but the Fuehrer will not send back a “thank you” note.
The gift may attain the form of aluminum bomber parts.
Last night the city opened its drive for old aluminum from homes for use in national defense work. Only pamphlets giving details about the canvass were distributed with the old pots, discarded pans and other outmoded aluminum utensils to be collected Thursday.
However, not to be late in handing in his donation, the South Camden Jew of German birth, who remains unidentified, walked into headquarters of Engine Company No. 8 at Sixth street and Kaighn (Continued on Page 4—Column 5)
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avenue, his arms laden with old aluminum.
“Here, I want to give this aluminum to you now and not wait until Thursday,” the donor told firemen. “These pots and pans came from Germany with me many years ago, and now I want the United States to make something out of them to send back to that (several words censored) Hitler.”
Seized Cooker in Gifts
A Boy Scout’s pint-size cooking pan was taken into police headquarters by Norwood Greene, a Secret Service Agent, who said the utensil was confiscated in a counterfeit raid a short time ago at Wilmington, Del.
Greene was instructed by a superior to turn the pan over to the Camden aluminum drive. In doing so the agent had to request a receipt signed in triplicate from police headquarters since that is the required procedure in disposing of any seized articles by the Secret Service.
Beginning at 7 p. m. approximately 300 Boy Scouts, veterans and volunteers, began their systematic house-to-house canvass delivering the pamphlets explaining the drive and requesting contributions. The same workers will return Thursday to pick up whatever aluminum the householders care to give.
Anyone may take his contributed articles to any one of the collection centers. From the nine centers the aluminum will be taken to Fifth and Arch streets where a large wire enclosed bin has been constructed.
Mayor Heads Group
Mayor George E. Brunner heads the campaign as honorary chairman and William C. Schriver is general chairman. Heading a group of World War veterans engaged in the effort is Edward J. Quinlan. The veterans laid out the nine districts of the city for the collections. The Scouts are directed in the drive by Scout Commissioner Thomas Norris.
Schriver reported last night when the workers called at many homes the housewives had already collected the old utensils and had them ready for collection piled in boxes. The workers told the residents, however, the donations would not be collected until Thursday.
The nationwide appeal for gifts of aluminum will end July 29. Similar drive plans have been made in every community in the county. In many municipalities, property owners have donated the use of vacant buildings as collection centers.
The Camden city districts, and those in charge of collection, are:
First district, firehouse, Fourth and Pine streets, Leo G. Stephans.
Second district, fire headquarters, Fifth and Arch, Sgt. Ray Smith and Fred Vogel.
Third district, Engine Company No. 3, 1800 Broadway, Eugene Conlin.
Fourth district, Engine Company No. 6, Front and Linden, Samuel Shapiro.
Fifth district, Engine Company No. 7, 1115 Kaighn, James H. O’Brien.
Sixth district, Engine Company No. 8, Sixth and Kaighn, Albert C. Becker.
Seventh district, Engine Company No. 9, Twenty-seventh and Federal, Roy C. Adams.
Eighth district, Engine Company No. 10, Ninth and Morgan, Burnell S. Hartman.
Ninth district, Engine Company No. 11, Twenty-seventh and Hayes, Michael Mungioli.
Mrs. Carrie R. Bean, past department president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, and Mrs. Anne D. Spooner, president-elect of the Camden County American Legion auxiliaries, have appealed to members of all county auxiliary posts of both organizations to assist in collections.
George E. Brunner — William C. Schriver — Leo G. Stephans — Sgt. Ray Smith
Fred Vogel — Samuel Shapiro — James H. O’Brien — Albert C. Becker — Roy C. Adams
Burnell S. Hartman — Michael Mungioli — Carrie R. Bean — Anne D. Spooner
Engine Company 1 — Engine Company 3 — Engine Company 7 — Engine Company 8
Engine Company 9 — Engine Company 10 — Engine Company 11
Engine Company 2 (Fire Headquarters)
Storeroom Blazes at N. Y. Ship Plant
Camden Courier-Post —
STOREROOM BLAZES AT N. Y. SHIP PLANT
3 Fire Companies Work 25 Minutes as Short Circuit Burns Supplies
Two engine companies and a hook and ladder company of the Camden Fire Department was summoned to the New York Shipbuilding yard at 12.45 a. m. today to extinguish a blaze in a storeroom. The fire, which burned maintenance equipment such as mops, buckets and small machinery and electric light bulbs, was brought under control within 25 minutes, firemen said.
The firemen said the blaze, apparently due to a short circuit, was in a storeroom immediately in back of the boiler room in the main yard near Newton Creek. No ways, on which naval ships are being built, were near. No estimate of damage was made. Responding companies were Engine Companies No. 10, of Ninth and Morgan streets, and No. 3, of Broadway and Ferry avenue, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, of Sixth and Kaighn avenue. The Second District patrol crew also responded.
Credits
Many of the photographs on this website are from the limited edition book “Fire Department Camden NJ 125 Anniversary 1869–1994” and were taken by Department Photographer Bob Bartosz. Others are courtesy of Joel Bain of the Camden Fire Department. Thanks to Captain Michael McCarthy of the CFD for identifying the personnel in the 1994 photo.