Ladder Company 3 &mdash; 1959 Runs, January to June

Ladder Company 3 — 1959 Runs, January to June

This page and the page covering the runs from July 1 through December 31, 1959 show the when, where, what, and who involved in each incident.

At that time the Camden Fire Department had a three-platoon system. Here are the personnel who took part in the events recorded below. Note that all three regularly assigned Captains at one time or another served as Acting District Chief, a title equivalent to the present-day Battalion Chief. Also on occasion, Ladder 3 firefighters filled in as Chief’s Aides.

Chiefs in Charge
Edward R. MacDowell, Chief of Department
Joseph H. Ballinghoff, District Chief
Austin E. Marks, District Chief
Godfrey F. Patterson, District Chief
Joseph R. Guarino, District Chief
John J. Graham, District Chief
William H. Deitz, District Chief
James Creato, Acting District Chief
Louis J. Martelli, Acting District Chief
John J. O’Neil, Acting District Chief
Leonard E. Oshushek, Acting District Chief

Chief’s Aides
Charles Bates	Allen F. Hess Sr.
Howard A. Lewis	Ervin Brennan
John W. Yates	David W. Humphries
Paul V. Brutschea	Ernest Tartaglia
Raymond Banford	Edward Y. Scott
Elmer Johnson Jr.	Morris Odell
James H. Troutman	John C. Voll Jr.
	John E. Moore

Ladder Company No. 3
James Creato, Captain	John J. O’Neil, Captain	Louis J. Martelli, Captain
Thomas C. Blair	Roy R. Moffa	Philip B. Stinger
John L. Sterner	Thomas J. McCabe	William Harring Jr.
Alfred D. Nigro	Howard G. Brickner	David W. Humphries
Edward N. Morgenweck	James O. Jones	Edward Kreher
James H. Troutman	Edward Dehart
Served with Ladder Company No. 3 as Substitutes in 1959
Theodore Orbaczewski	Matthew Davies	John F. Letts
Joseph G. Simpson	Charles Christensen	William J. O’Connor