Camden Fire Department - Training - Roof Cutting at the William F. Powell School

This page and the other pages in this series are the successors to the series of web-page about the Camden Fire Department that began with the page Camden Fire Department: The Fires of the Summer of 2011. On this and other pages in the series you will find pictures and information regarding different events and aspects of the fire service in Camden, New Jersey.

What the general public does not see is the constant training and preparation for fires and other emergencies that is undertaken by the Camden Fire Department. On April 13, 2013 I was invited by Battalion Chief Frank Sandrock Sr. to observe and photograph roof cutting training at the William F. Powell School, which had been closed by Camden's Board of Education, and sadly, abandoned to metal thieves and scavengers, which rendered a potentially marketable public asset into a public safety hazard. This being the case, cutting large holes in the old school's roof does serve the public good.

As with the web page covering other Camden Fire Department events, if you can identify anyone that I've missed, please e-mail me. (I'm terrible at at names and faces).

Phil Cohen
April 28, 2013