Camden Fire Department - Three Alarm Fire at the Ivy Hill Apartments Page 2

Camden Fire Department
Fire, Rescue, & Safety Operations
January 13, 2014
Three Alarm Fire at the Ivy Hill Apartments
Page 2 of 2

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.

The retirements at the end of 2013 of Captain Manny Martinez and Captain Ramon Melendez opened the door for the promotion of two of Camden's Bravest. Two men who had most recently served with Squad Company 7 were elevated in rank. Miguel Ramos was assigned to Ladder 1 Company 1 at Fire headquarters, and Daniel Seybert was posted to Engine Company 11 in Cramer Hill.

I made it a point of being at each firehouse for the new Captain's first 7:00 AM roll call. Captain Ramos' first day was on January 13, and he caught two working fires on his first tour, one on Clover Street in South Camden and the second a three alarm fire in the Ivy Hill Apartments on Chase Street. Prior commitments took me out of the city when the Clover Street fire was being dealt with. I was able to get into the city for the second fire, arriving on scene shortly after the second alarm went out. The first photo was taken at 4:18 PM, the last at 4:49 PM.

About this fire, Battalion Chief 1 reported heavy fire second floor of a two story garden style apartment building, and placed all hands in service on arrival. The fire extended into the attic and the exposures, the second alarm was requested. Truck companies opened the roof, multiple hand lines were placed in service in several apartments. The third alarm was requested, and companies from Pennsauken, Collingswood, Gloucester City, and Cherry Hill responded. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke conditions while going through multiple apartments. Fortunately, all searched proved negative and no injuries were sustained by fire service personnel. A number of families, however, were rendered homeless.

All photos are shown in the chronological order in which they were taken.

If you want a print quality file of any of these pictures, click on the photo and save the enlarged image to your hard drive. The pictures are formatted for 4x6, 5x7, 4X5, and 8x10 prints- this is why you may see similar images repeated on this page.

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). I'm somewhat behind as of this writing in captioning photos, as things have been quite busy since New Years Day!

Phil Cohen
February 17, 2014

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Tony Nieves - David Munoz

First floor: George Clark

Jeff Swan - Tony Nieves - Captain Daniel Payne

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Far Right: Ted Aurig

Captain Dwayne Dixon

Kyo Vargas - Joel Thompson - Larry Smith - Efi Mercado

On steps: Captain Dwayne Dixon
On Ground: Captain Javier Matos - Carlos Colon Denis O'Reilly
Deputy Chief Edward Glassman - Battalion Chief Marl Harper

__________ - Battalion Chief Mark Harper

________ - Captain Javier Matos - Denis O'Reilly

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Battalion Chief Herb Leary

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas - Deputy Chief Edward Glassman

Far Right: Ted Aurig

Tony Nieves - Captain Bryan Emenecker

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Tony Nieves - Captain Bryan Emenecker

Captain Bryan Emenecker
Battalion Chief Sam Balakas

Captain Bryan Emenecker - Battalion Chief Sam Balakas

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Robert Prado - Mariano Pinto - Captain Ty Miles

Raul Aviles - Carlos Colon

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas - Captain Jay Fayer -___ - Greg DePetris - ___

Denis O'Reilly - Captain Javier Matos - Carlos Colon - Raul Aviles

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Captain Javier Matos - Carlos Colon - Deputy Chief Edward Glassman

Captain Javier Matos

Denis O'Reilly - Captain Miguel Ramos

Captain Miguel Ramos

David Melendez - Andy Delgado

Tony Nieves - David Melendez - Andy Delgado

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David Melendez - Andy Delgado

Captain Bryan Emenecker - ______ - Elmy Ramos - Orlando Chandler

Orlando Torres - Greg Turner - Captain Bryan Emenecker
Anthony Church - Elmy Ramos

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_______ - Kyle Jarozynski - Paul Bonamassa - Steve Reustle

Robert Prado - Joel Thompson

Tony Smalls - Captain Miguel Ramos - Andy Delgado

Captain Miguel Ramos

Tony Smalls - Captain Miguel Ramos - Andy Delgado

Joe Stringfellow - _____________

Chief of Department Michael Harper

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Battalion Chief Frank Saia - Captain Al Ashley
Chief of Department Michael Harper

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas - Deputy Chief Edward Glassman
Deputy Chief Michael DiPascale

______ - Battalion Chief Sam Balakas - Deputy Chief Edward Glassman

Damon Truitt - Matthew Bonnette

________ - Barry Harper

Ed Casey - _____ - _______ - Matt Cheski - _______

Ed Casey - _____ - _______

Matt Cheski - _______

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David Melendez - Tony Nieeves - Captain Miguel Ramos

Captain Miguel Ramos

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas - Captain Miguel Ramos

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas - Captain Miguel Ramos

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Captain Miguel Ramos

Battalion Chief Sam Balakas

Captain Miguel Ramos

Captain Jay Fayer - Captain Miguel Ramos

_________ - Matt Cheski - __________

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Captain Miguel Ramos

Captain Jay Fayer - Captain Miguel Ramos

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Deputy Chief MIchael DiPascale - Chief of Department Michael Harper

Captain Miguel Ramos - Robert Prado

Captain Ty Miles - Captain Dwayne Dixon

Captain Ty Miles

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Captain Ty Miles - Captain Dwayne Dixon - Lou Zayas

Captain Dwayne Dixon - Lou Zayas

Wes Matthews - Battalion Chief Frank Saia