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Engine
6 Wagon and Pumper Front & Linden Streets circa 1948 |
Left
column, from left: Captain
William
Deitz, Firemen
Robert
Dukes,
Harrison Pike,
Mario
Fattore,
Edwin
Callahan.
Right column, from left: Firemen
Thomas
McParland, Philip
Farrow,
Thomas
Winstanley,
James
Stewart,
Ernest
Tartaglia, John
"Shorty" Prucella
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Camden Courier-Post * April 3, 1953 |
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Elm Street - North 7th Street - Frank A. Oberman - James Stewart - William Van Pfefferle - Mary Lee |
Camden Courier-Post * August 19, 1957 |
Firemen Here Get Advanced First Aid Course
More than 40 members of the Camden Fire Department have completed the Red Cross course in advanced first aid according to announcement today by Howard F. Keller, Collingswood, chairman of the Camden County Chapter's first aid committee.
Instruction sessions were under the direction of Fire Chief William V. Pfefferle, Drillmaster Anthony Dzinski, a member of the local chapter first aid group, assisted by Nicholas E. George, were instructors. Dzinski is a member of the Red Cross faculty at the National Aquatic School held in this area each year for instruction in advance safety techniques. Dick Harris, director of Red Cross safety services, supervised.
All members of the graduating class are personnel of several units housed at fire department headquarters here. These include the Headquarters Company, Engine Company 2, Rescue Squad 1 and truck company 1. these groups include:
Rescue Squad: Captains Arthur Batten, Philip A. Stinger and albert weller; Edward Brendlinger, harrison macneir, Robert Olesiewicz and james w. smith.
Headquarters Company: raymond banford, John K. Voll and john w. yates.
Truck Company 1: Captains Daniel Jiannetto, Robert E. Dukes and otto v. kaiser; William Watkin, chester gedrich, George Baxter, john mogck, George C. Hennessy, Charles Devlin, Ambrose W. Faust, joseph mctaggart, Howard R. Taggart, William G. Winstanley and elmer johnson jr.
Engine Company 2: Captains James R. Asher, Thomas Winstanley; Carl Wirtz, james mcgrory, Edwin V. Decker, james stewart, Francis X. McTaggart, anthony t. orme, Mario D. Fattore, james o. jones, Francis P. Stibi, william hopkins, Robert E. Briggs, John Giuliano, casper martelli, Harold H. Pike, john j. vane, William Stibi, john dimaggio and Harry Kleinfelder.
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Engine
Company 2 with new pumper in front of quarters, 5th & Arch
Streets,
1960.
Bottom row, from left: Fireman
Harrison
MacNeir,
Chief
Edward
MacDowell,
Fireman
James
Troutman,
Captain
Albert
Weller,
Fireman
Charles
Devlin,
Fireman
William
Hopkins,
Fireman
George
Hennessey; Top row, left to right:
Fireman
Francis
Stibi,
Fireman Robert
Briggs,
Fireman Bertram
Dahl,
Fireman Erwin
Brennan,
Captain
thomas winstanley, Fireman
Anthony
Orme..
Camden Courier-Post * December 26, 1968 |
25 Firemen Finish Training In a move aimed at staffing the Camden Fire Department for a new 42-hour work week. 25 probationary firemen will be graduated from the city fire academy Monday and 10 fire officers will be given promotions Tuesday. Heading the list of fire officer promotions will be the selection of Battalion Chief Anthony C. Saponare, 51, of 117 S. 27th Street, Camden, as deputy fire chief. The new deputy chief is a 26-year veteran on the city fire force. Two fire captains to be promoted to battalion chief are Matthew J. Davies, Jr., 36, of 2819 Carman Street, Camden, and James H. Stewart, 54, of 317 Garden Avenue, Camden. Seven firemen to be named captains include William D. Hillman. 29, of 11 Crestfair Apartments, Camden; joseph h. arensberg, 32, of 1041 N. 32nd Street, Camden; Robert E. Briggs, 48, of 2861 Congress Road, Camden; and John Brzozowski, 28, 371 N. 34th Street, Camden. Also to be named captains are Edmund F. Gorczynski, 36, of 272 N. 33rd Street, Camden; Anthony T. Orme, 44, 3317 River Road, Camden; and William B. Young, 29, of 1126 N. 33rd Street, Camden. |
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The new firemen include Richard E. Johnson, Thomas H. Eckel, Ronald C. Crowder, John A. DeLuca, Peter P. Carbone, Robert P. Hand, Robert M. Lapp, Jerome A. Kee, Thomas V. Kane, Charles E. Mayo, James C. Peterson and George S. Szychulski, all of Camden. Other slated fire school graduates are Ronald Angemi, Robert C. Welch, Robert G. Boyle, Glenn H. Moore, Marvin W. Bendy, Thomas J. DiBiaso, Arthur J. Gibson, Daniel J. Galasso, Samuel Battle Jr., Ronald J. Boyle, Jerome J. Watson, George R. Abbey, 3rd., and William H. Huelas, all of Camden. The appointments of all 35 men become effective Jan. 1, 1969. |
Camden Courier-Post * May 8, 1972 |
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Firemen
direct a hose on paper warehouse which burned out of control this morning |
3 Minute Video of May 8, 1972 Warehouse Fire |
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Camden Courier-Post Charles DiBartolomeo
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