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Morgan Boulevard

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Introduction

Morgan Boulevard is often confused with Morgan Street, with which it intersects. It originally just ran south, from the intersection of Ninth and Morgan Streets across Hunter and Olive Streets and the Newton Creek, where it intersects with Yorkship Road and Tuckahoe Road. In later years it was extended to Fairview Street, which was likewise extended to Mount Ephraim Avenue.

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1000 Block of Morgan Boulevard

On land that had once been a sweet potato farm, a school in 1969 named Morgan Village Middle School opened its doors. Mr. Koppenhaver, the first principal greeted the new middle school students of South Camden to a unique three curricular design building located amid green grass, trees, and shrubberies.

The address of this new school would be Morgan Boulevard and Fairview Street, Camden, New Jersey. Just as the lustering landscape surrounding the school grew, so did its students and staff.

1000 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants

City directory records.

1000 Morgan Boulevard

1000 Morgan Boulevard — 1000 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1969–presentMorgan Village Middle School

Engine Company 10 / Fire Station

Engine Company 10, 2500 Morgan Boulevard, c. 1920 Ladder Company 4, 2500 Morgan Boulevard, c. 1920 Ladder Company 2, 2500 Morgan Boulevard, 1986–1993

2500 Morgan Boulevard — Engine Company 10 (1920–present; top); Ladder Company 4 (1920–1936; middle); Ladder Company 2 (1986–1993; bottom).

2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants

City directory records.

2500 Morgan Boulevard

2500 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920–present Engine Company 10
1920–1936 Ladder Company 4
1986–1993 Ladder Company 2

2508 Morgan Boulevard

2508 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2510 Morgan Boulevard

2510 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2511 Morgan Boulevard

2511 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955John J. Homon & Sons (plumbing & heating)

2512 Morgan Boulevard

2512 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory
1933Donald Embley Corson (born April 1933)

2513 Morgan Boulevard

2513 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2514 Morgan Boulevard

2514 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2515 Morgan Boulevard

2515 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1950s John T. Garrity (Camden Police)

2516 Morgan Boulevard

2516 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2523 Morgan Boulevard

2523 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1935Fourteenth Ward Republican Club
1937–1983 Ukrainian Baptist Church
2007–2014Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church

2525 Morgan Boulevard

2525 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2527 Morgan Boulevard

2527 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2528 Morgan Boulevard

2528 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2529 Morgan Boulevard

2529 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2530 Morgan Boulevard

2530 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2531 Morgan Boulevard

2531 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2532 Morgan Boulevard

2532 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2533 Morgan Boulevard

2533 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2534 Morgan Boulevard

2534 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2535 Morgan Boulevard

2535 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2536 Morgan Boulevard

2536 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2537 Morgan Boulevard

2537 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1951Charles Hance Sr. & Family
1951Charles & Jennie Hance
1951George Hance
1951 Charles Hance Jr.
1951George D. Moore
1951Sophie Hance
1951Isabella Hance Parsons
1951Anna Hance Sulzman

2538 Morgan Boulevard

2538 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2539 Morgan Boulevard

2539 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

2540 Morgan Boulevard

2540 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1970s Harry Anthony Greenan & Family
1930s–1970sHarry A. & Victoria Greenan

2542 Morgan Boulevard

2542 Morgan Boulevard — 2500 Block of Morgan Boulevard — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing in directory

Related: John J. Homon & Sons — 2511 Morgan Boulevard, 1955.

Related: Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares — 2512 Morgan Boulevard, 1933.

Related: John T. Garrity — 2515 Morgan Boulevard.

Related: Charles Hance Sr. Dies; Sport Figure — 2537 Morgan Boulevard, 1951.

John J. Homon & Sons

New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages — 1955

John J. Homon & Sons, Plumbing & Heating, 2511 Morgan Boulevard, 1955 Yellow Pages ad

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Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares

Camden Courier-Post —

The first payment on one share of stock in the Kearsarge Building and Loan Association has been offered to parents of the following children born in the Fourteenth ward during the month of April:

Norman Turner, 824 Bulson Street; Kathryn Jeanette Mahoney, 709 Morgan Street; Anna Mae Hollowell, 550 Grant Avenue; Janice Fem Crossett, 551 Woodland Avenue; Thomas Joseph Dorsey, Jr., 2929 Constitution Road; June Lonkert, 1515 Collings Road; Donald Embley Corson, 2512 Morgan Boulevard; Eileen Francis Patton, 1212 Yorkship Square; Philip Edward Gruber, Jr., 1232 America Road; Jean Marie Fanslow, 1659 Alabama Road; John Campbell, 539 Lester Terrace; William Richard Hook, 1577 Alabama Road; Carole Marie Davis, 2788 Yorkship Square, and Earl Purnell Lewin, 1228 America Road.

John T. Garrity

John T. Garrity

John T. Garrity, Camden Police, 2515 Morgan Boulevard, 1910s–1950s.

Charles Hance Sr. Dies; Sport Figure

Camden Courier-Post —

Charles Hance Sr. Dies; Sport Figure, Camden Courier-Post, March 26, 1951

Charles Hance Sr., 72, of 2537 Morgan boulevard, died in Cooper hospital of a heart attack Saturday night. He was active in sports for many years.

He had lived in the Fairview section of Camden for 21 years and for the last 15 years he umpired virtually all of the sandlot baseball games in Fairview and Morgan Village, and was affectionately known to the youth as “Pop.” In his young days he was a baseball player.

Mr. Hance, a native of Philadelphia; was a retired marble mason. He had been caretaker of the home of Fairview post 71, American Legion, at Collings road and Mt. Ephraim avenue. He had managed and trained a number of boxers in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia.

Surviving are his widow, Jennie; two sons, George, Camden, and Charles Jr., a Camden motorcycle policeman; a stepson, George D. Moore; three daughters, Miss Sophie Hance, Mrs. Isabella Parsons and Mrs. Anna Sulzman, and seven grandchildren.

Services will be held Wednesday at 1.30 p. m. in a funeral home at 1530 Collings road where friends may call Tuesday night. Burial will be in New Camden cemetery.

4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions

Camden Courier-Post —

4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950

Johnson, Garrity, Crawford, Stahl Retire Aug. 31

Four police officers and four firemen applied for pensions under the mandatory 65-year-old retirement law today.

The applications, all approved by the police-firemen pension board, are in line with Commissioner Aaron’s order in December, 1948, advising chiefs of the respective services that state law requires retirement of all personnel who have reached 65.

Police officers to be pensioned are Detective Capt. Samuel E. Johnson, 71, Capt. John T. Garrity, 65, Detective Frank Crawford, 69, and Patrolman Harry Stahl, 68.

Fire department members include Deputy Chief Clarence Madden, 67, and Firemen John Prucella, 75; Spencer Smith Sr., 68, and Frank L’Esperance, 66.

The eight men will retire Aug. 31, with each receiving one-half of the average annual salary of the last three years.

Also approved today was an application for a widow’s pension by Mrs. Carrie Bean, 1103 North Twenty-sixth street. Her husband, Patrolman Howard Bean, died June 8, eight days after being pensioned. She will receive $1000 annually.

Captain Johnson, of 211 Elm street, is considered the dean of the police department, having served 40 years.

Johnson, who will receive $2019 annually, was appointed in April, 1910, and was made a detective 10 years later. He was elevated to sergeant in November, 1928, and to lieutenant in 1930. One year after he was cited in 1942 by former Public Safety Director Mary Kobus, Johnson was raised to captain. He served as acting police chief from December, 1947, to December, 1949.

Captain Garrity will receive $1601 annually. He served as commander in each of the three city districts. Garrity was appointed in January, 1920; made sergeant July, 1930; lieutenant in 1940, and captain on June 30, 1944. He lives at 2515 Morgan boulevard.

Following a “pep” meeting with city detectives Thursday, Aaron announced he had transferred Captain Garrity to his office for “special assignments.” Sgt. William Schultz was named acting captain to head the third police district to replace Garrity.

Crawford, of 578 Chestnut street, will draw $1501. He was named to the force in 1912 and resigned eight years later. In 1931 he was reinstated and received a promotion to detective status in 1942. He was cited by former Chief John Golden.

Stahl Appointed in 1917

Stahl lives at 1513 Baird avenue. After his appointment in 1917, he saw service in most departments of the bureau. He will receive an annual pension of $1401.

Chief Madden, 2760 Mickle street, is serving as fire commander for the second fire district at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets. He was appointed July 1, 1910 and assigned to Engine Co. 5, Fifth and Arch streets.

In 1922 he was raised to lieutenant, and six years later became senior captain. Madden was named battalion chief Nov. 21, 1944 and deputy chief on Dec. 16, 1949.

Madden will receive about $2000, with the others drawing approximately $1358 annually.

Prucella, 919 Penn street, was sworn in on Nov. 1, 1911 and joined Engine Co. 5. Since 1933 he has been serving at No. 6 Engine Co., Front and Linden streets.

Smith was appointed May 1, 1914 and assigned to No. 1 Engine Co., Fourth and Pine streets. He has been attached to No. 10 Engine Co., Ninth street and Morgan boulevard, since 1920.

Frank L’Esperance, 604 Clinton street, is also a member of No. 10 Engine Co., where he has been attached since 1938. He was appointed June 6, 1918 and served with No. 5 and No. 3 engine companies.

Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas - Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941

Members of Camden city’s first volunteer firemen to be graduated from the Camden Fire School, Ninth street and Morgan boulevard, are shown above going through demonstrations of their teaching during the last seven weeks.

Edward Friant, of 124 North Thirtieth Street, descending from a tall building on a rope by using a life belt.

Charles Geitz, of 465 Mechanic Street, left, and Nicholas Iacovelli, of 1303 Decatur Street, using asbestos suits in the middle of roaring flames. The suits, according to Fire Captain Ray Smith, instructor at the school, are able to withstand 1,750 degrees of heat.

Ernest Wilkinson, of 1304 Park Boulevard, is the man behind the mask on the right shown emerging from a building filled with formaldehyde gas.

50 Volunteer Firemen Complete Training for Emergency Duties

Camden Courier-Post —

Graduates First of 500 to Be Trained by City for Huge Reserve. Similar to that in London; Defense Officials Praise Work

Camden’s first group of war and emergency volunteer firemen received their “diplomas” last night on completion of their training at the fire school in No. 10 firehouse, Ninth Street and Morgan Boulevard.

They are the initial volunteers to be trained as a reserve for the city fire department in an emergency. The volunteers, 50 of them, will be on 24-hour call. Eventually more than 500 men are expected to receive the training course for a huge reserve similar to the corps of firemen now being used in London.

The men range in ages from 11 to 59 years with Charles Smith, son of Sgt. Ray Smith, being the youngest, and Harry L. Freidel, the oldest.

The training course started May 12 and the trainees have attended three sessions a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, for seven weeks under the direction of Fire Captain Raymond Smith, no relation to the sergeant, who is director of the training school. Smith is a graduate of Class 56, of the Philadelphia Fire Training School.

Each volunteer fireman will be issued an identification card which will hold his fingerprints.

Class Praised

Among those congratulating the graduates were Herbert E. Harper, chairman of the Camden Defense Council; William C. Schriver, council member; Fire Chief John Lennox and Captain Smith. Howard Odrain, deputy chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department with 31 years of experience in fighting fires, attended as an observer.

“In behalf of the Camden City Defense Council, I want to thank you men for the hours and days you have put into taking this course,” Harper told the graduates.

“You have been prompt in attendance and have been attentive. We don’t anticipate any air raids or any acts of war-invasion, but we have an important problem in enabling national defense industries in Camden city to make load in their jobs.

“The sabotage committee of the defense council has been visiting the local industries encouraging the plants to set up their own fire fighting squads and many are doing so. You men will be needed in times of an emergency to aid these forces and to assist at industries where there is no fire fighting squads.”

Chief Lennox termed the volunteers “our second line of defense” and thanked them for their cooperation.

Training Complete

The course included training in all phases of fire-fighting from operating pumpers to climbing ladders and combating incendiaries. Rescue work also was included. The use of gas masks and asbestos suits in chemical fires, how to approach delayed bombs with snubbers and the proper methods of using extinguishers were taught. A demonstration was held outside the firehouse by the volunteers. Their activities included scaling ladders, using gas masks to enter a smoke house, climbing and working on the top of the fire tower, using an aerial truck, tying tools for the lifting to tools, working on the end of water lines, working on pumpers, hooking up to stand pipes, jumping into life nets, tying life ropes and using asbestos suits through flaming gasoline and oil.

The Class

The graduates included: George D. Wilkinson, fire marshal of the RCA Manufacturing Company, and his two sons, Ernest and George; Garfield Watson, sergeant of police at New York Shipbuilding Corporation; Lieut. George Hamilton, Jr., of the 157th Field Artillery; Captain William Hare, of the Kaighn Avenue-South Street Ferry.

Harry B. Thompson, Earl Denby, Lester W. Giberson, Norman P. Maull, Joseph Leone, Samuel Schuele, George P. Smith, Joseph Marchese, Nicholas A. Messaro, William S. Martz, William E. Doan, Elwood P. Martz, Jr., Clyde Getzinger, George W. Grove, Stephen Kirby, James W. McCracken, William Watkin, Manuel Weiss, Riccardo DiGiacomo, Louis Cimini, William P. Walter, Sigmund Yakaski, Nicholas Iacovelli, Robert Holmes, Walter D. Lohrman.

Myer J. Mutter, Charles Geitz, Charles A. B. Smith, Howard Doerschner, Harry L. Freidel, Franklin L. Wright, Paul W. Kessler, Warren I. Carter, Creston Polland, Edward E. Friant, Frank F. Shropshire, Charles Gall, Albert E. Pine, Nicholas Cerasoli, George W. Williams, Joseph G. Foster, Joseph Elliott, George Hance and Irving L. Stiefel.

Woman Fatally Hurt

Camden Morning Post —

Woman Fatally Hurt - Camden Morning Post, January 3, 1928

Mrs. Emma Scholl, 67 years old, 694 Tulip street, died as she was being carried into West Jersey Hospital. She was struck by the automobile of Thomas Atkins, 110 East Clinton avenue, Oaklyn, after she had stepped from behind a Public Service bus at Ninth street and Morgan boulevard.

Atkins was arrested by Detective Howard Pike, and later released in $1,000 bail for hearing today in traffic court, on a charge of manslaughter.

Atkins said he was driving west on Morgan boulevard and was rounding a wide curve at Ninth street when his machine struck Mrs. Scholl. He said the woman walked from behind a Fairview-bound bus, directly into the path of his automobile.

The woman died of a fractured skull and internal injuries. Both arms were broken. Coroner Arthur H. Holl issued a death certificate.

Death Car Driver Held in $1000 Bail

Camden Morning Post —

Death Car Driver Held in $1000 Bail - Camden Morning Post, January 3, 1928 Death Car Driver Held in $1000 Bail - Camden Morning Post, January 3, 1928

Grand Jury to Probe Manslaughter Charge Against Oaklyn Man

Bail which had been furnished after his arrest last night, was accepted this morning for security as Thomas Atkins, 110 East Clinton avenue, Oaklyn, was held for the grand jury on a technical charge of manslaughter.

The hearing in traffic court before Judge Bertman was the aftermath of the fatal accident at Ninth street and Morgan boulevard last night.

Atkins was driver of the automobile which struck Mrs. Emma Scholl, 67 years old, 694 Tulip street. Mrs. Scholl died as she was being carried into West Jersey Hospital a few minutes later

Walter Keown appeared as counsel for Atkins. Keown said he was satisfied that the grand jury, after investigating the accident, would exonerate the defendant.

William Menhenick, 50 years old, of Parry, was fined $15 on a charge of reckless driving. He was arrested after William Lamarcus, 1827 Gallingham street, Philadelphia, said Menhenick’s car struck his auto at Eighth and Linden streets.

Arrested on complaint of Policeman William Brickner, a Public Service taxicab driver, Jubulam Gandy, 26 years old, 103 North Seventh street, was fined $10 for speeding. Brickner said he chased Gandy’s cab from Broadway and Benson to Sixth and Penn. He said Gandy exceeded the speed limit the entire distance.

Fire Watch: In This Issue

Fire Watch Magazine — Spring 1977

Fire Watch: In This Issue - Fire Watch Magazine, Spring 1977

FIRE WATCH

VOL. 1 NO. 1

SPRING 1977

IN THIS ISSUE

MESSAGE FROM LOCAL #788 2

WHAT'S NEW 4

VIEW FROM THE TOP 5

SAFETY EVERYONE'S CONCERN 6

A CITY CHANGING IT'S [sic] IMAGE 8

DO YOU REMEMBER 10

HOT FLASHES 11

FIREHOUSE CHATTER 12

IN RECOGNITION 13

RUNS AND WORKERS-1976 13

DOWN MEMORY LANE 14

OUR SUPPORT SERVICES 16

QUIZ BIZ 18

FROM THE RULE BOOK 19

OUR PATRONS 19

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY AND FOR CAMDEN FIREFIGHTERS

The Cover Photo of our inaugural issue displays the scene that greeted first arriving units on the morning of 6 June, 1976 at Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Fairview Street, the Harris Terminal Complex. The fire involved a four story brick and corrugated steel warehouse (100 x 1000) containing miscellaneous industrial materials. Structure was fully involved upon arrival of Department Forces. As is evident in photo, the firebuilding was completely obscured from view by extremely heavy smoke conditions that were visible as far as thirty miles away. Elevated water tank in background, which is adjacent to firebuilding, is 100 feet tall. A massive effort by over 400 hundred [sic] manning some fifty pieces of equipment, was required to control the blaze. The Camden Fire Department was assisted by the mutual-aid response of Fire Units from Camden County. A 10th Alarm for Box #4412 was transmitted for this fire. Photo by M. Hall.

(LIABILITY STATEMENT)

1) The contents of FIREWATCH magazine are not intended to reflect official Fire Department policy, and are published with the express purpose of broadening the member's understanding and interest in the Fire Fighting Profession, and the Labor Movement. Opinions and ascertations [sic] set forth by authors of articles in FIREWATCH magazine do not reflect the views of the Fire Department of the City of Camden, N.J. or Local #788, I.A.F.F.

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Dep. Chf. Daniel F. Jiannetto, Department Properties

Dep. Chf. Anthony C. Saponare, Support Services

Dep. Chf. Theodore L. Primas, Staff Services

Batt. Chf. Harold H. Pike, Chief Fire Marshal

Capt. Vincent G. Orme, Asst. Fire Marshal & Community Relations

Batt. Chf. Matthew J. Davies, Fire Training Academy

Capt. Ronald Guernon, Training Officer

Chief Joseph F. Wolfinger, Motor Maintenance Unit

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY CAMDEN FIREFIGHTER'S UNION, LOCAL #788, I.A.F.F.

Robert J. Williams, President E.11

William H. Colucci, 1st Vice President L.1

Robert K. Troutman, 2nd Vice President E.6

Richard J. Tate, 3rd Vice President E.8

Robert W. Frett, Secretary B.1-Aide

George F. Kifferly III, Treasurer E.11

Edward DeHart, State Delegate E.11

William S. DiPompo, State Delegate E.8

William L. Kamman, State Delegate E.3

PUBLICATION STAFF, FIREWATCH MAGAZINE

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Asst. Editor Joseph Marini L.1

Circulation Martin Murray L.2

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Fire Watch: In This Issue

Fire Watch Magazine — Summer 1977

Fire Watch: In This Issue - Fire Watch Magazine, Summer 1977 Fire Watch: In This Issue - Fire Watch Magazine, Summer 1977 Fire Watch: In This Issue - Fire Watch Magazine, Summer 1977

FIRE WATCH

VOL. 1 NO. 2

SUMMER 1977

IN THIS ISSUE

MESSAGE FROM LOCAL #788 2

EFFICIENCY EQUALS EFFECTIVENESS 4

VIEW FROM THE TOP 5

SAFETY....EVERYONE’S CONCERN 6

A CITY CHANGING ITS IMAGE 7

DO YOU REMEMBER 8

IN RECOGNITION 9

HOT FLASHES 10

FIREHOUSE CHATTER 12

DOWN MEMORY LANE 15

QUIZ BIZ 16

OUR SUPPORT SERVICES 17

OUR PATRONS 18

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY AND FOR CAMDEN FIREFIGHTERS

ABOUT THE COVER

First due Engine “catches” a hydrant adjacent to fire building, as store front “blows” at this South Camden 2nd Alarm for Box 2314. Fire occurred at 817 S. Broadway on April 18, 1977 and involved entire three story property, resulting in numerous injuries to members. For additional photo coverage of this fire, see centerfold section of this issue. Photo by J. Marini and M. Hall

The contents of FIREWATCH magazine are not intended to reflect official Fire Department policy, and are published with the express purpose of broadening the member’s understanding and interest in the Fire Fighting Profession, and the Labor Movement. Opinions and ascertations [sic] set forth by authors of articles in FIREWATCH magazine do not reflect the views of the Fire Department of the City of Camden, N.J. or Local #788, I.A.F.F.

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Dep. Chf. Joseph R. Guarino, Personnel & Administration

Dep. Chf. Daniel F. Jiannetto, Department Properties

Dep. Chf. Anthony C. Saponare, Support Services

Dep. Chf. Theodore L. Primas, Staff Services

Capt. John E. Moore, Administrative Aide to Staff

Batt. Chf. Harold H. Pike, Chief Fire Marshal

Capt. Vincent G. Orme, Asst. Fire Marshal & Community Relations

Batt. Chf. Matthew J. Davies, Fire Training Academy

Capt. Ronald Guernon, Training Officer

Chief Joseph F. Wolfinger, Motor Maintenance Unit

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY CAMDEN FIREFIGHTER’S UNION, LOCAL #788, I.A.F.F.

Robert J. Williams, President E.11

William H. Colucci, 1st Vice President L.1

Robert K. Troutman, 2nd Vice President E.6

Richard J. Tate, 3rd Vice President E.8

Robert W. Frett, Secretary B.1-Aide

George F. Kifferly III, Treasurer E.11

Edward DeHart, State Delegate E.11

William S. DiPompo, State Delegate E.8

William L. Kamman, State Delegate E.3

PUBLICATION STAFF, FIREWATCH MAGAZINE

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Historian Dennis Penn E.7

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