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2008-05-04 - At approximately 0130hrs, the members of Alert Fire Company were dispatched on a still alarm for the ladder truck to respond to the City of Englewood.  While the members of the EFD were battling a 2nd alarm fire, DC 2 Chief Kneisler, along with Truck 742 under the command of Captain Lopez stood by with engines from Fort Lee and Leonia taking in no calls.  Units were released and back into the borough by 0210hrs.

2008-04-23 - At 00:17 hrs, the Englewood Fire Department requested Bergenfield’s Ladder truck to respond to their firehouse to cover the city while they operated at a working fire at 54 Forrest Avenue.  Prior to the Ladder leaving quarters they were reassigned to go right into the scene.  Deputy Chief Kniesler (DC2) responded with the ladder, which was under the command of Captain Mike Lopez and a crew of six.  Upon their arrival they were instructed to set-up as the F.A.S.T. Team.  They eventually were assigned to work on the first and second floors of the structure extinguishing fire on both floors.

  Englewood also requested the Rescue respond into the scene of the fire.  Deputy Chief Byrnes (DC1) responded with the Rescue, which was under the command of Captain Jim Lodato and a crew of six.  Upon the arrival of the Rescue, they were initially told they would be filling bottles, but were quickly reassigned.  They placed ground ladders for units operating inside the structure and were sent to the basement to work on pockets of fire and then to the roof to extinguish more hidden fire.

  All units were clear of the scene in just over 2 hours.

2008-04-22 - On Monday evening, 13 team members of the department attended a flashover class at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute.  After a classroom session, the members made their way onto the fire ground and entered the container.  The Instructors were able to get 9 good flashovers for the members and a good time was had by all.  We would like to thank lead Instructor Joe Alvarez and the rest of his staff for their time and effort.

The members who attended were Deputy Chief Byrnes, Captain Lodato, Lieutenant Buehler, FF’s Janssens, Lorz, Sr., A. McGoldrick, Mertz, C. Naylis, S. Naylis, Putney, Shanahan, Slossar and Tedesco.

2008-04-18 - At 01:19 hrs, the New Milford FD requested Bergenfield’s F.A.S.T. Team to respond to their town for a working house fire on Ridge Street.  Deputy Chief Byrnes and Rescue 746 under the command of Captain Lodato responded into the scene.  The team staged and threw ground ladders for units operating on the second floor and removed a second floor window in case they need to make a quick exit.  Bergenfield cleared the scene in just over 90 minutes.  We would like to thank Brett Dzadik (http://www.brettsfirephotos.com/) for allowing us to use his photos.

2008-04-11 - At 20:20Hrs the New Milford Fire Department requested Bergenfield’s F.A.S.T. Team to respond to 287 Graphic Blvd. for a reported house fire.  Deputy Chief Byrnes (DC1) responded into the scene and the Rescue 746 responded with Captain Lodato and a full crew.  The Rescue was only on scene for only a few minutes and released back to their borough with the thanks of NMFD Chief Boselli.