Posted on April 22, 2008
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.
Posted on April 23, 2008
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.
Posted on April 8, 2008
At 19:16 hrs the Bergenfield FD was dispatched on a general alarm assignment for report of smoke in an apartment at the Senior Citizens building located at 293 Murray Hill Terrace. DC 2 (Kniesler) arrived first and made his way to the third floor where he found an odor of paper burning. Engine 744 was first due and they established a water source using the yard hydrant and hooking up to the stand pipe. Ladder 742, Engine 745 and the Rescue sent their crews to the third floor. Smoke was found in an apartment and a line was stretched and charged.
Chief Gomez (740) arrived on scene and assumed command while Deputy Chief Byrnes took over operations on the fire floor. Engine 743’s crew was sent to the 2nd and 4th floors to check for smoke and then to assist the crews on the third floor. The Operations Chief and Captain Lodato searched the apartment and found the source of the smoke. The smoke was from a box of tissues beginning to burn on top of a toaster oven. The item was moved and quickly extinguished before causing any major damage. Units used fans to clear the apartment and hallway of any remaining smoke and were cleared of the scene in 45 minutes.
Posted on April 7, 2008
The officers and members of Bergenfield Fire Company No. 2 would like to thank everyone that came out to their pancake breakfast on Sunday morning April 6, 2008 to support them.
Posted on April 11, 2008
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.
Posted on April 10, 2008
The Bergenfield Fire Department would like to welcome Colin Swift as a new member. He joined Bergenfield Fire Company No. 2 as probationary member. His probationary period will run a minimum of six months.
Colin has served as a volunteer firefighter in East Rutherford, NJ. We wish him the best.
Posted on April 18, 2008
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.
