Category Archives: Fire
A fallen tree punched a hole in the roof of a house on Garden Road in Little Silver. Firefighters responded to a report of smoke. (Click photos to enlarge)
A nearly uninterrupted stream of emergency calls had police, firefighters and medical personnel jumping Saturday afternoon.
Heavy rain driven by high winds knocked down trees, limbs, power lines [...]
This house at 21 Linden Place was the most-cited for overcrowding and related violations in 2009, borough records show. (Click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Overcrowding of rental homes is on the decline in Red Bank, borough officials say, citing two years of enforcement data.
The purported drop is occurring in part because the borough adopted stricter rules [...]
February 16, 2010 – 7:28 am
Clear access to hydrants can save valuable time in an emergency, firefighters say.
The Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department is asking any property owner with a fire hydrant on their property to assist with snow removal.
February 3, 2010 – 12:18 pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Former Fair Haven Fire Chief Shaun Foley is scheduled to appear in Rumson Municipal court late Monday afternoon to answer charges arising from a November 22 car crash that led to his being fished out of the Navesink River a mile away.
The 27-year-old Fair Haven resident and former Rumson police dispatcher faces charges [...]
January 4, 2010 – 8:22 am
First Deputy Fire Chief John Mego with his wife, Betty, and three grandchildren at yesterday’s borough government reorganization meeting. (Click to enlarge)
A little more than three weeks after he was knocked unconscious by a car, John Mego pulled his Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department dress blue jacket over the cast on his broken right arm [...]
January 4, 2010 – 6:39 am
Jim Cerruti was sworn in Friday as Fair Haven’s fire chief, a duty he’s been filling since November. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Although he really took over the job in November, Jim Cerruti is officially Fair Haven’s new fire chief.
Cerruti was sworn in Friday at the borough’s annual reorganization meeting, with his family and [...]
December 14, 2009 – 4:59 pm
Red Bank police took four minors into custody Sunday following a fire in the garage of a vacant Bank Street house on Sunday.
In a press release issued this afternoon, police Captain Darren McConnell said the 10:56a blaze was intentionally set.
Volunteer firefighers quickly quashed the blaze, and no structural damage resulted, he said.
December 9, 2009 – 12:40 pm
First deputy fire chief John Mego, who is slated to head the department in 2011, was struck by a car this morning.
Deputy fire chief John Mego is in critical but stable condition with a concussion and other injuries after being struck by a car while working as a crossing guard in this morning’s downpour.
Sources tell [...]
December 3, 2009 – 1:24 pm
Foley’s SUV in the Atlantic Highlands wrecking yard where it was towed after the accident. (Photo courtesy of Rumson PD)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
A motorist crashed into the telephone pole and wires downed by former Fair Haven Fire Chief Shaun Foley in the November 22 Rumson wreck that led to his being charged with drunken driving, according [...]
By Dustin
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December 2, 2009 – 2:06 pm
[EDITOR'S NOTE: See update below]
A redbankgreen reporter was threatened with arrest by Fair Haven police today when he tried to photograph the wrecked fire department vehicle of former fire chief Shaun Foley.
The incident occurred at the borough’s public works department facility on Allen Street, where the fire department vehicle was partially covered by a tarp, [...]
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