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14 volunteers graduate from Middletown Fire Academy
Asbury Park Press
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Fourteen dedicated volunteer firefighters have graduated from The Middletown Fire Academy. In order to graduate, the recruits had to complete about 180 hours of training, which included classroom lectures and practice drills.

From left in the photo atop the right column are: (bottom row) Kevin Tormey, River Plaza Fire Company; Kiernan Miller Jr., Brevent Park & Leonardo Fire Company; Thomas Kirman, Fair Haven Fire Department; Edward Bennett Jr., Lincroft Fire Company; Michael Liffner, Lincroft Fire Company; William Gehr, Community Fire Company; Daniel Anzivino, Belford Engine Fire Company; Stephanie Hawley, Atlantic Highlands Fire Company, and Michael Schmerler, Brevent Park & Leonardo Fire Company; (top row) Jayson Turegano, Belford Engine Fire Company; Ken Howe, Community Fire Company; Shane Hall, Brevent Park & Leonardo Fire Company; Patrick Conley, River Plaza Fire Company. Not pictured: Timothy Lingelbach, Navesink Hook & Ladder Fire Company.

BEACHWOOD: The Beachwood Volunteer Fire Company’s 2008 Poker Run and Community BBQ will be held Aug. 23, organizers said.

Registration is from 8 to 10 a.m. at the fire company, 745 Beachwood Blvd., $20 per motorcycle rider and $15 per passenger, which includes one poker hand each and the barbecue. The barbecue starts at 1 p.m. at Mayo Park.Nonriders are welcome. Admission is $15, 21 and older; $5, 11-20 and 10 and younger are free. For more information, call (732) 349-0014 or e-mail darkknight797@att.net.

August 8, 2008

Fundraiser for Middletown Fire Company 1 set for Aug. 16

By Middletown Township Public Information
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Asbury Park Press
Reader Submitted

The Blue Tulip is hosting a fundraiser for Middletown Fire Co #1 on Saturday August 16, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mention that you are shopping for Middletown Fire Co #1 and 15% of the proceeds from your purchase will be donated to the fire company.

Middletown’s fire companies are all-volunteer and raise funds to pay fuel bills, maintain fire equipment and train new members.

Fire company carnival might be its last

WALTER O’BRIEN
STAFF WRITER

The Home News/ http://www.mycentraljersey.com

This small town’s volunteer fire company has covered its expenses with proceeds from its annual carnival for more than 70 years, but ironically, a state fire official might be shutting the carnival down.

The Califon Volunteer Fire Department is the only self-supporting fire company left in the county, thanks to its annual summer fundraiser, the Califon Firemen’s Carnival.

“The state fire marshal wants us to spend $60,000 to protect three shacks that together are worth about $10,000,” said First Assistant Chief Bill Kibler. “They want us to install a restaurant style hood-type fire-suppression system that costs more than twice what we net in the carnival.”

Kibler said the company built the cinder block and plywood buildings with gravel floors to cook and sell hot dogs, hamburgers, clams and french fries. The structures are used only during the carnival, for about five hours a night, six nights a year.

As a firefighter, Kibler understands the fire marshal’s interest in public safety, but he feels the company has eliminated that issue because the public never is in the buildings where the food is prepared. People walk up and place orders, firefighters in the shacks cook the food and hand it back out to them.

“There’s nothing to burn, and we have firetrucks there every single night,” Kibler said. “There has never been a fire issue, and we have have insurance on the grounds and buildings.”

The carnival opened Monday, the fire investigator arrived, made his inspection and gave the company its permit with no conditions. But when the inspector came back Wednesday for the fireworks, he told the firefighters that on the orders of Bureau Chief Louis Kilmer, they had to receive a citation for not having the fire-suppression system.

“We have 15 days to appeal, so of course we’ll appeal it,” Kibler said. “It won’t affect this year’s carnival, but if we don’t have the suppression in place we can’t have the carnival next year. And without the carnival, we’re in deep trouble.”

Kibler doubts this is a coincidence. He said that in 2004 Kilmer was in charge of carnival inspections and gave the company its first citation requiring the suppression system. It appealed and won. In 2005 it was cited again, but appealed again and won.

Kibler said that around that time other events had the same problems, but after Kilmer was taken off inspections, the problems stopped. Now that Kilmer has returned, the citation is back.

“We assume we’re having this problem because we exercised our right to appeal and didn’t roll over,” Kibler said. “If Kilmer has his way, this will be the last Califon Firemen’s Carnival.”

Calls to Kilmer and the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety Bureau of Fire Code Enforcements were not immediately returned. The carnival runs 6 to 11 p.m. through Saturday at 37 Academy St., with fireworks scheduled for Friday night.

Keansburg fire dept. to host blood drive

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KEANSBURG: The Keansburg Fire Department, in cooperation with the Central Jersey Blood Bank, will hold its annual blood drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 20.

Interested donors are requested to call (732) 471-6981 prior to the drive to schedule an appointment.

Fire company hits milestone
Friday, May 30, 2008
The public is invited to attend the 125th anniversary celebration of the Washington Fire Department on Saturday, June 7. A parade will be held 1 p.m. followed by a celebration at Washington Borough Park, where there will be food and drinks and entertainment by Magnum and Jersey Boyz.

Commemorative T-shirts are being sold for $15 (extra for larger sizes), along with ceramic mugs for $25, pint classes for $10, plastic mugs for $5 and shot glasses for $5.

For further details, log onto www.83fire.com.

Asbury Park Press
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A CENTURY OF SERVICE

SHREWSBURY — At noon Saturday, the fire company will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a parade down Route 35 to borough hall.

Seventy-five bucks and some muscle.

For $75, the newly incorporated, all-volunteer Shrewsbury Hose Company 1 bought its first firefighting apparatus: a cart with 75 feet of hose that had to be pulled by hand to a burning building by the 24 men who would put the fire out.

That was 1908.

On Saturday, the fire company will celebrate 100 years of protecting life and property in the borough with a parade cutting through the heart of town and ending on the lawn of the borough hall for a free, all-day event.

“It’s really a big deal for the town,” said Borough Councilman Thomas Menapace. “We’re blessed to have a terrific group of guys, and I can’t praise them enough.”

The parade, which will wind through a borough neighborhood and cut south down Route 35 to borough hall, is scheduled to begin at noon.

To accommodate parade participants, Patterson Avenue will close at 10 a.m., while Route 35 from Meadow Drive to Sycamore Avenue will shut down at noon. While most streets will reopen immediately after the parade, Sycamore Avenue from Samara Drive to Route 35, will remain closed in both directions until about 7 p.m.

Residents are encouraged to walk or bicycle to the event because parking will be limited.

The Shrewsbury Hose Company 1 was incorporated in the fall of 1908 with a core group of 24 men, according to the company’s current chief, Robert Wentway.

Wentway, a 25-year company member and the organization’s de facto historian, said the company bought its first pull cart from the White Plains, N.Y., Fire Department.

The fire company did not have a motor vehicle until 1915, when an automobile was outfitted with ladder hooks and other necessities. The company’s first pumper truck was purchased three years later and served the company until the 1930s, according to Wentway.

The first firehouse was constructed in 1909 just south of its present location at 783 Broad St. The building, which cost $650, was the first of three to be built for the company, which last year answered 250 calls with a complement of about 40 volunteers, Wentway said.

Planning for the 100th anniversary celebration has gone on for three years, Wentway said.

“It’s pretty huge,” he said. “Any time you have a volunteer organization that has been doing any one thing for 100 years — that’s a big deal.”

Nearly every fire company from New Jersey has been invited, along with the fire companies from the towns of Shrewsbury in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and even Shrewsbury, England.

While Wentway does not expect any British firefighters to show up, representatives from Shrewsbury, Pa., will be on hand for the day’s events. In all, Wentway expects 75 to 100 firetrucks from various communities from around the state and beyond to join marchers, classic cars and bands in the parade.

“I hope there is enough mutual aid planned in case something catches fire in eastern Monmouth County,” Menapace said.

Communities honored for cleanup efforts

Asbury Park Press
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ASBURY PARK — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders Saturday declared the day as United Community Cleanup Day after community and city government members from Asbury Park and Neptune participated in a joint cleanup of Springwood and Lake avenues.

Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow presented both towns with a proclamation from the board to commemorate the day, Asbury Park Councilman Ed Johnson said.

About 60 community members from Asbury Park, together with the public works, police and fire departments and town officials, took part in a cleanup starting at Springwood and Memorial Avenues and worked toward the city border at Ridge Avenue, Johnson said.

With 100 participants from Neptune and the same support service, Johnson said, volunteers began the Neptune cleanup at West Lake Avenue and worked toward the border of town, where both sets of participants joined together.

“We had a common theme with the two communities joining together, and we wanted to emphasize a main point. This is not a border, but a community. We wanted development plans to reflect a neighborhood and have a seamless border,” Johnson said.

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Operation Prom Night drives message home
Asbury Park Press
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MANALAPAN — Prom attire, alcohol, drugs, gunfire. Twisted car wreckage, helicopters, blood. Put these together on a high school football field and teens are captivated.

But put their friends’ faces into the mix, and it becomes all the more real.

The graphic car crash and rescue simulation concluded Operation Prom Night, a program held April 29 for Manalapan High School juniors and seniors that focused on the consequences of drinking and driving.

The roles in the simulation were performed by sophomore Beth Levine and seniors Elizabeth Duffy, Lacey Salberg, Kassie Jahn, Brett McCarron, Allie Shapow, Alisa Domanski, Lauren Dizenhaus, Keidi Bernknops, Neil Grasso, Jenna Grandner and Marc Cytryn.

To use the Jaws of Life extrication equipment on a van, to perform sobriety tests, to put out car fires, to treat the “injured” and to take away the “dead,” 35 rescue personnel brought five firetrucks, three ambulances, a few police cars, a hearse and a helicopter, which landed on one of the school’s open fields.

“It’s pretty serious when you watch it,” senior Tom Sylvester said. What he learned: “Definitely not to drink and drive, ever. Ever.”

Manalapan Fire Inspector Mark Matlock said many of the firefighters who participate in the program have seen at least 100 similar accidents in drills and real-life situations, and he stressed that Operation Prom Night is not just about prom night.

“It’s not based on a single incident,” he said. “It’s something that happens anytime, anywhere, to anyone.”

During the staged presentation, members of the Manalapan Police Department demonstrated their K-9 unit’s abilities. Patrolman Frank Krause was called to the scene. Rocco, a German shepherd police dog, sniffed out marijuana hidden in one of the crashed cars.

When a police officer began to arrest a crash survivor on drug charges, the offender — who was a policeman posing as a prom-goer — pushed the officer away and pulled out a handgun. He fired three blank rounds as he tried to run away.

Krause warned the shooter that if he didn’t stop firing, he would release the dog.

It came to that.

The prom-going policeman wore a bite guard on his arm, and Rocco locked his jaws around the arm and brought the man to the ground.

Principal Jeff Simon said police think it’s important to let the students know there is a K-9 unit in Manalapan, and what that could mean if a teen has drugs in a car.

Earlier in the day, earnest speakers and lighter, fun activities helped deliver the program’s message.

Wearing goggles simulating various degrees of intoxication, students drove golf carts through a cone-lined track and shot basketballs. They also were given the opportunity to drive in a slide car provided by Driving Dynamics of Little Silver. The car simulates skidding and sliding on the road, and trained instructors rode with the teens, teaching them how to recover traction in a sliding car.

Students spent the second half of their morning listening.

Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Agent Reginald Grant of the Fatal Accidents Division gave a slide-show presentation of graphic, serious accidents.

A nurse from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick showed a video of the emergency room intubation of a crash victim. The video also featured a medical examiner who spoke about what it is like to have to tell parents about the death of a child.

Another representative of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office warned students of the legal consequences of drunken driving, including the charge of vehicular homicide, and Ari Solomon, a Manalapan graduate, spoke to students about his own arrest.

A member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving told the story of her daughter Tara, a graduate of Freehold Township High School who was killed by a drunken driver.

The speakers, especially Tara’s mother, Karen Colgary, made an impression on the teens: “You could hear a pin drop,” Simon said.

Fire Company No. 2 marking 60-year anniversary
By Audrey Levine
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One wall is lined with black fire hats, one for each member, that indicate the year the person joined the company. An adjacent wall holds white hats, listing all the fire chiefs dating to the first in 1948.

For the approximately 70 volunteer members of the Hillsborough Fire Company No. 2, on Route 206, this is just one way of recognizing a history that spans 60 years.

”When I joined, the company had been in existence for almost 10 years,” said Ed Bertin, of Amwell Road, who joined the company in 1955 and served as chief in 1968. “The company started with a three-bay garage on Route 206. Then the company saw fit to buy about 12 acres and build the firehouse there.”

David Raymond, membership committee chairman and fire company historian, said the company incorporated in May 1948 and held its meetings in the Amwell Farms Inn, which is now Charlie Brown’s on Route 206, and stored its first American LaFrance engine truck in a member’s garage.

”When we got our incorporation from the state in May, we had no building, no trucks,” he said. “We built our first garage on Route 206 in the early 1950s.”

At the time of the creation of the township’s second fire company, there already was one in Flagtown. But a rising population in Hillsborough led many residents to believe another company was necessary to handle the entire town, and the decision was finalized at a meeting in March 1948, Mr. Raymond said.
”As the population grew, we realized we needed another company,” he said.

(As the township continued to grow, several members of Fire Company No. 2 left in 1955 to start a third company, on Woods Road, to accommodate residents in that area of town, Mr. Raymond said.)

In addition, Mr. Raymond said, fighting fires was handled differently than it is today because the township was mostly farmland and the fires occurred primarily in barns and fields.
”Hillsborough was a farming community,” he said. “The building of the Meadowbrook development in the late 1950s was the start of the change from the agricultural.”

From there, Mr. Raymond said, the company continued to grow, purchasing newer and better trucks to handle the new developments and buildings, as well as adding onto the original garage to include a kitchen, meeting rooms and a hall for events. The hall, he said, was leased to Hillsborough Radiology in about 1995 to raise money for the company.

The current building, Mr. Raymond said, was built in 1973, with an addition constructed in 2003 to add an extra bay, storage room, meeting room and computer room.

But the change that several of the firefighters have found to be most glaring in the company’s 60 years is a lack of events to gather members of the company and township together. Floyd Padgett, of Manville, who has been a member of the company since 1955 and served as chief for two years, said the company used these events to raise money to purchase its firetrucks and other equipment.

Now, Mr. Padgett said, a township Board of Fire Commissioners, started in 1976, handles the company’s budget and the fundraisers are not necessary. Every February, residents vote on new members for the commission, and also vote on the Fire Commission’s budget, which is paid for through taxes.

”We used to have to raise money ourselves,” Mr. Padgett said. “We would have pancake breakfasts and other events.”
Mr. Bertin said the company also used to hold clambakes, motorcycle races and bingo nights. In addition, he said, it held a yearly New Year’s Eve party in its hall, which now has become the Hillsborough Radiology Center.

”We had several catered affairs and holiday parties when we had the availability of a hall,” he said. “The events were all to raise funds and to provide a social event for the community.”

In addition to the separate events, the fire company has hosted the annual Fireman’s Fair for about 25 years, featuring rides, games and food on the lot next to the firehouse.
”Other companies had this fair, so we figured we should try it out,” said Bill Melenchuck, of New Amwell Road, who has been a member of the company for 59 years. “It started small and became one of the biggest fairs in New Jersey. It was a place for kids to come out because we had so many rides. People came and supported the company.”

Beginning this year, the fair will be sponsored by the township’s Rotary Club, and will be held at the Hillsborough Promenade because the land adjacent to the firehouse has been turned over to the state for the building of the Route 206 bypass.

Aside from these fundraisers, Mr. Padgett said, the company also participated in parades throughout New Jersey, where it often would win trophies honoring its trucks or other aspects of the department.

”We would polish the trucks, and get the guys and the Ladies’ Auxiliary out,” he said.

Parades and events often were held, Mr. Padgett said, in honor of the company purchasing a new firetruck. He said it served as a celebration of the new machine.

”A lot of companies are not having the parades now,” he said. “It’s a different generation, but it’s good.”
Despite these kinds of events, Mr. Melenchuck said, it always has been difficult to get volunteers because of the odd hours and the amount of time needed to put out a fire, then put away all the equipment once the job is complete.

”Once I had about 12 hours at a fire because it was huge,” he said. “Then I had to come back and clean the truck, pump more water. Sometimes you get back from a fire, and the alarm sounds again.”

Mr. Raymond said many people join, but then often have to drop out because of all the work involved and time away from family. Still, he said, for those who do stay with the company throughout the years, membership awards are given out to commemorate time spent.
”All members have a deep dedication to the work, and they don’t get paid,” said Mr. Raymond, who has been with the company almost 30 years. “To do this for a long time, you have to have a love of it. We ask a lot, but we give a lot back.”

Despite the many changes over the years, Mr. Padgett said the one thing that has remained the same is the tradition of teaching fire prevention and safety in the community. He said the company often works with Scouts looking to earn merit badges, or schools to teach about fire drills and other prevention methods.

Mr. Melenchuck, who has been a member of the company almost since its inception in 1948, said he joined about six months after his father, who became a member six months after the company’s charter was first accepted. He said that, despite changes in how things may be run at the firehouse, the camaraderie among the men and women has always lasted.
”If we have a problem, we help each other,” he said. “The camaraderie is what holds the company together. It’s just a great pleasure going over to the firehouse.”

For more information on the fire company, visit hillsboroughfireco2.com.

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200 Club honors guardians
Police, firefighters noted for valor
Friday, May 09, 2008
BY ELIZABETH MOORE
Star-Ledger Staff
They rescued people from burning buildings, saved victims stranded on highways and confronted gun-toting criminals.

Men and women from law enforcement agencies and fire departments around Essex County were honored yesterday during the an nual Valor Awards luncheon spon sored by the 200 Club of Essex County.

“The job of a police officer or firefighter is tougher today than ever before,” said Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura, a member of the club’s board of trustees. “Law enforcement and firefighting are extremely hazardous profes sions which are performed at tre mendous personal risk.”

Those honored include:

Newark Police Sgt. Joseph Juliano and Officer Sequoya Mar tin, who rescued a 16-year-old boy being robbed at gunpoint in May 2007 and were threatened at gunpoint when they arrested the gunman.

Sheriff’s Detective Robert Scarrillo Jr., who was off duty in July 2007 when he saw a woman pushed out of a moving car on Route 80. Scarrillo not only rescued the woman from oncoming traffic but also defended himself against her male attacker and led state police to the man’s whereabouts, where he was arrested.

NJ Transit Officer Michael Bavosa, who was also off duty when he came across a tractor- trailer jacknifed on the NJ Turnpike in Nov. 2006 and found the driver pinned with his clothes on fire. Bavosa and two others freed the driver and Bavosa treated the man’s burns and broken leg until help arrived. At the awards luncheon yesterday, Officer Bavosa said he would donate his $1,000 award to the Burn Unit at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in the man’s honor.

North Caldwell Sgt. Bill Texas and Officer John Lynch, who were heralded for entering a burning home in Jan. 2007 and rescuing a woman who was being assaulted by her estranged husband.

Newark Fire Capt. William Murnane and Firefighters Krzysz tof Sroka and Abnathy Mason, who rescued four people trapped on the fourth floor of a burning building in June 2007. Murnane stayed with the people until they were rescued by the two firefighters, then re mained in the building to fight the fire.

Irvington Police Lt. Dwayne Mitchell, who entered a grocery store during an armed robbery in January and helped subdue the suspects, one of whom pointed a gun at him.

Montclair Fire Capt. Michael Bailey, who was recognized along with firefighters Ronald Catania and Richard LoMonte, for rescuing four people from a burning building in August 2007. Two of the panicked people jumped from the second floor and were caught by the firefighters while Bailey used a lad der to reach another person stranded on a roof.

Officers Anthony Mezza cappa and Ronald Yates of the Port Authority Police Department waded through thick underbrush, drainage ditches, and dodged rail road cars after midnight to search for a man who had stolen a police cruiser while handcuffed inside it. The man had caused the death of a Newark sergeant while drag racing and was finally found by the two officers hiding between two railroad cars in Oct. 2006.

Irvington Fire Lt. Fred Delima, who waded through collapsed debris after a large explosion to find four trapped victims in Oct. 2007. His efforts were critical in rescuing the four people.

Lt. John Ferrara and Det. Mahmoud Tamimi of the sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics, who arrested a man and recovered his weapon despite the man crashing his car head-on into the officers’ car mo ments before.

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Saint Florian Mass Archdiocese of Newark Honors NJ Fire
by: jcfire

Firefighters receive blessing
Monday, May 05, 2008
By Siobhan A. Counihan
scounihan@sjnewsco.com
NJ.com/Gloucester County Times
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WOODBURY Firefighters from across the county gathered Sunday to celebrate the Feast of St. Florian, the patron saint of firefighters.

Fire trucks from Deptford, West Deptford and Washington townships were brought to the center of the city so they could be blessed by Father Brian Burgess, reverend at the city’s Christ Episcopal Church.

John Hoffman, chief of the Washington Township Fire Department, said the day is a wonderful way for fellow firefighters to gather and pay homage to their patron saint.

“This particular event is really great for us and other departments around the county,” Hoffman said. “The rigs get the opportunity to be blessed, which is something they really need. They can be protected by a higher authority, which is important when you’re flying down the streets and through red lights.”

According to materials the church handed out, tradition holds that Saint Florian was a third-century officer in the Roman Army, stationed in what is now Austria. It is said he once stopped a town from burning by throwing a single bucket of water on the blaze.

Hoffman said the blessing of the trucks his department has rigs from Grenloch, Hurffville and Whitman Square at the ceremony helps to give firefighters a certain peace of mind while serving the people who rely on them for protection.

“I think the overriding thought is we all have a certain degree of faith in divine overlooking,” Hoffman said. “This gives us the opportunity to gather and worship in each others’ company.”

Firefighters attended in formal dress, while their families looked on during the blessing. Many of the children who attended were also given the opportunity to explore the trucks before the service began later that evening.

At 6 p.m., a procession including the Camden County Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, the church choir, fire personnel, city officials and clergy traveled down Delaware Avenue, from the Friendship Fire Company to Christ Episcopal Church. Counting the people in the procession, more than 200 people were in attendance.

Kate Cargill, communications director for the church, said she thinks the day is a way to recognize and thank the firefighters for their continued service.

“During the service, too, we’ll honor fallen firefighters,” she said.

Cargill said the day is especially meaningful for her, since her husband Bob is a volunteer firefighter in West Deptford Township.

“He drove the Greenfields truck this year,” she said.

Stephen Hubbs, chief of the Deptford Township Fire Department, said that many firefighters wear the medal of Saint Florian.

“It’s a nice time to get together with your fellow firefighters and pay homage to your patron saint,” Hubbs said.

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Its from over in PA but could give FDs in Jersey and idea on how to run a mock car crash/extrication for HS students.

Firefighters to dish it out at ice cream fundraiser
by Joyce Persico/The Times
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Monday April 28, 2008, 8:12 PM
PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Volunteer Fire Company will be scooping out 31-cent ice cream cones during a fundraiser Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Baskin-Robbins store in Plainsboro Plaza, 10 Schalks Crossing Road.

Township firefighters will be on hand not only to dish out the ice cream but also to provide fire prevention information while raising money for a nationwide push to support the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

All scoops will sell for 31 cents but “tips” are encouraged and will be donated to the foundation, which preserves the memories of firefighters who died in the line of duty, assists their families and provides safety training to firefighters nationwide.

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