On Saturday, October 4, 2014 South Wall Fire Rescue will be holding its annual open house. The time is 12pm-3pm. Please come out and meet our firefighters! The event is located at our Main Firehouse, 2605 Atlantic Ave, Wall Twp.
There will be equipment and firefighting demonstrations, Refreshments, and All equipment will be on display including our new Rescue equipment and Structural Collapse Trailer!
Each year thousands of fires are sparked due to clogged dryer vents. How often do you clean your dryer lint trap? Pictured here is a dryer vent that is overloaded with lint, this is extremely dangerous. Lint and other debris can build up in your dryer vent, reducing air flow to the dryer, backing up dryer exhaust gases, creating a fire hazard. Please remember to clean your lint trap after every use. Also there are professionals that come and clean the dryer vent. Some signs that the vent may be clogged is that the clothes are not drying completely in one cycle, debris in the outside dryer vent opening, excessive heat in the room where the dryer is, and large amounts of lint accumulation in the lint trap for one cycle.
South Wall Fire Rescue would like to send it thoughts and prayers to all of the family and members effected by the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter / Life Member Bob Meyer while operating at a multi alarm commercial fire in Union Beach.
See the story below for more details.
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/208794
Members took part in the Wall Township Touch-a-Truck event on Saturday April 26, 2014. Great turnout, thank you for the continued support!
Members took part in Structural Collapse operations class over the weekend of April 5 and 6, 2014. The training was with South Wall and Neptune Special Ops Team at a vacant structure in Neptune with instruction provided by Safety and Survival training. Outstanding class and instructors. Great job by all involved!
Members responding to a working structure fire on April 6, 2014. After 3 alarms the fire was extinguished. All members did an outstanding job, and we would like to thank all of our mutual aid companies that responded to assist.
To see more information about this fire visit The Coast Star
Assistance was received from the following agencies:
South Wall Fire Rescue
Glendola Fire Company
West Belmar Fire Company
Point Pleasant Beach Fire Company
Manasquan Fire Company
Manasquan Ladies Auxiliary
Belmar Fire Company
Sea Girt Fire Company
Unexcelled Fire Company (Neptune)
Spring Lake Fire Company
Squankum Fire Company (Howell)
Wall Twp Police and Communications Officers
Wall Township Fire Bureau
Monmouth County Fire Marshals Office
On Friday morning 3/21/14 at around 540am South Wall was dispatched for a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) to Point Pleasant Beach for a working structure fire with entrapment. Both Chiefs, Rescue 386 and Truck 391 responded at the request of the incident commander.
Members from Rescue 386 stood by as a RIT while members from Truck 391 operated in the rear of the motel.
Our thoughts are with the victims and victims families of this fire.
Members recently participated in Read Across America at Allenwood School. Along with members from from the Wall Twp Police Department, each class in the School had a book read to them. Firefighter John Iorio also demonstrated the gear we wear during fire calls (pictured below in the photo gallery).
Members pictured below participated in marching in the 2014 Belmar St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Firefighters from all around NJ have been marching since 2001 to honor the 343 FDNY firefighters lost in the 9/11 attacks.
Pictured:
JR. FF – Robert Kraft, FF – Zak Sussman, FF – John Iorio, Chief – John Sahatjian, Deputy Chief – Tim Hobbis, 1st Lieutenant – Mark Pellecchia Jr, Honorary Member – Sean Cecchetti and Probationary FF – Julie Casal.
Deputy Chief Viscuso presented the Step Up and Lead seminar at South Wall Firehouse on Monday, January 27 and had a packed house! The class, presented by All Hands Fire Equipment and Training, hosted by South Wall, brought 85 people from over 15 different departments. Fantastic showing for a great class! Thank you!
