Hoops challenge - Fire vs. Rescue

On the 9th of April the Clinton Fire Department took on the Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad in an epic battle for basketball supremacy.  The event was sponsored by the Clinton Emergency Services Foundation and all proceeds benefited the Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad and the Clinton Fire Department.  At the sound of the final buzzer the Clinton Fire Department managed to edge out the squad by a respectable score of 41-32.  We'd like to thank everyone that joined us for this wonderful community event and we look forward to more social events like this in the near future.

Shoots and scores!

The final score is in!

Chief Higgins (middle) and Deputy Chief Dorf (right) receive the trophy

The 2010 CFD Dream Team

Photos courtesy: Rick Dux

Reminder: Cancer walk-a-thon & Craft fair

Don't miss the 5th Annual Cancer Walk-a-thon and Craft Fair

Saturday 24 April, 2010 10am - 3pm 

The Commons Park, Main Street, High Bridge NJ.

See you there! 

CFD Awards Dinner

On Saturday December 12, 2009 the members of the Clinton Fire Department held our annual Christmas Party and Awards Dinner. The evening was attended by members and invited guests in honor of the hard work the members put in in 2009. Several presentations were made at during the evening.

Michelle Harrison, President of the Clinton Emergency Services Foundation presented CFD President Jerry Malecki with a check in the amount of $6,000.00. The Emergency Services Foundation held fundraisers during 2009 to raise money for the Clinton Fire Department and the Clinton Rescue Squad. CFD greatly appreciates the hard work that Michelle and the rest of the Foundation members put in to assist us in buying equipment.

Bill Langston Sr. was recognized for going Exempt after serving the Clinton Fire Department for 63 years. We can not thank Bill enough for his service to the community. Henry Freyer was also recognized for going exempt with over 15 years of service.

The following is a list of members who joined the CFD during 2009:
Active Members: Steve Seguine, Rich Duffy, Christian Cole
Junior Members: Chris Bittenmaster, Justin Horvath, Tyler Platt, Kasey Stephens, Conner Shea, Tom Crampton

Years of Service awards:
10 Years - Quintus Joubert
20 Years - Jim Querry
30 Years - Jerry Malecki
35 Years - Drew Stephens

The following were recognized for responding to 50% or more of the alarms for the year:
Mike Burtnick - 52%
Jeff Hedden - 52%
Walt Dorf - 55%
Darrell Dulack - 56%
Jeffrey Plaisted - 56%
Craig Allen - 57%
Scott Wintermute - 65%
Jerry Malecki - 81%

The final award of the evening was Firefighter of the Year and was presented to Jerry Malecki. Jerry responds to a lot of calls but also did a lot of work behind the scenes and was greatly appreciated by the CFD Officers. Great job Jerry.

A special thank you to Lynn Wintermute and Carol Dorf for putting a wonderful evening together.

CFD Activity 10/28 - 11/2

On Halloween we held our open annual open house. The event was organized by Firefighter Robert Perkins. Candy cookies and juice were provided for trick or treater's who stopped by the station. Glow necklaces were given out and there was a moon bounce for the younger kids as well. A special thanks to ShopRite of Clinton for donating the snacks and candy! On Monday evening CFD conducted the November department meeting. Steve Seguine and Rich Duffy were admitted to the department as Active Firefighters. Firefighter Seguine is the latest Junior Firefighter to advance to active membership. We welcome them both to the department. CFD responded to 5 calls during this period and a summary follows.

10/29/09 @ 10:42 am - Fire Box 4504 Level 1 - West Main Street and Hancock Street for the reported vehicle fire. Chief 45 arrived at 10:44 am and determined the car was overheated and not on fire. All other units were cancelled without responding. Chief 45 cleared the scene at 10:47 am.

10/30/09 @ 11:09 am - Fire Box 9106 Level 1 - Shop Rite in Franklin Township for the fire alarm. Tower 45 and Engine 451 are assigned to the box to assist Quakertown Fire Company(91) on this box. Deputy 91 and Engine 912 arrived first and investigated the alarm. Tower 45 arrived and staged in the rear of the building. 91 Fire units determined there was no alarm and the actual alarm was at the old Shop Rite building in Clinton Township. Annandale Hose Company was dispatched to investigate and all 45 fire units were ready for service at 11:33 am.

10/30/09 @ 1:40 pm - Fire Box 4621 Level 1 - North Hunterdon High School for the fire alarm. Engine 451 is assigned to assist Annandale Hose Company(46) on this box. Engine 451 arrived with Tower 46 at 1:47 pm, Captain 46 assumed command. Tower and Engine crews investigated and found a faulty detector caused the alarm. All units were ready for service at 1:58 pm.

10/31/09 @ 10:47 am - Fire Box 2548 Level 1 - Hunterdon Developmental Center in Union Township for the suspicious package. Deputy 45 and Engine 451 arrived on scene and pulled a protective line while Human Services and State Police investigated. Police eventually determined the package to be harmless and all units were released at 11:42 am.

11/2/09 @ 7:51 pm - Fire Box 4191 Level 2 - Route 513 in Alexandria Township for an electrical fire outside a dwelling. Tower 45 and Engine451 are assigned to this box to assist Quakertown Fire Company(91). Tower 45 and Engine 451 responded within 3 minutes but were cancelled at 7:58 pm by 91 Fire who investigated and determined the fire was out and they handled the call. All CFD units were back in quarters at 8:07 pm.

Halloween Open House (5 pm - 9 pm)

This Saturday is our Halloween open house and we would love to see you there. This annual community event has grown from strength to strength each year and many kids look forward to it months in advance. Along with all the fun and festivities we will be collecting canned and other non-perishable goods the Food bank of New Jersey. Please bring your food products and support this wonderful community effort.

The open house starts at 5 pm and ends around 9 pm. The event gives your family the opportunity to tour the apparatus and ask any questions that they may have about the volunteer fire service. We added a LARGE inflatable jumping castle to the list of attractions last year and it was a definite hit with both the firefighters and the kids. Along with the candy, juice and chips that were provided by ShopRite of Clinton, we’ll also have fire prevention information available. 

We look forward to seeing you at the fire house!

Fishing trip

On Thursday the 8th of October, nine of us went on a striped bass fishing trip. The trip was not funded by the fire department although most of the guys were from CFD.   We left from the Atlantic Highlands boat dock just before 2pm with great anticipation!

We had a fantastic time and we had 14 keepers with the biggest fish being 37.5 inches and over 20 pounds- caught by ex-chief Mike Clancy.

Lots of keepers!

Based on the success of this trip we are hoping to get enough people to make this a bi-annual event.  Thanks to Roger and Jerry for taking care of all the logistics and planning - you guys are the best!