On Sunday June 28th  25 members of Station 27 were at the Middlesex County Fire Academy training on the use of foam for extinguishing flammable liquid fires.The crews rotated thru different stations of using either the foam cannon,regular nozzle or changing out the foam buckets when the be came empty. All of these jobs are very important at a incident and each member got to go thru each station and learn from each 1. Also it was a plus for the members that are training on E-278 that got to flow foam from the on board foam system for the 1st time. A special thanks to the members from Finderne Fire Sta-30 that covered our area while we were training and to the Fire Commissioners for there support and lunch on the day. Click on tittle to see pictures and video

The final touch was added to the bay floors on Saturday June 27 with the red lines painted on the new epoxy. Also to finish off the floor is the kind words from Joe Danielsen who helped us raise some of the money to have the floor done. Joe came to us last year and offered to help us in anyway possible to raise money for the floor.The night of the meeting when Joe dropped off the donations he also had a  small little poem he wrote in memory of Kevin Apuzzio.The poem from the heart of Joe touched all of us at the meeting and was quickley sent to Rick Agin from Agin Signs and made into a print to be epoxyed into the bay floor under Kevin's Patch for all to read and see.  

This morning seven members from the East Franklin Fire Department participated in a 40 mile bike tour, hosted by the St. Barnabas Burn Foundation. Leading up to today’s event these men were able to raise over $1,000 in donations including $400 donated by East Franklin members.

The ride started out with overcast skies and the occasional rain shower but the sun eventually broke through the clouds and made for some great biking weather. The tour started in Livingston, NJ (Essex County) and had everything from twists and turns to steep hill climbs. The men went through three counties (Essex, Morris and Somerset) and seven towns (Livingston, Chatham Boro, Chatham Twp, Long Hill Twp, New Vernon, Bernards Twp and Bedminster Twp) on a route that looped back to Livingston at the St. Barnabas Burn Center.

The day went well with everyone supporting each other and finishing as a team in approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes. We were proud to have the largest turnout of any group in the tour and we didn't allow the initial soggy weather to keep us away.

Thanks to all the men who participated and helped to raise money for the St. Barnabas Burn Foundation. Special thanks to Nancy Fischer and Mari Agosto who made the journey to support the team. Good job Bike Team 27!

On Saturday night Chief Krushinski and Firefighter Banks were putting the finishing touches on the new desk for the Watch Commander area at the firehouse door when they heard a loud noise not far from the firehouse. Chief Krushinski went to investigate and discovered a motor vehicle crash involving four cars on Highland Avenue. One of the vehicles was smoking and another was leaking fluids. The Chief requested an assignment for the incident and Fire District #3 was alerted. Engine 278 arrived and secured the vehicles involved and putting down absorbent to control the vehicle fluids. The incident appears to have occurred when the driver of the first car stopped behind a parked car on Highland Avenue. All drivers of all of the cars were friends and traveling together but the final driver in the line allegedly was on his cell phone and failed to notice that his three friends had come to a stop in front of him. Driving his car into the others caused a chain reaction where two of the four cars were destroyed and the third heavily damaged. One of the drivers was treated on scene for a small cut. Car 27, Car 25, and Engine 278 were on scene for about a hour while debris was removed from the roadway.

Tonight at 2228 hours, District 3 Fire was dispatched to the intersection of Franklin Blvd. and Norma Ave. for a motor vehicle accident with injuries.

Chief Krushinski (27-A) arrived to find a two vehicle MVA with one on its side and established command. All victims self-extricated prior to the FD arrival. Engine 272 responded and their crew stretched a line for fire protection, cut the power to both vehicles and provided lighting on the scene. Rescue 25 responded as well, providing additional manpower.

 FF/EMT Russo and FF/EMT Banks of Engine 272's crew, assisted with patient stabilization until the rescue squad arrived. A job well done by all the men on scene.

This evening from 7pm to 10pm Lt. Daughton and Engineer Huber participated in a self-initiated fund raising activity outside of LA Fitness in North Brunswick. During these hours they rode stationary bicycles, with virtually no rests, in order to raise money to benefit burn victims in the NJ. They were able to raise $212.00 for the St. Barnabas Burn Foundation.

Today’s ride was a precursor to this weekend’s event. On Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Lt. Daughton, Engineer Huber and six other EFFD members will be competing in a 40 mile bike tour in North Jersey beginning in Livingston, NJ to further benefit the Burn Foundation.

Thank you to LA Fitness in North Brunswick, for allowing us to hold such a wonderful event on their premises. A special thank you goes to Chris Paige from LA Fitness, who not only helped organize the event but also rode alongside the guys and helped explained to his club members about supporting such a good cause.


Thank you to all who donated and participated.

This morning Lt. Daughton, FF Ungar and FF Presley attended the annual Flag Day Ceremony, held at Macafee Road School in Fire District #3. The American Flag was honored with songs and speeches given by the students. The members of the East Franklin Fire Department would like to thank Macafee Road School, for allowing us to attend as well as for their generous donation to the Kevin Apuzzio Memorial Fund.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the soldiers, who continue to fight for our countries freedom.

This evening at 1815 hours EFFD was dispatched to Como Drive in Fire District #1 as the FASTeam for a working fire in a dwelling. Car-28 Chief Scheer was the Incident Commander and confirmed heavy fire showing on his arrival and requested a second alarm. Car-27 Chief Krushinski arrived and was assigned to assist with the stretch and placement the initial hose line. With heavy fire venting out the front door the hand line was stretched off of Middlebush Engine 44-1 to the rear of the house. Under the direction of Deputy Chief 44-B (Operations) the crew of four entered the Charlie side of the structure and pushed the fire back out the front of the house. After knocking down the bulk of the initial fire the line was repositioned to the front of the home. Deputy Chief  28-B (Interior) supervised the suppression of remaining hot spots including the placement of two additional hand lines to extinguish minor extension on the second floor closet and dormer areas. The hot and humid weather conditions dictated the regular rotation of crews through rehab. Air-27 acted as the replacement FASTeam while Squad-27 is out of service. Units remained on scene for approximate two hours until being released by the IC.

Today members of Community and East Franklin Fire Departments attended a Fire District 3 drill at the Somerset County Fire Academy on the proper use of the bail out packs used on all of the District #3 SCBA. Those in attendance were able to go out the window several different times during the program under different conditions using the bail out system. The drill took a total of 2 1/2 hrs to complete and was the first time the members in attendance were able to use the system under realistic conditions.

This weekend four members of Station 27 attended a hands-on extraction class compliments of Chief Doug Watt and The Highland Park Fire Dept. The two-day course totaled sixteen hours. The first day concentrated exclusively on vehicle stabilization. The second day was a combination of vehicle stabilization and extrication tool techniques. The class was very informative and we thank HPFD for the cross training of departments.