[quote name='SeanS73' post='102479' date='Apr 29 2007, 08:50 ']Demarest found another 1948 Mack to replace the old burnt Mack and had it restored.[/quote]
New Jersey does have a law on the books carrying penalties for "failure to report a fire." When a strip mall burned to the ground ten years ago in Pompton Lakes, it was found that workers in an Acme supermarket were investigating a smoke condition for a long time before calling it in which gave enough time for the fire to gain momentum and then quickly spread throughout the 1950's wood truss construction building. The fire chief of Pompton Lakes decided to charge those people with "failure to report a fire" but then the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office backed down and would not support such a thing. As a result the chief was the defendant in a civil suit and lost the case with a hefty judgement against him. Although the borough finally took care of some of the financial obligation, the word has spread among fire officials what might happen to them.
New Jersey does have a law on the books carrying penalties for "failure to report a fire." When a strip mall burned to the ground ten years ago in Pompton Lakes, it was found that workers in an Acme supermarket were investigating a smoke condition for a long time before calling it in which gave enough time for the fire to gain momentum and then quickly spread throughout the 1950's wood truss construction building. The fire chief of Pompton Lakes decided to charge those people with "failure to report a fire" but then the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office backed down and would not support such a thing. As a result the chief was the defendant in a civil suit and lost the case with a hefty judgement against him. Although the borough finally took care of some of the financial obligation, the word has spread among fire officials what might happen to them.
Rich Dean, Butler, New Jersey, USA
Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
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Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
Member of many Yahoogroups, owner of some such as:
[post="0"]FirematicEvents Yahoogroup[/post]the place to for listing and discussion of any event by a public safety organization.
[post="0"]RailfanEvents Yahoogroup[/post]
[post="0"]Railpics Yahoogroup[/post]
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