2020 and Beyond
January 17, 2020: Plans are in the works for a new Engine 3 pumper with foam capabilities.
February 1, 2020: HazMat 1 enters service using the refurbished Rescue 2 truck. It is assigned to Engine 3 at Lakeview Firehouse (not a full time unit)
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February 25, 2020: Demolition training with new PFD equipment
February 24, 2020: PFD appoints 33 new firefighters including 2 women
Mayor Sayegh with FF Ashley Sanchez and Mishynn Squire
April 2-3, 2020: PFD Headquarters becomes a COVD Testing Center
Chief McDermott
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April 1, 2020: NY Times article on PFD and COVID Crisis
April 5, 2020: Palm Sunday - PFD, PPD and other FD pay tribute to SJH COVID workers Ron Bombaro video
April 11, 2020: Paterson Fire hitting record daily call volume. It is taxing for our EMT’s that have been handling every call with such professionalism and dedication. PFD reached out through the State for some crews to augment EMS staff, and Steve Besselman, Justin Ingles, and Zack Wilson from Midwest Medical Columbus Ohio answered the call.
Lakeview Firehouse
April 12, 2020: PFD paid its heartfelt respects at for PPD motorcycle patrolman LODD (COVID) Frank Scorpo - Ladder 1 and 2 used to display flag
Ladder Trucks outside Paterson's Municipal Building
Director Speciale at the right with mask
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April 29, 2020: PFD issues the following thank you, re the COVID Pandemic on its Department Facebook site
June 1, 2020: Chief McDermott reports all firehouses will have truck exhaust systems in house by end of August. Regarding the Central OEM/Dispatch Building, the chief has met with thearchitect. IIt will take 3-4 months for initial build, then 2 months for PFD implemnentation meaning 6 months total to open
A new Ferrara pumper has been ordered for Engine 3
A new Ferrara pumper has been ordered for Engine 3
July 2, 2020: Rank of Assistant Chief is re-established with promotion of D/C Gabe Aboyoun who was appointed May 18, 1992
Gabriel Abouyan
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Mayor Sayegh, Chief McDermott, Director Speziale, A/C Aboyoun
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August 19, 2020: A/C Gabriel Aboyoun passes away
1st Responder News October 2020
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September, 2020: Upon the passing of Assistant Chief Gabe Aboyoun, Battalion Chief Michael Caposella promoted to provisional Deputy Chief |
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September 11, 2020: Memorial
1st Responder News November 2020
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Typo: It is B/C Bradle & Macones - 1st Responder News November 2020
October 2020: All firefighters will be given access to the "shotspotter" system. It sends a text whenever a gunshot is fired in the City.
November 12, 2020: PFD and Office of Emergency Management were blessed by Bank of America with 74,000 surgical masks and 400 hand sanitizer pumps which will be dispersed to seniors and the underserved population.
F/F Troy Ayers at left and Chief McDermott at right
December 2020: PFD launched a program that allows for property owners and fire inspectors to utilize smartphone technology to remotely perform an inspection. The team led by Captain Herbert Eggers is made up of eight full-time inspectors and two part-time inspectors, is the first department in the state to offer it.
December 19, 2020: Daughter of retired Captain Larry Franklin sworn into PPD
Herald
April 16, 2020: COVID EMS unit photo
December 28, 2020: Paterson Firefighters are among first to receive COVID Vaccine
Captain Bill MacDonald E7 Tour 4
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Chief Brian McDermott
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January 1, 2021: A powerful photo of Paterson Fire in action during the pandemic makes the globally read NY Times “year in pictures; 2020”. CLICK HERE
January 11, 2021: New Ferrara apparatus for Engine 3 arrives in Paterson
At Headquarters with Chief McDermott
January 26, 2021: Chief McDermott gets his second COVID vaccination
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February 1, 2021: Promotions: 3 Deputy Chiefs, 4 Battalion Chiefs, 9 Captains. As the number of promotions exceed the civil service lists, the 3 DC’s and 2 of the BC’s will be provisional appointments. This includes the 1st ever Director of Communications and Chief of Communications (both promoted from ranks of dispatchers).
With these promotions Communications will have a Director, Chief, 10 supervisors, 4 Seniors and 32 dispatchers.
On the first day of black history month PFD will have its first black Deputy Chief and first black female Director of Communications
Twenty five new firefighters will start roughly on March 1, 2021.
Ten fire inspectors are moved to title of Fire Marshals
Renovations planned for Riverside and Northside firehouses. All firehouses now have direct diesel exhaust hoses on slides made by Plymovent. All firehouses now have high tech ion filters. This emits heavy ions into the air that latch on to particles like COVID and drop them to the ground. Since this will cause more dirt 3 more Zamboni walk behind floor cleaners are on order. The decon station at Lakeview has the 1st of its kind super CFM ion fan.
With these promotions Communications will have a Director, Chief, 10 supervisors, 4 Seniors and 32 dispatchers.
On the first day of black history month PFD will have its first black Deputy Chief and first black female Director of Communications
Twenty five new firefighters will start roughly on March 1, 2021.
Ten fire inspectors are moved to title of Fire Marshals
Renovations planned for Riverside and Northside firehouses. All firehouses now have direct diesel exhaust hoses on slides made by Plymovent. All firehouses now have high tech ion filters. This emits heavy ions into the air that latch on to particles like COVID and drop them to the ground. Since this will cause more dirt 3 more Zamboni walk behind floor cleaners are on order. The decon station at Lakeview has the 1st of its kind super CFM ion fan.
April 10, 2021: Story published about some of the siblings on PFD, including the first sister/brother combination Johanna and Jesus Ramirez. Siblings not permitted to work on the same company.
Johanna and Jesus Ramirez -
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Captain Isaac and brother Ralph Feliciano
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Other siblings currently on job are: Firefighters Kelly & Charlayne Powell
Deputy Chief Alejandro Alicea and Firefighter Leandro Alicea
Captain Steve Crampton and Firefighter Frank Crampton
Captain John Howe & Captain Tyshawn Hawkins
Firefighters Ryan Graf & Michael Graf
Firefighters Nicholas & Matthew Poggi
Captain John Mauro & Captain Michael Mauro
eputy Chief Charles Gander Jr. and Captain Thomas R Gander
Deputy Chief Alejandro Alicea and Firefighter Leandro Alicea
Captain Steve Crampton and Firefighter Frank Crampton
Captain John Howe & Captain Tyshawn Hawkins
Firefighters Ryan Graf & Michael Graf
Firefighters Nicholas & Matthew Poggi
Captain John Mauro & Captain Michael Mauro
eputy Chief Charles Gander Jr. and Captain Thomas R Gander
April 13, 2021: PFD plans and updates
1. First PFD all electric vehicles (the Mustang Mach E) to be ordered.
2. New Communications and Dispatch (CAD) goes live 6/15. The New building construction is in full swing.
3. Three new ambulances may be ordered in May. All current ambulances now have UVC lights fix mounted.
4. All firehouses now have direct capture diesel exhaust system which are to go live in two weeks or so.
5. 465 new portable radios are in. Gonna be going live in a month or so.
6. Hillcrest Firehouse is getting a new roof which opens for bids in a couple weeks.
7. New RAC Unit design is in
8. Chief McDermott is a NJ Reentry Ambassador to help people exiting prison to avoid recidivism and be more productive.
9. 27 new recruits in the academy, including some legacies.
10. Installing compressed air systems in all houses. Has high particle spray gun for decontaminate, a blow stick and a tire fill for tires and water can refill.
11. Ordering new Car 9. Probably an F150 matching Car 6, the arson gig.
12. All numbers on ambulances will be removed and replaced with removable high reflective placards. Renumbering ambulances will be 1-12. Recently ambulances just never stay in the same spot, so frequently they are not in a bus that has their number.
13. Cryonite being ordered. It’s a CO2 system that freezes bedbugs which are an issue in the City.
14. PFD now does mobile vaccination in concert with a Nurse.
15. New USAR tools coming in. Have received all new rope and new hydraulic tools. The HazMat now has a full complement of rescue tools. The Rescue task force is R2, E6, E3 acting HazMat, RAC, Batt-1 and Car-4. DC Gander is in charge.
16. Fire Marshals and several firefighters are in Arson school.
17. The demolition program is restarting now.
18. An OSHA rep noted the thoroughness of the documented confined space rescue program
19. The Shop construction is completed and all City vehicles roll through daily. Looks awesome. New quiet air compressor and its piped all over. Also put diesel exhaust there too.
All COVID changes are in place: PPE, Ion filters, epoxy flooring, blood gear, sprayers, UV-C lights, thermal cameras, laptops, a Huge schools supplies order, and the list goes on. The electric stretchers are by far the biggest hit with members. LUCAS devices saved multiple lives.
2. New Communications and Dispatch (CAD) goes live 6/15. The New building construction is in full swing.
3. Three new ambulances may be ordered in May. All current ambulances now have UVC lights fix mounted.
4. All firehouses now have direct capture diesel exhaust system which are to go live in two weeks or so.
5. 465 new portable radios are in. Gonna be going live in a month or so.
6. Hillcrest Firehouse is getting a new roof which opens for bids in a couple weeks.
7. New RAC Unit design is in
8. Chief McDermott is a NJ Reentry Ambassador to help people exiting prison to avoid recidivism and be more productive.
9. 27 new recruits in the academy, including some legacies.
10. Installing compressed air systems in all houses. Has high particle spray gun for decontaminate, a blow stick and a tire fill for tires and water can refill.
11. Ordering new Car 9. Probably an F150 matching Car 6, the arson gig.
12. All numbers on ambulances will be removed and replaced with removable high reflective placards. Renumbering ambulances will be 1-12. Recently ambulances just never stay in the same spot, so frequently they are not in a bus that has their number.
13. Cryonite being ordered. It’s a CO2 system that freezes bedbugs which are an issue in the City.
14. PFD now does mobile vaccination in concert with a Nurse.
15. New USAR tools coming in. Have received all new rope and new hydraulic tools. The HazMat now has a full complement of rescue tools. The Rescue task force is R2, E6, E3 acting HazMat, RAC, Batt-1 and Car-4. DC Gander is in charge.
16. Fire Marshals and several firefighters are in Arson school.
17. The demolition program is restarting now.
18. An OSHA rep noted the thoroughness of the documented confined space rescue program
19. The Shop construction is completed and all City vehicles roll through daily. Looks awesome. New quiet air compressor and its piped all over. Also put diesel exhaust there too.
All COVID changes are in place: PPE, Ion filters, epoxy flooring, blood gear, sprayers, UV-C lights, thermal cameras, laptops, a Huge schools supplies order, and the list goes on. The electric stretchers are by far the biggest hit with members. LUCAS devices saved multiple lives.
April 17, 2021: PFD is getting their former 2005 E-One Tiller back. It is refurbished and has black over red coloring. For accountability reasons, Spare Ladder (SL) trucks are getting a number in sequence and no longer referred to using SL numbers. They will still act as they are assigned.
2004 E-One Rear mount: Truck Co. #4.
2005 E-One Mid mount tower: Ladder Co. #5
2005 E-One Tiller: Ladder Co. #6
2004 E-One Rear mount: Truck Co. #4.
2005 E-One Mid mount tower: Ladder Co. #5
2005 E-One Tiller: Ladder Co. #6
June 12, 2021: New General Order -Ambulance renumbering - The Basic Life Support Unit (BLS Units) designations
July 9, 2021: New RAC (Rehabilitation Accountability/Arson/Air & Communications) Unit. (Yes, 3 A’s, but RAAAC would sound silly). This unique Unit is designed to meet State mandates for Safety Officer, Accountability Officer, Rehabilitation Officer, Arson Investigation and Respiratory Compliance. It makes compressed air on board and fills up to 5500 PSI SCBA and SCUBA. It carries command boards, water, extra cylinders, tents, arson investigation equipment, 6,000 PSI air reel, and the Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus (Air Cart for confined space rescue). It can respond anywhere in the State. This is being replaced in partnership with the State of NJ UASI. We are using the guts of the air system to reduce cost and the rig will be brand new. Graphics incomplete. Delivery before 2022. Soon, the Car-6 Ford F-150 will become RAC Support and will be “Arson only” to free investigators & fire marshals up for follow through on investigations and to facilitate transport of our full Arson Equipment Cache including a drone ready for rapid deployment.
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July 15, 2021: Vincent T Marchese photos of restored 1930 Engine 9 Ahrens Fox pumper with PFD's newest apparatus Engine 3 and Engine 2 Ferrara pumpers at McBride Avenue Headquarters and also at Monument. 13 Paterson LODD Firefighters made their last call on an Ahrens Fox pumper or aerial
FF Louis Hernandez, ?, FF Phil Dominguez, Captain Chris Antoci, Captain Gus Gutierez (Car 9), DC William Bucher, DC Joe Henderson, DC Jason Macones, BC Mike Trommelen, Chief Brian McDermott
Chief of Department Brian J McDermott - Vincent Marchese photo
August 2021: future PFD plans
- Plans in operation to 5 Pierce Engines as they are huge, heavy and full of engine coolant problems which will make all 7 front line Ferrara pumpers. They will be clones of the new E3 Ferrara. Short and light and low.
- An architect is working out demolition and reconstruction of Riverside Firehouse as ground contamination was found. Plans are for a hi tech new, non-traditional look. It will have 2 long bays and 3 short bays out the other side and everything will be second floor except watch room. Likely will include poles or slides.
- New ambulance placard system and new numbering system is working well. Future ambulances will likely be electric powered.
September 1, 2021: Hurricane Ida ravishes Paterson - Summary of PFD actions
1. Over 300 people rescued. No deaths. 1 multiple alarm fire on Canal St. 1 aerial ladder rescue of ambulance crew and patient on Arch St.
2. Searched 2,000+ feet long culvert in Clifton confined space entry looking for bodies. Found nothing.
3. Did multiple river searches for bodies. 2 recovered.
4. High profile bridge rescue.
5. Total loss of 1 ambulance and 1 Engine and 1 boat. Boat motor & Ambulance replaced. No word on Engine.
6. HQ floor flooded. ServPro sanitized. All back to normal.
7. All rescue rope damaged. On order.
8. Madison Ave and Northside roofs damaged. To be repaired
9. 12 water rescue suits damaged and on order.
2. Searched 2,000+ feet long culvert in Clifton confined space entry looking for bodies. Found nothing.
3. Did multiple river searches for bodies. 2 recovered.
4. High profile bridge rescue.
5. Total loss of 1 ambulance and 1 Engine and 1 boat. Boat motor & Ambulance replaced. No word on Engine.
6. HQ floor flooded. ServPro sanitized. All back to normal.
7. All rescue rope damaged. On order.
8. Madison Ave and Northside roofs damaged. To be repaired
9. 12 water rescue suits damaged and on order.
September 14, 2021: City is without drinking water. Working with PD and DPW on water distribution. PFD set up 3 sites, multiple forklifts, 2 lull forklifts to travel the City, 3 rack trucks and a county pickup. Working about 10 hours per day. 3 Conex boxes arriving for on site security.
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