BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero this week is Charles Prevot, volunteer captain and interior firefighter of the Lady Warren Hose Company #5, fire training instructor and chairman of the Rockland County Recruitment and Retention Committee. “A fire engine, also known as a fire pumper, carries many feet of fire hose, nozzles, hose couplings and […]
BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero column this week features Annemarie Basile, volunteer second assistant chief of Hillburn Fire Dept. She is currently the highest-ranking female firefighter in the county. “In the event of a house fire in Hillburn, as the Incident Commander on the scene, I would take the time necessary to conduct a […]
BY JOHN KRYGER Five volunteer firefighters were honored Saturday, April 15, at the Rockland County Fire Chief’s Association’s Old-Timers Awards Night and dinner held at Krucker’s Catering and Picnic Grove in Pomona. More than 250 current and former Rockland fire chiefs, along with County Executive Ed Day, gathered to honor their own at the annual […]