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Hackensack Fire Dept: 100 years
« on: November 02, 2014, 10:46:36 PM »
Hackensack Fire Department opens its doors to celebrate centennial
NOVEMBER 2, 2014, 8:33 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2014, 8:38 PM
BY TODD SOUTH
STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD

HACKENSACK — Equipment, tactics, work hours and pay have all changed in the past century of professional firefighting in Hackensack. But the dedication and the bond that grows from fighting fires has not changed.

Though this city has had men to race into burning buildings since at least 1871, it wasn’t until 1914 that the city began a professional, paid fire department.

Fireman Michael Martinelli, 45, has spent two decades with the department and almost immediately took on the extra duties of resident historian. Photographs he scoured from old microfilm to donated items from retired firefighters adorn the inside of 205 State St., the department headquarters.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/hackensack-fire-department-opens-its-doors-to-celebrate-centennial-1.1125000



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Re: Hackensack Fire Dept: 100 years
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2014, 10:52:44 PM »
Here are the resolutions from 1914 establishing a paid Fire Department for the city:

http://webdocs.generalcode.com/codes/0454_B/1914-12-07.pdf

(Starting at Resolution 21 on the second page). At that point, the city was governed by the "Hackensack Improvement Commission".

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Re: Hackensack Fire Dept: 100 years
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2014, 11:18:33 PM »

 

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