Hackensack Fire Department opens its doors to celebrate centennialNOVEMBER 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.
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