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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Bloomfield Firefighters Honored for Fighting Belleville Blaze

Firefighters recognized for rescuing woman and her cat in apartment fire

This week, two Bloomfield Firefighters were recognized for their lifesaving efforts during a February fire in Belleville. On the morning of February 22, the Belleville Fire Department requested assistance for a structure fire in an apartment building on 750 Mill Street. Bloomfield Engine 1, staffed by Captain David Duda, Firefighter Jeff DeJessie, and Firefighter Erick Stone was dispatched to assist. Upon their arrival, they helped rescue a woman trapped on a balcony on the floor above the fire. The crew climbed a ladder to the balcony and assisted the woman from the balcony to the ladder and then safely brought both the woman and her pet cat down the ladder to the ground. Bloomfield officials said their actions at this incident display …

Friday, February 22, 2013

Woman, Pets, Rescued in Belleville Apartment Fire

Kitchen fire makes for rude awakening for neighbor.

Often working the night shift as a nurse, Belleville resident Maria Deocampo usually wakes up around 11 a.m. Friday was different. “I woke up to the cat meowing and the alarms going off,” Deocampo said standing outside her apartment building in a bathrobe. “I smelled smoke and I see fire people telling me to get out. Walking with a damp cloth over her mouth, she found that her third floor unit was too smoke-filled to walk through. Firefighters extended a ladder to her window and guided her and her cat, Chester, down an extended fire engine ladder to the ground.  The fire started on the first floor apartment underneath Deocampo’s unit. Belleville Fire Department Battalion Chief Rich Cavanagh said that while the fire was believed to a …

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Adam Bulger

8:45 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hey--sorry about the mistake, but happy to hear your dog is OK.   more ›

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