WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product:

 



Coleman, Coleman Evcon and Red T Gas Furnaces for Manufactured Homes Units:

About 223,600 in the U.S. and 2,400 in Canada (previously recalled in November 2004) Manufacturer:

Unitary Products Group (UPG), a division of York International Corp., of York, Pa.  

TRUCK 7 CAUGHT AN ALL-HANDS JOB AT THE PARK HOTEL IN PLAINFIELD THIS MORNING.  A SMALL FIRE IN THE BASEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE WAS CONTROLLED WITH TWO HANDLINES.  TRUCK 7 WAS DETAILED TO SEARCH DUTIES ON DIVISION 4 AND 5.  THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY KNOCKED DOWN WITH NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.  BATTALION CHIEF CRAWLEY WAS IN COMMAND. 

The FD was dispatched to a reported vehicle fire on West Street early Saturday morning. As companies arrived they found a car with the engine compartment fully involved. Engine 6 arrived, stretched one line and quickly knocked down the fire.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CHIEFS AND PRESIDENTS AWARD AT THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER THIS PAST WEEK.  CHAPLIN CHARLES MINGLE WAS AWARDED THE CHIEFS AWARD AND FIREFIGHTER ROBERT BARONE CAPTURED THE PRESIDENTS AWARD.  CHAPLIN MINGLE HAS JUST COMPLETED HIS 40TH YEAR IN THE CAPACITY OF CHAPLIN WHILE FIREFIGHTER BARONE IS WORKING ON HIS FOURTH YEAR OF SERVICE.  CONGRATULATIONS!   

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER ON FRIDAY JANUARY 20TH.  AN INVITATION WAS EXTENDED TO THE FAMILY OF FORMER PROBATIONARY MEMBER AMIT PATEL WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2011 TO PRESENT THEM WITH A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THEIR SONS SERVICE AND BESTOWING HONORARY MEMBERSHIP UPON HIM.  ALONG WITH THIS HONOR, AMITS HELMET AND NUMBER WERE OFFICIALLY RETIRED AND PRESENTED TO HIS FAMILY.  AMITS FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN REMEMBRANCE OF AMIT TO DISPLAY IN THE FIREHOUSE.  AMIT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON ALL WHO MET HIM AND QUICKLY BECAME A "BROTHER" WITHIN THE RANKS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  WE WILL MISS HIM GREATLY.  REST IN PEACE "BROTHER".   

LT ADAM TENNENBAUM, FF ALEX NIERADKA, FF NICK FIGLER, FF GARY STEVENSON AND CHIEF DELNEGRO WERE HONORED WITH A MERITORIOUS AWARD BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.  THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY CHIEF SCALERA, MAYOR ANESH AND COMMISSIONER BENGIVENGA FOR ACTIONS TAKEN WHICH RESULTED IN THE SAVING OF A LIFE AT A STRUCTURE FIRE ON DECEMBER 16, 2011 IN THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD.  THE BROTHERS WERE OPERATING ON TRUCK 7 AND RESCUED AN UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN FROM THE BUILDING AND SUCCESSFULLY REVIVED HER.  CONGRATULATIONS BROTHERS!

FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS GATHERED AT THE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT TO HONOR FORMER CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT DELNEGRO FOR HIS TEN YEARS OF SERVICE AS CHIEF TO THE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY.  MAYOR ANESH AND FIRE COMMISSIONER BENGIVENGA PRESENTED THE CHIEF WITH A PROCLAMATION FROM THE COUNCIL OUTLINING HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND  ACCOMPLISHMENTS.  CHIEF DELNEGRO WAS SUCCESSFUL OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS IN OBTAINING FEDERAL GRANTS FOR TURNOUT GEAR, MOBILE AND PORTABLE RADIOS, FIRE PAGERS, A WASHER AND DRYER FOR GEAR AND OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT RELATED TOOLS.  AS EXCEPTIONAL AS THIS IS, THE MOST NOTE WORTHY ITEM THAT DESERVES MENTION IS THE FACT THAT NO FIREFIGHTER LOST HIS/HER LIFE UNDER HIS COMMAND. 

FIRE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE 200 BLOCK OF SAINT NICHOLAS AVENUE EARLY THIS MORNING FOR A REPORTED DUMPSTER FIRE.  THE WORKING FIRE SIGNAL WAS TRANSMITTED BY CHIEF SCALERA FROM A FEW BLOCKS AWAY DUE TO THE LARGE BODY OF FIRE PRESENT AND SHOWING OVER THE ROOF LINE.  A LARGE 40 YARD CONTAINER ALONG WITH A SUBSTANTIAL LOAD OF PALLETS WAS FULLY INVOLVED AT THE REAR OF THE COMPLEX.  ENGINE SIX PROVIDED THEIR OWN FEED LINE AND PUT THEIR STANG GUN INTO OPERATION ON ARRIVAL.  THERE WAS SOME EXTENSION TO THE STRUCTURE.  TRUCK 7 SETUP ON SIDE D AND TOOK TO THE ROOF.  TWO HANDLINES WERE EVENTUALLY STRETCHED AND PLACED INTO OPERATION.  THE FIRE WAS DARKENED DOWN QUICKLY AND COUNTY HAZMAT WAS S/C TO THE SCENE. 

TRUCK 7 WAS SPECIAL CALLED TO THE ALL HANDS ON WEST 4TH STREET TODAY FOR A FIRE IN A SFD.  HEAVY FIRE HAD POSESSION OF THE ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR.  TWO LINES WERE STRETCHED AND IN OPERATION.  TRUCK 7 WAS ASSIGNED TO DIVISION 1 FOR SEARCH AND OVERHAUL OPERATIONS.  THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL IN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES. 

The SPVFD wishes to congratulate William Conti on 11 years of service.

Heating Fire Safety  

Each winter the high cost of home heating fuels and utilities causes many Americans to search for alternate sources of home heating. The use of wood burning stoves is growing and space heaters are selling rapidly. Fireplaces are burning wood and man-made logs. All these methods of heating may be acceptable. They are however, a major contributing factor in home fires.

Many of these fires can be prevented. You can prevent the loss of life and property resulting from heating fires by being able to identify potential hazards and following a few safety tips:

• All heaters need space. Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet away from heating equipment.
  
• Use heating equipment that has the label of a recognized testing laboratory.
  
• Make sure all fuel-burning heating equipment is vented to the outside to avoid carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
  
• Only purchase portable space heaters with an automatic shut-off so if they’re tipped over they will shut off.
  
• Allow wood stove and fireplace ashes to cool before disposing of them in a tightly covered metal container. Keep the container at least 10 feet away from your home.
  

Heating Fire Safety Action Steps »

TRUCK 7 TOOK IN A SECOND ALARM IN THE 200 BLOCK OF JOHNSTON AVENUE IN PLAINFIELD LATE TODAY.  A BASEMENT FIRE WITH EXTENSION TO THE FLOORS ABOVE CREATED HEAVY SMOKE THROUGHOUT.  TRUCK 7 WAS ASSIGNED INTERIOR SEARCH AND OVERHAUL DUTIES. 

TRUCK 7 WAS SPECIAL CALLED TO THE STRUCTURE FIRE IN PLAINFIELD TODAY OFF OF WEST FRONT STREET.  THE TRUCK WAS ASSIGNED TO DIVISION 2 TO OPEN UP AND CONTINUE TO CHECK FOR EXTENSION.  PLAINFIELD FIRE HAD A QUICK KNOCK ON THE FIRE WITH TWO LINES STRETCHED AND IN OPERATION.  NORTH PLAINFIELD TOOK UP FAST DUTIES. 

Early morning on New Years Day the South Plainfield Emergency Services were dispatched to Irving Street on a reported house fire with the occupant trapped on the second floor. Arriving police and fire units reported a working fire and their initial attempts to enter the house through the front door to rescue the victim were halted by high heat and dense black smoke on the first and second floors. The victim was on the second floor where conditions were worsening but she made her way to a bedroom window where she signaled her location to the emergency personnel on scene. With the fire apparatus not on scene yet the quick thinking of the responders that were there resulted in finding an extension ladder in a neighbors yard which was raised to the second floor window where the victim was awaiting rescue. Fire Captain Joe Abbruzzese ascended the ladder, reached the victim and had to grab the victim who was losing consciousness and physically assist the victim onto the ladder. Once the victim was brought down to ground level by Captain Abbruzzese other arriving responders assisted her off the ladder. Fire Chief Scalera transmitted a second alarm and initially devoted all emergency efforts to the rescue of the victim. Once the rescue of the victim was accomplished the arriving firefighters were assigned to stretch hose lines, perform ventilation and a quick knock down was made of the fire on the first floor. An Engine company from the Plainfield Fire Division was on scene as a FAST company and mutual aid companies were at fire headquarters to cover the town. The victim was airlifted to the burn center for advanced treatment of smoke inhalation and other minor injuries. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by the South Plainfield Bureau of FIre Prevention.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR ANNUAL MEDAL NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE 2012 LINE OFFICERS.  THE OATH OF OFFICE WAS ADMINISTERED BY FIRE COMMISSIONER BENGIVENGA.  THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SWORE IN THE 11TH FIRE CHIEF IN THE DEPARTMENTS 105 YEAR HISTORY.  CHIEF THOMAS SCALERA WAS GIVEN THE OATH OF OFFICE BY MAYOR MATT ANESH IN FRONT OF FAMILY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.  CHIEF SCALERA WILL OFFICIALLY TAKE OVER ON JANUARY 1, 2012 AS CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.  CHIEF SCALERA BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE OFFICE AND WILL BE JUST THE 11TH MEMBER TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT. 

COMMENDATIONS WERE PRESENTED TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:

COMPLETION OF PROBATION

FF ANDREW KOCIUMBUS, FF ALEX NIERADKA, FF SAMATHA HOGAN, FF NICK SMITH, FF JURRIEN KRATZ, FF NICK SACCO AND  FF NICK FIGLER.

EMT COMMENDATION

FF SHAYNE LUGO, FF SAMATHA HOGAN AND FF STEPHEN PHILLIPS.

GROUP MERITORIOUS FOR RESCUE OPERATION/DELIVERY OF A BABY.

CAPTAIN JA ABBRUZZESE, FF WILLIAM CONTI, FF DARYL FORSTER

 

GROUP MERITORIOUS FOR RESCUE OPERATION AT KENTILE FLOORS.

CAPTAINS JA ABBRUZZESE AND JOHN REED, LT KEVIN BULLA, FF'S PELLEGRINO, LAFERRERA, CALVEY, CONTI, TEDESCO, KOCIUMBUS, KRATZ, ALTOMARE, HOGAN, ZUSHMA,