June 6, 2022

UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–On Saturday June 4, 2022 the “New Jersey Fallen Firefighters & Fire Museum Memorial Service” was held. In 2021 New Jersey had nine Line-of-Duty Deaths.

2021 Line-of-Duty Deaths (LODDs) in New Jersey:

1. Atlantic City Fire Department, Anthony Carfagno
2. East Orange Fire Department, Vincent Intiso
3. Erskine Lakes Fire Company, John Jonker, Sr.
4. Hillsborough Fire Company, William Shaffer
5. Irvington Fire Department, Victor Melillo
6. Jackson Fire Company #1, Nicholas Prioli
7. Jersey City Fire Department, John Ruddy
8. Kingston Fire Department, Dennis Shennard
9. Middlesex County Haz-Mat Unit, Donald Trout

The New Jersey Fire Museum and Fallen Firefighters Memorial is located at 4 Polhemuston Road, Allentown, New Jersey 08501

For more information visit: https://njfiremuseum.org/

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