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celtic

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Warren firehouse damaged by fire lacked smoke alarms
A Warren Township firehouse damaged by a blaze this morning did not have a fire alarm or smoke detectors, according to local fire officials.
A passing patrolman spotted smoke rising from the eaves of the squat, brick Washington Valley firehouse around 4:30 a.m. He reported the fire, which caused moderate damage to the building and sent the Washington Valley fire chief to the hospital for smoke inhalation, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating.
Warren Township Fire Chief Tim McGowan said none of the township's four fire companies -- Washington Valley, Mt. Horeb, Community and Mt. Bethel -- are hooked up to an alarm system that rings at a third-party location.
McGowan did not know if the Washington Valley firehouse had smoke detectors, but the chief for that fire company, Ryan Valentino, said there were none.
McGowan said the firehouses are not required to have alarms. He also said alarm systems are too costly for an all-volunteer department. Each company owns and maintains its own building.
Investigators from the prosecutor's office and the Warren Township police are investigating the cause of the blaze, which brought out 50 firefighters from Warren and Watchung, who found the apparatus bay engulfed in smoke. Once the fire was located it was quickly extinguished, according to the prosecutor's office.
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WOW.



How much does a new firehouse cost?
 
celtic

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Not that much!

The trucks alone are upwards of $250K for a pumper, a hook and ladder in the $500k range...toss in some equipmet and your at a mil w/o the building!
 
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celtic said:
Not that much!

The trucks alone are upwards of $250K for a pumper, a hook and ladder in the $500k range...toss in some equipmet and your at a mil w/o the building!
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Around here that's a lot of car washes and bean plate specials. :grin:
 
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we had a house burn down around here a couple of years ago that was next door to a volunteer fire dept.; one of the fireman had just gotten a swimming pool and used the fire truck to fill it. he didn't replace the water after he was done, and showed up to a burning house w/ an empty tank. no hydrants in the sticks!
 
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When I was a kid we had a local firehouse burn to the ground. Seems that they didn't have sprinklers.
 
celtic

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One of the firehouse in Hoboken, NJ burnt up a few years back...Hoboken has a paid FD ...I forget the exact circumstances of the fire...but I think arson was the cause.
 
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sguinn said:
When I was in highschool our local firehouse burned, it only had a few firefighters and they were out on a call when it caught fire.:rolleyes:
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Must have been unattended cooking....probably some firehouse 4-alarm chili :grin:
 
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