On 2/27/06 6:19 PM, "Skip Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "How is it a town the size of Asbury Park would only have one, but a
> town the size of Belmar has about 4?"
>
> Geography 101; you can't put out the fire unless you can get to it.
> Belmar is larger (but 4?), Ocean certainly is and has 2, and I think
> Tinton Falls, which is huge, has 3; it's a time/space problem.
>
Hey we may have more volunteer fire departments than needed, but when the
crew comes less than 30 seconds after you place a 9-11 call... Well, you're
mighty thankful.
Most Shore towns - as with Belmar and Asbury Park - had rather significant
fires in their history. I guess some towns wanted to make sure that didn't
happen again. Some went with a fire company on staff and others went with
several volunteer units.
Since I've lived here we had one very big fire in town. A fire that
probably would have burned about 2-3 blocks to the ground if we didn't have
all of the available units. As it was, a good chunk of a block burned down.
Sounds like the fire on Sunday was an amazingly difficult one to handle with
the wind. They did a good job.
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