ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Kidde Fire Safety has issued a recall for Kidde fire extinguishers with plastic handles due to discharge failure and nozzle detachment. This product recall involves two styles of Kidde disposable fire extinguishers: plastic handle fire extinguishers and plastic push-button fire extinguishers. This recall does not include Kidde Professional or Badger branded […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders held its 2017 Public Safety Professionals Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Hall of Records in Newark to commemorate fire officials, police officers and first responders in Essex County for their selfless service. Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake began the program with welcoming remarks, celebrating […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Township Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs and Mayor Dwayne Warren had a big day on Saturday, April 8, with a variety of community events and activities that took place in locations across the city, including the annual Easter Egg Hunt Extravaganza in the Central Avenue Playground. “This is our […]
Feb. 4 fire destroys incomplete sections of construction project on Boyden
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood firefighters rushed to Boyden Avenue in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 4, to battle a six-alarm fire raging at the Avalon Bay construction site. The fire took more than four hours to extinguish. According to the Maplewood Fire Department, at approximately 1:30 a.m. firefighters responded to the area along […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Fire Department hosted its 11th annual Thanksgiving dinner at the Chief Marty DeMarzo headquarters on the corner of Lincoln and Central avenues on Thursday, Nov. 24. “We are feeding the homeless and this is at least our 10th year of doing it,” Orange Fire Department Chief James Rothenberger said Thursday, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Kidde Fire Safety has issued a recall on Kidde hard-wired combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms. The alarm can fail to continue to chirp when it reaches its seven-year end of life — even if the batteries are replaced — leading consumers to believe it is still working. This poses a risk of […]
ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Dwayne Warren is asking the entire city of Orange Township community to come together to help the surviving victims of the deadly fire on High Street on Monday, March 14, that took the lives of three people: Morrice May, 51, and his two nephews, Nayon May-James, 7, and Na’shaun May-Davis, 2. […]