NJ fire department shut down after 118 years as mayor claimed residents were not safe
A New Jersey fire department that has helped a community for over a century was shut down following a years-long push from the mayor to close the historic firehouse, who felt insufficient staffing created unsafe conditions for residents. The Woodbridge Township Council voted 8-1 on Aug.
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A New Jersey fire department that has helped a community for over a century was shut down following a years-long push from the mayor to close the historic firehouse, who felt insufficient staffing created unsafe conditions for residents. The Woodbridge Township Council voted 8-1 on Aug. 12 to pass a measure that will dissolve the 118-year-old Keasbey Fire Department and merge the district with neighboring Fords Fire Company. “We stressed that Keasbey residents were not currently safe with the situation that exists and that not having proper firefighter response to a structure fire was in fact an emergency,” Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac said at the meeting.
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