New Jersey State Firemen's Convention

Wildwood, NJ

Categories and Winners

New Jersey Companies ONLY; Best Appearing Overall Fire Company or Department marching including equipment. The NJ State Firemen’s Association President’s Trophy was presented to South Amboy Fire Department

Best Appearing Fire Department with Music (1st Place only) = South Amboy Fire Department

            Best Marching Unit, 1-20 Persons (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)

                    1st Place = Neptune Hose Company #5, Burlington City

                    2ND Place - NONE

           Best Marching Unit over 20 persons (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)

                    1st Place = South Amboy Fire Department

                    2nd Place = Keyport Fire Department

        Best Appearing Ladies Auxiliary – Trophies presented by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Firemen of the State of NJ

          1st Place = South Amboy Fire Department

          2nd Place = Perth Amboy Fire Department

Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Overall Apparatus

                    1st Place – The William Carney Memorial Throphy presented by the New Jersey State Fire Chief’s Parade Judges Association Chief Judge Joe Littley  and Mrs. William Carney to South Amboy Fire Department.

                    2nd Place = Burlington Township Fire Department

            Best Appearing Ladder in Service

1st Place = Liberty Fire Company, Pennsgrove [Ladder 46]

2nd Place = Essington Fire Company [Ladder 17-5] 

          Best Appearing Platform In Service

                    1st Place = South Amboy Fire Department [508]

                    2nd Place = Somers Point Volunteer Fire Company [Tower 45] 

Best Appearing Squirt / Quint in Service

          1st Place = Independent Fire Company #1 [Engine 3014]

          2nd Place – Somerdale Fire Department [6524] 

Best Appearing Pumper or (Any Size Pump) in Service

          0 to 2 Years

                    1st Place – Liberty Fire Company, Pennsgrove [Engine 4-2]

                    2nd Place – Independence Engine & Hose Co., South Amboy [Engine 7]

          3 Years to 5 Years

                    1st Place = Somers Point Fire Department [Engine 44]

                    2nd Place – Bloomsburg Hose Co. #1 [Engine 43-64]    

6 to 8 Years

                    1st Place = Whiting Vol. Fire Company [Engine 3311]

                    2nd Place = Beverly Road Fire Company [Engine 3023]

          9 to 12 Years

                    1st Place – Billingsport Fire Association [Engine 1721]

                    2nd Place - NONE

          13 to 16 Years

                    1st Place – Gibbsboro Fire Company [Engine 6812]

                    2nd Place – Neptune Hose Company #5, Burlington City [Engine 9051]

          17 to 24 Years

                    1st Place – Deptford Fire Department [Engine 933]

                    2nd Place – Mechanicsville Hose Company, So. Amboy [Engine 10] 

Best Appearing Mini-pumper under 500 GPM in service 

          1st Place = NONE 

Best Appearing Brush Truck

          1st Place = Erial Fire Company [Engine 865]

          2nd Place = Lanoka Harbor Volunteer Fire Company [6109] 

Best Appearing Utility, Light Plant, Cascade, HAZMAT Unit. (with or without pump)

          1st Place = Progressive Vol. Fire Company, South Amboy [Unit 504]

          2nd Place – Collings Lakes Fire Company [Unit R-23] 

Best Appearing Fire Rescue Unit in Service – Light 20,000 GVW & Under (with or without pump)

          1st Place = Taunton Fire Company [2527]

          2nd Place = Somers Point Fire Department [Rescue 48]

Best Appearing Fire Rescue Unit in Service – Heavy 20,001 GVW & Over (with or without pumper)

          1st Place = Winslow Twp. Fire Department [Rescue 2546]

          2nd Place = Willow Grove Fire Company [Rescue 22-9]

Best Appearing Rescue Pumper (Must have Extrication & Cribbing Equipment)

          1st Place = Winslow Township Fire Department [2561]

          2nd Place = NONE

Best Appearing Straight or Tractor Drawn Tanker (1500 Gallons or more)

          1st Place = East Vineland Vol. Fire Company [F 1222]

          2nd Place = Reliance Fire Company [Tanker 12-5A]

Best Appearing Hand Drawn Piece or Equipment

          1st Place = Union Fire Company #1 [1895 Wirt & Knox]

          2nd Place = Keyport Fire Department [1859 Button Hose Reel]

Best Appearing Motorized Piece of Equipment, 25 years or older (Private or Department owned)

          25 to 50 Years Old

1st Place = Lanoka Harbor Fire Company  [Engine 6101]

                   2nd Place = Berlin Fire Company #1 [Engine 2121]

          51 Years and Older

                   1st Place =  Adelphia, Howell Township Fire Co. #1 [1943 Ward LaFrance]

                   2nd Place = Hopewell Fire Company [1922 American LaFrance]

                   3rd Place = Union Fire Company, Medford [1935 Ford Hale]

Company with Best Comedy Routine

          1st Place = Wallington Fire Department

          2nd Place = Barnegat Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary

Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Color Guard

          1st Place = South Amboy Fire Department

          2nd Place = Neptune Hose Company #5, Burlington City

          3rd Place = Keyport Fire Department

Best Appearing Ambulance, Fire Department or EMS Owned

          1st Place = Cecil Fire Department [Unit 2958]

Longest Distance Traveled (as the crow flies)

          In State – Allamuchy Fire Company

          Out of State – College Park, Maryland

Best Theme Float

          1st Place = NONE

Special Judges Awards

          Perth Amboy Fire Department

          Keyport First Aid Squad

          New Jersey Forest Fire Service

          Squad 61 FDNY

          Monroe Township EMS

          Lambs Terrace Fire Company [Engine 853]

 

 COUNTY TROPHIES

 ATLANTIC COUNTY

          Best Appearing Utility, Light Plant, Cascade – Collings Lake Fire Company

 

CAMDEN COUNTY

          Best Appearing Company = Winslow Township Fire Department

          Best Appearing Pumper (Class A) = Gibbsboro Fire Company

                            

GLOUCESTER COUNTY

          Best Appearing Fire Company or Department = West Deptford Fire Department

          Best Appearing Pumper = Deptford Fire Department [Engine 933]

          Best Appearing Aerial – Harmony Fire Company [Ladder 2316]

 

MONMOUTH COUNTY

          Best Appearing Fire Company or Department = Keyport Fire Department

          Best Appearing Apparatus = Keyport Engine Co. #1 [2272]

 

OCEAN COUNTY

          Best Appearing Apparatus = Lanoka Harbor Volunteer Fire Company [6109]

 

SALEM COUNTY

          Best Appearing Fire Company = Pennsgrove Fire Company

 BANDS

 

HIGH SCHOOL BANDS

          1st Place = Middle Township High School Band

          2nd Place = Oakcrest High School Band

          3rd Place = Absegami High School Band

          4th Place = Lakewood High School Band

         

FIREMEN’S BANDS

          1st Place = Bloomingdale Cornet Band

          2nd Place = Roslyn Band South Amboy

 

PIPE BANDS

          1st Place = Cape Atlantic Irish Pipe Brigade

          2nd Place = Atlantic Watch Pipe Band

 

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08/30/2006