New Jersey State Firemen's Convention

Wildwood, NJ

1994 Parade Winners

All prizes were awarded in a ceremony held on Saturday September 16, 1994 at 9:00 pm at the Wildwood Convention Hall.

 

The Awards are listed by Category and Place:

High School and Middle School Bands:
1st Place : Middle Township H.S. Band (Cape May County)
 2nd Place: Mainland Regional H.S. Band
 3rd Place : OakCrest High School Band
 4th Place: Woodbury High School Band

Senior or Independent Bands - New Jersey State Firemen's Championship Band :
1st Place TIE : Original Hobo Band
  : Bloomingdale Cornet Band

Best Fire Theme Float:
1st Place : Sea Isle City Fire Department

Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Color Guard:
1st Place : Trenton Fire Department
2nd Place : Ogdensburg Fire Department
3rd Place : Westville Fire Department

Company with the Best Comedy Routine:
1st Place: Wallington Fire Company
2nd Place: Upper Darby Township Fire Department

Best Appearing Motorized Piece of Equipment, 25 years or years or older (private or department owned):

A: 25 to 50 years old:
1st Place : Helping Hand Fire Department
2nd Place: Moorestown Hose Company No. 1

B: 51 year or older:
1st Place: Falls Church (Virginia) Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Nesco Vol. Fire Company

Best Appearing Hand Drawn piece of equipment:
1st Place: Westville Fire Department

Best Appearing Tractor Drawn Tanker:
1st Place : Marmora Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Minitola Fire Company

Best Appearing Straight Tanker 1500 Gallons or More:
1st Place: Union Fire Company #1 of Medford
2nd Place: Whiting Vol. Fire Company

Best Appearing Fire Company Ambulance in Service:
1st Place: Bernardsville Fire Company
2nd Place: Westhampton Fire Department

Best Appearing Fire Heavy Rescue Unit in Service (with or without Pump)
1st Place: Absecon Fire Company #1
2nd Place: Mt. Ephraim Fire Dept.
3rd Place: Chews Landing Fire Company

Best Appearing Light Fire Rescue Unit in Service (with or without pump)
1st Place: Laureldale Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Rockledge Fire Company

Best Appearing Utility, Lite Plant, Cascade, or Hazmat Unit (with or without Pump)
1st Place: Cecil Fire Company
2nd Place: Beverly Road Fire Company

Best Appearing Brush Truck
1st Place: Mt. Laurel Fire Department
2nd Place Tansboro Vol. Fire Company

Best Appearing Mini-Pumper Under 500 GPM in Service:
A. 0 months to 24 years inclusive
1st Place: Elm Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Lebanon Fire Company
3rd Place: Barnegat Fire Company

Best Appearing Pumper 1250 GPM and Over in Service:
A. 0 months to 5 years
1st Place: Chews Landing Fire Company
2nd Place: Audubon Vol. Fire Company
3rd Place : Blenheim Fire Company

B. 6 years to 10 years
1st Place: Gibbsboro Fire Company
2nd Place: Bellmawr Fire & Rescue

C. 11 years to 15 years
1st Place: Marmora Fire Company
2nd Place: NONE

D. 16 years to 24 years
1st Place: Deptford Fire District Comm. Lake
2nd Place: Morganville Fire Company

Best Appearing Pumper or Midi 500 to 1000 in Service
A. 0 months to 10 years
1st Place : Beverly Road Fire Company
2nd Place: Erial Fire Company
3rd Place: Newport Fire Company

B: 11 years to 15 years
1st Place: Waterford Fire Company
2nd Place: NONE

C: 16 years to 24 years
1st Place: Westville Fire Department
2nd Place: Laureldale Vol. Fire Company

Best Appearing Squirt in service
1st Place : Lindenwold Fire Company No. 3
2nd Place: Marmora Vol. Fire Company

Best Appearing Platform (telescopic boom) and Snorkle (articulated boom) in Service
1st Place: Chews Landing Fire Company
2nd Place : Cedar Brook Fire Company

Best Appearing Ladder in Service:
1st Place : Westville Fire Company
2nd Place: Essington Fire Company

Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Overall Apparatus (Excluding Marching)
1st Place - the William Carney Memorial Trophy presented by the NJ State Fire Chiefs - Parade Judges Association: Chews Landing Fire Company
2nd Place : Westville Fire Department

Best Appearing Ladies Auxiliary
1st Place: Westville Fire Department
2nd Place: Neptune Hose Company No. 5 - Burlington City

Best Marching Unit over 21 persons excluding Ladies Auxiliary
1st Place: South Amboy Fire Department
2nd Place: Ogdensburg Fire Department

Best Marching Unit, 1 to 20 persons (inclusive) marching (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)
1st Place : Neptune Hose Company No. 5 - Burlington City
2nd Place: Trenton Fire Department

Best Appearing New Jersey Fire Department Overall, Marching, including Equipment
1st Place: Westville Fire Department

Special Judges Awards :
U.S. Coast Guard - Cape May, NJ
VFW Color Guard - Odgensburg, NJ
Chews Landing Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
Barnegat Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary Float
Boy Scout Troop #15 - Egg Harbor Twp.
New Jersey State Forest Fire Service

COUNTY TROPHIES - Sponsored by the individual counties

Gloucester County
Best Appearing Department : Westville Fire Department
Best Appearing Pumper: Westville Fire Department
Best Appearing Aerial : Westville Fire Department

Atlantic County
Best Appearing Apparatus - Laureldale Fire Company
Best Appearing Fire Company - Egg Harbor Twp. Fire Department

Cumberland County
Best Appearing Apparatus - Newport Fire Company

Ocean County
Best Appearing Apparatus - Whiting Fire Company

Camden County
Best Appearing Fire Company - Chews Landing Fire Company
Best Appearing Pumper - Chews Landing Fire Company
Best Appearing Aerial - Chews Landing Fire Company

Salem County
Best Appearing Apparatus - Carney's Point Fire & Rescue

Cape May County
Best Appearing Company with 3 or less pieces - Marmora Fire Company
Best Appearing Company with 4 or more pieces - Rio Grande Fire Company

Middlesex County
Best Appearing Company - South Amboy Fire Department
Best Appearing Pumper - Mechanicsville Fire Company
Best Appearing Aerial - Enterprize Fire Company

Monmouth County
Best Appearing Fire Department - Keyport Fire Department
Best Appearing Apparatus - Union Beach Fire Company

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