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1996 Parade Winners
All prizes were awarded in a ceremony held on Saturday September 14, 1996 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: OakCrest High School Band
3rd Place : West Deptford High School Band
4th Place: Absegami High School Band
Senior or Independent Bands - New Jersey State Firemen's Championship Band :
1st Place : Pitman Hobo Band
2nd Place : Bloomingdale Cornet Band
Bag Pipe, Pipe Band Contest :
1st Place : Cape - Atlantic Police & Fire Irish Pipe Brigade
2nd Place : Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch
Best Fire Theme Float:
1st Place : Stratford Fire Company
Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Color Guard
1st Place : Ogdensburg Fire Department
2nd Place : Hightstown Fire Department
3rd Place : Stratford Fire Department
Company with the Best Comedy Routine:
1st Place: Wallington Fire Company
Best Appearing Motorized Piece of Equipment, 25 years or years or older (private or
department owned):
A: 25 to 50 years old:
1st Place : Hurffville Fire Department
2nd Place: Rio Grande Fire Company
B: 51 year or older:
1st Place: Nesco Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Pomona Vol. Fire Company
Best Appearing Hand Drawn piece of equipment:
1st Place: Westville Fire Department
Best Appearing Straight or Tractor Drawn Tanker, 1500 Gallons or More:
1st Place : Stillwater Fire Company
2nd Place: Leesburg Fire Company
Best Appearing Fire Company Ambulance in Service:
1st Place: Cecil Fire Company
2nd Place: Pine Hill Fire Department
Best Appearing Fire Heavy Rescue Unit in Service (with or without Pump)
1st Place: U.S. Coast Guard (Cape May)
2nd Place: Somers Point Fire Dept.
3rd Place: Westville Fire Company
Best Appearing Light Fire Rescue Unit in Service (with or without pump)
1st Place: Erial Fire Company
2nd Place: Mantua Vol. Fire Company
Best Appearing Utility, Lite Plant, Cascade, or Hazmat Unit (with or without Pump)
1st Place: Deepwater Fire Company
2nd Place: Cecil Fire Company
Best Appearing Brush Truck
1st Place: Cedar Brook Fire Company
2nd Place: Deptford Fire Department
Best Appearing Mini-Pumper Under 500 GPM in Service:
A. 0 months to 24 years inclusive
1st Place: Barnegat Fire Company
2nd Place: East Vineland Fire Company
3rd Place: Woodbine Fire Company
Best Appearing Pumper 1250 GPM and Over in Service:
A. 0 months to 5 years
1st Place: Stratford Fire Company
2nd Place: Westville Fire Department #733
3rd Place : Belleplain Fire Company
B. 6 years to 10 years
1st Place: Neptune Hose Company #5
2nd Place: Mantua Fire Company
C. 11 years to 15 years
1st Place: Community Lake Tract (Deptford Fire Dist.)
2nd Place: Colonial Manor
D. 16 years to 24 years
1st Place: Pine Hill Fire Department
2nd Place: Lindenwold Fire Company #2
Best Appearing Pumper or Midi 500 to 1000 in Service
A. 0 months to 10 years
1st Place : Beverly Road Fire Company
2nd Place: Newport Fire Company
3rd Place: Woodbine Fire Company
B: 11 years to 15 years
1st Place: Deepwater Fire Company
2nd Place: NONE
C: 16 years to 24 years
1st Place: Waterford Fire Company #1
2nd Place: Stratford Fire Company #1
Best Appearing Squirt in service
1st Place : Lindenwold Fire Company No. 3
2nd Place: Independent Fire Company #1 (Burlington Twp)
Best Appearing Platform (telescopic boom) and Snorkle (articulated boom) in Service
1st Place: Absecon Fire Department
2nd Place : East Brunswick Independent Fire Company
Best Appearing Ladder in Service:
1st Place : Westville Fire Company
2nd Place: Liberty Fire Company #1
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: Westville Fire Department
2nd Place : Stratford Fire Company
Best Appearing Ladies Auxiliary
1st Place: Stratford Fire Company
2nd Place: South Amboy Fire Department
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 : Pine Hill Fire Department
2nd Place: Neptune Hose Company - Burlington City
Best Appearing New Jersey Fire Department Overall, Marching, including Equipment
1st Place: Stratford Fire Department
Special Judges Awards :
Friendship Fire Company Steamer
Egg Harbor Twp. - Boy Scott Troop
Delsea Regional High School Jr. ROTC
Barnegat Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
South Amboy Fire Department Color Guard
COUNTY TROPHIES - Sponsored by the individual counties
Gloucester County
Best Appearing Fire Company : Westville Fire Company
Best Appearing Pumper: Mantua Fire Company
Best Appearing Aerial : Westville Fire Company
Atlantic County
Best Appearing Apparatus - East Vineland Fire Company
Best Appearing Fire Company - Somers Point Fire Company
Best Appearing Aerial - Absecon Fire Company
Cumberland County
Best Appearing Apparatus
1st Place : Newport Fire Company
2nd Place : Leesburg Fire Company
Ocean County
Best Appearing Apparatus - Barnegat Fire Company
Camden County
Best Appearing Fire Company - Stratford Fire Company
Best Appearing Pumper - Stratford Fire Company
Best Appearing Aerial - Lindenwold Fire Company #3
Salem County
Best Appearing Fire Company - Deepwater Fire Company
Cape May County
Best Appearing Company with 3 or less pieces - Woodbine Fire Company
Best Appearing Company with 4 or more pieces - Rio Grande Fire Company
Monmouth County
Best Appearing Fire Department - Keyport Fire Department
Best Appearing Apparatus - Adelphia Fire Department
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