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1997 Parade
Winners
All prizes were awarded in a ceremony held on Saturday September 13, 1997 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: West Deptford High School Ban
3rd Place : Vineland High School Band
4th Place: Oakcrest High School Band
Senior or Independent Bands - New Jersey State Firemen's Championship Band :
1st Place : Bloomingdale Cornet Band
2nd Place : Hobo Band
Bag Pipe, Pipe Band Contest :
1st Place : Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch
2nd Place : Cape - Atlantic Police & Fire Irish Pipe Brigade
Drum and Bugle Corps Contest:
1st Place: Melrose Drum and Bugle Corps
Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Color Guard:
1st Place : Trenton Fire Department
2nd Place : Ogdensburg Fire Department
3rd Place : Westville Fire Department
Best Fire Theme Float:
1st Place : Barnegat Ladies Auxiliary
Best Appearing Fire Department or Company Color Guard
1st Place : Westville Fire Company
2nd Place : South Amboy Fire Department
3rd Place : Stratford Fire Department
Company with the Best Comedy Routine:
1st Place: Wallington Fire Company
2nd Place: High Point Fire Company, Harvey Cedars
Best Appearing Motorized Piece of Equipment, 25 years or years or older (private or
department owned):
A: 25 to 50 years old:
1st Place : Mauricetown Fire Company
2nd Place: Neptune Hose Co. #5, Burlington City
B: 51 year or older:
1st Place: Pomona Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Adelphia Fire Company
Best Appearing Hand Drawn piece of equipment:
1st Place: Neptune Hose Co. #5, Burlington City
Best Appearing Straight or Tractor Drawn Tanker, 1500 Gallons or More:
1st Place : Leesburg Fire Company
2nd Place: Mauricetown Fire Company
Best Appearing Fire Company Ambulance in Service:
1st Place: Pine Hill Fire Department
2nd Place: Carney's Point Vol. Fire and Rescue
Best Appearing Fire Heavy Rescue Unit in Service (with or without Pump)
1st Place: Westville Fire Department
2nd Place: Absecon Fire Department
3rd Place: US Coast Guard Training Center Fire Dept.
Best Appearing Light Fire Rescue Unit in Service (with or without pump)
1st Place: Mantua Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Collings Lakes Fire Rescue
Best Appearing Utility, Lite Plant, Cascade, or Hazmat Unit (with or without Pump)
1st Place: Mystic Island Vol. Fire Company
2nd Place: Stratford Fire Company
Best Appearing Brush Truck
1st Place: New Sharon Fire Company - Deptford Twp.
2nd Place: Williamstown Fire Company
Best Appearing Mini-Pumper Under 500 GPM in Service:
1st Place: Woodbine Fire Department
2nd Place: Barnegat Fire Department
3rd Place: East Vineland Vol. Fire Department
Best Appearing Pumper 1250 GPM and Over - in Service:
A. 0 months to 5 years
1st Place: Blackwood Fire Company - Engine 842
2nd Place: Westville Fire Department - Engine 733
3rd Place : Westville Fire Department - Engine 731
B. 6 years to 10 years
1st Place: Farmington Fire Company
2nd Place: Neptune Hose Company #5, Burlington City
C. 11 years to 15 years
1st Place: None
2nd Place: None
D. 16 years to 24 years
1st Place: Lower Alloways Creek Fire Department
2nd Place: Lindenwold Fire Company #2
Best Appearing Pumper or Midi 500 to 1250GPM - in Service
A. 0 months to 10 years
1st Place : Stratford Fire Company
2nd Place: Whiting Vol. Fire Company
3rd Place: Belleplaine Fire Company
B: 11 years to 15 years
1st Place: Annandale Fire Company
2nd Place: Deptford Fire Department - Engine 941
C: 16 years to 24 years
1st Place: Waterford Fire Company
2nd Place: Stratford Fire Company
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 : Somers Point Fire Company #1
Best Appearing Ladder in Service:
1st Place : Westville Fire Company
2nd Place: Liberty Fire Company #1 - Penns Grove
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: Westville Fire Company
2nd Place: Stratford Fire Company
Best Marching Unit over 21 persons excluding Ladies Auxiliary
1st Place: South Amboy Fire Department
2nd Place: Stratford Fire Company
Best Marching Unit, 1 to 20 persons (inclusive) marching (excluding Ladies
Auxiliary)
1st Place : Gouldtown Fire Department
2nd Place: Neptune Hose Company #5 - Burlington City
Best Appearing New Jersey Fire Department Overall, Marching, including Equipment
1st Place: Stratford Fire Department
Special Judges Awards :
Westville Fire Comapany - Fire Theme Float
Stratford Firefighter Memorial Trailor
Ogdensburg Color Guard
Deepwater Fire Company - Pennsville - Dive Unit
Delsea Jr. ROTC
Neptune Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
Lindenwold Fire Company #3 - Utility Unit
COUNTY TROPHIES - Sponsored by the individual counties
Gloucester County
Best Appearing Fire Company : Westville Fire Company
Best Appearing Pumper: Westville Fire Company - Engine 733
Best Appearing Aerial : Westville Fire Company
Atlantic County
Best Appearing Apparatus - East Vineland Fire Company
Best Appearing Fire Company - Absecon Fire Department
Best Appearing Class A Pumper - Farmington Fire Company
Cumberland County
Best Appearing Apparatus
1st Place : Leesburg Fire Company
2nd Place : Mauricetown Fire Company
Ocean County
Best Appearing Apparatus - Mystic Island Vol. Fire Company
Camden County
Best Appearing Fire Company - Stratford Fire Company
Best Appearing Pumper (Class A) - Waterford Fire Company
Best Appearing Aerial - Lindenwold Fire Company #3
Salem County
Best Appearing Fire Company - Liberty Fire Company - Penns Grove
Cape May County
Best Appearing Company with 3 or less pieces - Woodbine Fire Company
Best Appearing Company with 4 or more pieces - Seaville Fire Company
Middlesex County
Best Appearing Fire Company or Department - South Amboy Fire Dept.
Best Appearing Pumper - Mechanicsville Fire Company - South Amboy
Best Appearing Aerial or Snorkel - North Slelton Fire Co. - Piscataway
Monmouth County
Best Appearing Fire Department - Keyport Fire Department
Best Appearing Apparatus - Adelphia Fire Department
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