General

Earlier this evening, Company 20 assisted Saint Mary’s Catholic Church with the lighting of their Christmas tree. With the help of Tower 204, Boy Scout Troop 44, and Saint Mary’s church members, the tree was lit just in time for the upcoming Christmas season. Thank you to Saint Mary’s for asking us to assist – we are always happy to serve our community!

Stats are in for the month of October!!

Company 20 responded to 75 calls for service.  Included in those numbers were 2 working structure fires, 2 working vehicle fires, 8 vehicle accidents with injury (2 with entrapment) and 4 vehicle accidents without injury.

Top responders for the month of October were:

Firefighter Jacob Peretin – 39 calls

Firefighter Chris Eisenhut – 26 calls

Duty Officer Justin Knotts – 25 calls

Duty Officer Adam Thompson & Firefighter Jared Lamb – 22 calls

Lieutenant Sam Hannah – 21 calls

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Star City Story Time visited the fire department on Tuesday, October 13th. The kids read a book and made crafts relating to firefighting and fire safety. They also got to meet Pierce, our fire house dog, learn about equipment we use, and see the inside of a fire truck.

10/9/2015: Today Company 20 personnel participated in WVU’s annual homecoming parade in downtown Morgantown. Engine 201 and Squad 203 attended with full crews and were available on scene and during parade to respond to any incidents. Company 20 crews as well as all spectators enjoyed the sights, sounds and events surrounding homecoming as many people return to Morgantown to celebrate. LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!

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Today September 11, 2015 the members of Star City Fire and EMS pause, reflect, remember and honor those individuals from Police, EMS and Fire that made the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001. Daily these and countless other bold and fearless public servants suit up, head out and face the challenges of the day knowing full well that when they leave their friends and loved ones at home that they may never come home again. Today we do not mourn the deaths of those who have gone on before us, but rather choose to celebrate their lives and honor the selfless sacrifices made on that fateful day. Rest well our brothers and sisters. Listed below are all the confirmed line of duty deaths on September 11, 2001:

FDNY Chief	Peter J. Ganci, Jr., 54
FDNY Commissioner	William M. Feehan, 72
FDNY Marshal	Ronald Paul Bucca, 47
FDNY Chaplain	Mychal Judge, 68
Battalion 1	Chief Matthew Lancelot Ryan, 54 Lt. Paul Thomas Mitchell, 46
Battalion 2	Chief William McGovern, 49 Chief Richard Prunty, 57 Faustino Apostol, Jr., 55
Battalion 4	Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, 43
Battalion 6	Chief John P. Williamson, 46
Battalion 7	Chief Orio Palmer, 45 Lt. Stephen G. Harrell, 44 Lt. Philip Scott Petti, 43
Battalion 8	Chief Thomas Patrick DeAngelis, 51 Thomas McCann, 45
Battalion 9	Chief Dennis Lawrence Devlin, 51 Chief Edward F. Geraghty, 45 Lt. Charles William Garbarini, 44 Carl Asaro, 39 Alan D. Feinberg, 48
Battalion 11	Chief John M. Paolillo, 51
Battalion 12	Chief Frederick Claude Scheffold, Jr., 57
Battalion 22	Lt. Charles Joseph Margiotta, 44
Battalion 43	Lt. Geoffrey E. Guja, 49
Battalion 47	Lt. Anthony Jovic, 39
Battalion 48	Chief Joseph Grzelak, 52 Michael Leopoldo Bocchino, 45
Battalion 49	Chief John Moran, 42
Battalion 50	Chief Lawrence T. Stack, 58
Battalion 57	Chief Dennis Cross, 60 Chief Joseph Ross Marchbanks, Jr, 47
Division 1	Capt. Joseph D. Farrelly, 47 Capt. Thomas Moody, 45
Division 11	Capt. Timothy M. Stackpole, 42
Division 15	Chief Thomas Theodore Haskell, Jr., 37 Capt. Martin J. Egan, Jr., 36 Capt. William O’Keefe, 48
Engine 1	Lt. Andrew Desperito, 43 Michael T. Weinberg, 34
Engine 4	Calixto Anaya, Jr, 35 James C. Riches, 29 Thomas G. Schoales, 27 Paul A. Tegtmeier, 41
Engine 5	Manuel Del Valle, Jr, 32
Engine 6	Paul Beyer, 37 Thomas Holohan, 36 William R. Johnston, 31
Engine 8	Robert Parro, 35
Engine 10	Lt. Gregg Arthur Atlas, 44 Jeffrey James Olsen, 31
Engine 21	Capt. William Francis Burke, Jr., 46
Engine 22	Thomas Anthony Casoria, 29 Michael J. Elferis, 27 Vincent D. Kane, 37 Martin E. McWilliams, 35
Engine 23	Robert McPadden, 30 James Nicholas Pappageorge, 29 Hector Luis Tirado, Jr., 30 Mark P. Whitford, 31
Engine 26	Capt. Thomas Farino, 37 Dana R Hannon, 29
Engine 29	Michael Ragusa, 29
Engine 33	Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, 42 David Arce, 36 Michael Boyle, 37 Robert Evans, 36 Keithroy Marcellus Maynard, 30
Engine 37	John Giordano, 47
Engine 40	Lt. John F. Ginley, 37 Kevin Bracken, 37 Michael D. D’Auria, 25 Bruce Gary, 51 Steven Mercado, 38
Engine 50	Robert W. Spear, Jr., 30
Engine 54	Paul John Gill, 34 Jose Guadalupe, 37 Christopher Santora, 23
Engine 55	Lt. Peter L. Freund, 45 Robert Lane, 28 Christopher Mozzillo, 27 Stephen P. Russell, 40
Engine 58	Lt. Robert B. Nagel, 55
Engine 74	Ruben D. Correa, 44
Engine 201	Lt. Paul Richard Martini, 37 Gregory Joseph Buck, 37 Christopher Pickford, 32 John Albert Schardt, 34
Engine 205	Lt. Robert Francis Wallace, 43
Engine 207	Karl Henry Joseph, 25 Shawn Edward Powell, 32 Kevin O. Reilly, 28
Engine 214	Lt. Carl John Bedigian, 35 John Joseph Florio, 33 Michael Edward Roberts, 31 Kenneth Thomas Watson, 39
Engine 216	Daniel Suhr, 37
Engine 217	Lt. Kenneth Phelan, 41 Steven Coakley, 36 Philip T. Hayes, 67 Neil Joseph Leavy, 34
Engine 219	John Chipura, 39
Engine 226	Brian McAleese, 36 David Paul De Rubbio, 38 Stanley S. Smagala, Jr., 36
Engine 230	Lt. Brian G. Ahearn, 43 Frank Bonomo, 42 Michael Scott Carlo, 34 Jeffrey Stark, 30 Eugene Whelan, 31 Edward James White III, 30
Engine 235	Lt. Steven Bates, 42 Nicholas Paul Chiofalo, 39 Francis Esposito, 32 Lee S. Fehling, 28 Lawrence G. Veling, 44
Engine 238	Lt. Glenn E. Wilkinson, 46
Engine 279	Ronnie Lee Henderson, 52 Anthony Rodriguez, 36
Engine 285	Raymond R. York, 45
Engine 320	Capt. James J. Corrigan, 60
Haz-Mat 1	Lt. John A. Crisci, 48 Dennis M. Carey, 51 Martin N. DeMeo, 47 Thomas Gardner, 39 Jonathan R. Hohmann, 48 Dennis Scauso, 46 Kevin Joseph Smith, 47
Ladder 2	Capt. Frederick Ill, Jr, 49 Michael J. Clarke, 27 George DiPasquale, 33 Denis P. Germain, 33 Daniel Edward Harlin, 41 Carl Molinaro, 32 Dennis Michael Mulligan, 32
Ladder 3	Capt. Patrick J. Brown, 48 Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, 43 Michael Carroll, 39 James Raymond Coyle, 26 Gerard Dewan, 35 Jeffrey John Giordano, 45 Joseph Maloney, 45 John Kevin McAvoy, 47 Timothy Patrick McSweeney, 37 Joseph J. Ogren, 30 Steven John Olson, 38
Ladder 4	Capt. David Terence Wooley, 54 Lt. Daniel O’Callaghan, 42 Joseph Angelini, Jr, 38 Peter Brennan, 30 Michael E. Brennan, 27 Michael Haub, 34 Michael F. Lynch, 33 Samuel Oitice, 45 John James Tipping II, 33
Ladder 5	Lt. Vincent Francis Giammona, 40 Lt. Michael Warchola, 51 Louis Arena, 32 Andrew Brunn, 28 Thomas Hannafin, 36 Paul Hanlon Keating, 38 John A. Santore, 49 Gregory Thomas Saucedo, 31
Ladder 7	Capt. Vernon Allan Richard, 53 George Cain, 35 Robert Joseph Foti, 42 Richard Muldowney Jr, 40 Charles Mendez, 38 Vincent Princiotta, 39
Ladder 8	Lt. Vincent Gerard Halloran, 43
Ladder 9	Gerard Baptiste, 35 John P. Tierney, 27 Jeffrey P. Walz, 37
Ladder 10	Sean Patrick Tallon, 26
Ladder 11	Lt. Michael Quilty, 42 Michael F. Cammarata, 22 Edward James Day, 45 John F. Heffernan, 37 Richard John Kelly, Jr, 50 Robert King, Jr, 36 Matthew Rogan, 37
Ladder 12	Angel L. Juarbe, Jr, 35 Michael D. Mullan, 34
Ladder 13	Capt. Walter G. Hynes, 46 Thomas Hetzel, 33 Dennis McHugh, 34 Thomas E. Sabella, 44 Gregory Stajk, 46
Ladder 15	Lt. Joseph Gerard Leavey, 45 Richard Lanard Allen, 30 Arthur Thaddeus Barry, 35 Thomas W. Kelly, 50 Scott Kopytko, 32 Scott Larsen, 35 Douglas E. Oelschlager, 36 Eric T. Olsen, 41
Ladder 16	Lt. Raymond E. Murphy, 46 Robert Curatolo, 31
Ladder 20	Capt. John R. Fischer, 46 John Patrick Burnside, 36 James Michael Gray, 34 Sean S. Hanley, 35 David Laforge, 50 Robert Thomas Linnane, 33 Robert D. McMahon, 35
Ladder 21	Gerald T. Atwood, 38 Gerard Duffy, 53 Keith Glascoe, 38 Joseph Henry, 25 William E. Krukowski, 36 Benjamin Suarez, 34
Ladder 24	Capt. Daniel J. Brethel, 43 Stephen Elliot Belson, 51
Ladder 25	Lt. Glenn C. Perry, 41 Matthew Barnes, 37 John Michael Collins, 42 Kenneth Kumpel, 42 Robert Minara, 54 Joseph Rivelli, 43 Paul G. Ruback, 50
Ladder 27	John Marshall, 35
Ladder 35	Capt. Frank Callahan, 51 James Andrew Giberson, 43 Vincent S. Morello, 34 Michael Otten, 42 Michael Roberts, 30
Ladder 38	Joseph Spor, Jr., 35
Ladder 42	Peter Alexander Bielfeld, 44
Ladder 101	Lt. Joseph Gullickson, 37 Patrick Byrne, 39 Salvatore B. Calabro, 38 Brian Cannizzaro, 30 Thomas J. Kennedy, 36 Joseph Maffeo, 31 Terence A. McShane, 37
Ladder 105	Capt. Vincent Brunton, 43 Thomas Richard Kelly, 39 Henry Alfred Miller, Jr, 51 Dennis O’Berg, 28 Frank Anthony Palombo, 46
Ladder 111	Lt. Christopher P. Sullivan, 39
Ladder 118	Lt. Robert M. Regan, 48 Joseph Agnello, 35 Vernon Paul Cherry, 49 Scott Matthew Davidson, 33 Leon Smith, Jr., 48 Peter Anthony Vega, 36
Ladder 131	Christian Michael Otto Regenhard, 28
Ladder 132	Andrew Jordan, 36 Michael Kiefer, 25 Thomas Mingione, 34 John T. Vigiano II, 36 Sergio Villanueva, 33
Ladder 136	Michael Joseph Cawley, 32
Ladder 166	William X. Wren, 61
Rescue 1	Capt. Terence S. Hatton, 41 Lt. Dennis Mojica, 50 Joseph Angelini, Sr., 63 Gary Geidel, 44 William Henry, 49 Kenneth Joseph Marino, 40 Michael Montesi, 39 Gerard Terence Nevins, 46 Patrick J. O’Keefe, 44 Brian Edward Sweeney, 29 David M. Weiss, 41
Rescue 2	Lt. Peter C. Martin, 43 William David Lake, 44 Daniel F. Libretti, 43 John Napolitano, 32 Kevin O’Rourke, 44 Lincoln Quappe, 38 Edward Rall, 44
Rescue 3	Christopher Joseph Blackwell, 42 Thomas Foley, 32 Thomas Gambino, Jr., 48 Raymond Meisenheimer, 46 Donald J. Regan, 47 Gerard Patrick Schrang, 45
Rescue 4	Capt. Brian Hickey, 47 Lt. Kevin Dowdell, 46 Terrence Patrick Farrell, 45 William J. Mahoney, 37 Peter Allen Nelson, 42 Durrell V. Pearsall, 34
Rescue 5	Capt. Louis Joseph Modafferi, 45 Lt. Harvey Harrell, 49 John P. Bergin, 39 Carl Vincent Bini, 44 Michael Curtis Fiore, 46 Andre G. Fletcher, 37 Douglas Charles Miller, 34 Jeffrey Matthew Palazzo, 33 Nicholas P. Rossomando, 35 Allan Tarasiewicz, 45
Special Operations	Chief Raymond Mathew Downey, 63 Capt. Patrick J. Waters, 44 Lt. Timothy Higgins, 43 Lt. Michael Thomas Russo, Sr, 44
Squad 1	Capt. James M. Amato, 43 Lt. Edward A. D’Atri, 38 Lt. Michael Esposito, 41 Lt. Michael N. Fodor, 53 Brian Bilcher, 37 Gary Box, 37 Thomas M. Butler, 37 Peter Carroll, 42 Robert Cordice, 28 David J. Fontana, 37 Matthew David Garvey, 37 Stephen Gerard Siller, 34
Squad 18	Lt. William E. McGinn, 43 Eric Allen, 44 Andrew Fredricks, 40 David Halderman, 40 Timothy Haskell, 34 Manuel Mojica, 37 Lawrence Virgilio, 38
Squad 41	Lt. Michael K. Healey, 42 Thomas Patrick Cullen III, 31 Robert Hamilton, 43 Michael J. Lyons, 32 Gregory Sikorsky, 34 R. Bruce Van Hine, 48
Squad 252	Tarel Coleman, 32 Thomas Kuveikis, 48 Peter J. Langone, 41 Patrick Lyons, 34 Kevin Prior, 28
Squad 288	Lt. Ronald T. Kerwin, 42 Ronnie E. Gies, 43 Joseph Hunter, 31 Jonathan Lee Ielpi, 29 Adam David Rand, 30 Timothy Matthew Welty, 34
EMS Battalion 49	Paramedic Carlos R. Lillo, 37
EMS Battalion 57	Paramedic Ricardo J. Quinn, 40

Port Authority Police Department

• Supt. Ferdinand V. Morrone, 63
• Chief James A. Romito, 51
• Lt. Robert D. Cirri
• Insp. Anthony P. Infante, Jr., 47
• Capt. Kathy Nancy Mazza, 46
• Sgt. Robert M. Kaulfers, 49
• Donald James McIntyre, 38
• Walter Arthur McNeil, 53
• Joseph Michael Navas, 44
• James Nelson, 40
• Alfonse J. Niedermeyer, 40
• James Wendell Parham, 32
• Dominick A. Pezzulo, 36
• Antonio J. Rodrigues, 35
• Richard Rodriguez, 31
• Bruce Albert Reynolds, 41
• Christopher C. Amoroso, 29
• Maurice V. Barry, 48
• Clinton Davis, Sr., 38
• Donald A. Foreman, 53
• Gregg J. Froehner, 46
• Uhuru Gonga Houston, 32
• George G. Howard, 44
• Thomas E. Gorman
• Stephen Huczko, Jr., 44
• Paul William Jurgens, 47
• Liam Callahan, 44
• Paul Laszczynski, 49
• David Prudencio Lemagne, 27
• John Joseph Lennon, Jr., 44
• John Dennis Levi, 50
• James Francis Lynch, 47
• John P. Skala, 31
• Walwyn W. Stuart, Jr., 28
• Kenneth F. Tietjen, 31
• Nathaniel Webb
• Michael T. Wholey
• Sirius, K-9

New York City Police Department

• Sgt. Timothy A. Roy, Sr., 36
• Sgt. John Gerard Coughlin, 43
• Sgt. Rodney C. Gillis, 33
• Sgt. Michael S. Curtin, 45
• Det. Joseph V. Vigiano, 34
• Det. Claude Daniel Richards, 46
• Moira Ann Smith, 38
• Ramon Suarez, 45
• Paul Talty, 40
• Santos Valentin, Jr., 39
• Walter E. Weaver, 30
• Ronald Philip Kloepfer, 39
• Thomas M. Langone, 39
• James Patrick Leahy, 38
• Brian Grady McDonnell, 38
• John William Perry, 38
• Glen Kerrin Pettit, 30
• John D’Allara, 47
• Vincent Danz, 38
• Jerome M. P. Dominguez, 37
• Stephen P. Driscoll, 38
• Mark Joseph Ellis, 26
• Robert Fazio, Jr., 41

Private emergency medical services

• Keith Fairben, 24, – Paramedic
• Richard Pearlman, 18, – EMT
• Mario Santoro, 28 –  Paramedic
• Yamel Merino, 24 – EMT
• Mohammad Salman Hamdani, 23 – EMT and also a member of the New York City Police Department Cadet Corps
• Marc Sullins, 30 – EMT
• Mark Schwartz, 50 – EMT
• Jeff Simpson, 38 – EMT

Today, Engine 201, Squad 203, Medic 21, and Pierce, the station dog met with local children and their families for Star City’s Community Day. Those attending were able to see our equipment first hand, ask questions about our operations and equipment, sit inside the apparatus, and even meet Pierce, our dalmatian.

Congratulations to the Company 20 members who graduated from West Virginia University today.

Joe Klass – M.S., Public Health
Karis Kline – M.S., Safety Management
Courtney Wyatt – B.S., Nursing

 

A fundraiser will be held at the Five Guys in Suncrest Town Center on Tuesday, May 5th and Wednesday, May 6th from 5pm-8pm. Please spread the word and make sure to tell them you’re there to support the Star City VFD when you order!