October is National Fire Prevention Month. The theme for 2020 is "Serve Up Fire Safety In The Kitchen". NFPA’s focus on cooking fire safety comes in response to home cooking fires representing the leading cause of U.S. home fires, with nearly half (49 percent) of all home fires involving cooking equipment; unattended cooking is the leading cause of these fires.
Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen” will include the following:
Keep a close eye on what you’re cooking; never leave cooking unattended
Keep anything that can catch fire — oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels or curtains — at least three feet away from your stovetop.
Be on alert. If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol, don’t use the stove or stovetop.
Pictured below is a recent small kitchen fire that was extinguished by the homeowner in River Edge.
Yesterday was another busy day for your volunteer fire dept. 5 total calls: 2 activated fire alarms, a mutual aid call into Oradell for a rollover with entrapment, smoke condition in the home on Bogert Rd, and a Laundomat fire on Kinderkamack Rd.
Oradell Fire Department
City of Hackensack Fire Department
River Edge Volunteer Ambulance Service
At approx 315PM today the REFD responded to 55 Kinderkamack Rd for a fire in a laundromat. The fire was quickly knocked down. Fire started in a dryer in the business. No injuries were reported. Oradell Fire Department 21 truck and City of Hackensack Fire Department Ladder 1 also operated on scene.
Thanks to River Edge PBA Local 201 and River Edge Volunteer Ambulance Service for the responce also.
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Formed in 1900 after a blaze destroyed the River Edge Train Station, the REFD has proudly served the community of River Edge, NJ for over a century. Currently the department operates with a compliment of 60 full members, a compliment of auxiliary members, and a newly established a cadet program. The department operates 3 engines, a ladder truck, a rescue truck and a special operations team.
