Firemen Honored for Service During Irene

Mayor Nelson Vaughan nominated 18 members of the to be honored for their efforts during at the New Jersey State Volunteer Recognition Ceremony on Oct. 26 in Trenton.

The following members of the department deserved to be honored, Vaughan wrote on the nomination form, "because [they are] full-volunteer [firemen] with the Chatham Borough Fire Department who worked tirelessly for three solid days with little or no sleep. [They] helped pump out close to 100 flooded basements [and] helped respond to [the] following calls: 10 downed wires, three trees on houses and three fire alarms (equivalent to three months [of] calls in three days.)"

The firemen honored at the ceremony are:

1. David Allan (Deputy)
2. Don Almgrem
3. Tom Caggiano
4. Paul Carroll (Deputy)
5. Pete Connor
6. Brent de St. Paer
7. Peter Glogolich (Chief)
8. Greg Henrich
9. Ian Horowitz
10. Don Kidd
11. Balcom Parcells
12. Phil Salinadi
13. Steve Smiley
14. Daniel J. Smith
15. George Sweetin (Deputy)
16. George Traver
17. Kevin Weichert
18. Steve Williams