Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters responded Saturday, May 20, 2023 via automatic aid into Voorhees for a reported dwelling fire. CHFD Squad 13 was the first arriving fire apparatus on the scene and the fire was quickly knocked down with no reported injuries.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters were honored to once again join a long-standing tradition by American Legion Cherry Hill NJ on Sunday, May 21, 2023 to place American flags on the graves of our local veterans buried at Locustwood Cemetery. Members also joined the American Legion and other community groups on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 to place flags on graves at historic Colestown Cemetery.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters congratulate FF Mike "Mick" Nelson on his retirement after 25 years of service. We thank you for your dedicated and selfless service to our union, our department, the Camden County Emerald society Pipes and Drums, and our community. "Mick" worked his last shift at Engine 22 on Kings Highway starting on Saturday, May 20, 2023, and was "piped out" at the end of his final 24-hour shift at 8am on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters congratulate the 11 Recruit Firefighters from Class 23-27 who graduated from the CHFD Recruit Academy on May 19, 2023. Each Recruit had their badges "pinned" on them and given their company assignments and will begin their next phase of training out in the field as Probationary Firefighters. Congratulations and good luck to Probationary Firefighters: Joseph Ioannucci, assigned to Squad 13, C-Platoon Adam Layden, assigned to Squad 13, A-Platoon Andrew Bittner, assigned to Squrt 1341, C-Platoon Nicholas Bacigalupo, assigned to Rescue Ladder 13, B-Platoon Matthew Wilhelm, assigned to Ladder 1324, C-Platoon Nicholas Kovacs, assigned to Ladder 1324, A-Platoon Nicholas Frontino, assigned to Rescue Ladder 13, C-Platoon Jake...

Your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters congratulate the following members on their promotions, effective May 15, 2023: Wade Houlihan, Chief of Department Tim McGeady, Assistant Chief Bill Riess, Battalion Chief, C-Platoon Ray Reis, Battalion Chief, A-Platoon Chris Passer, Captain, Squad Company 13, C-Platoon Tom McGovern, Lieutenant, Squad Company 13, B-Platoon Assistant Chief Tim McGeady BC Bill Riess BC Ray Reis Captain Chris Passer Lt. Tom McGovern

Friday, May 12 into Saturday, May 13, 2023 proved to be a very busy shift for your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters who typically work 24-hour shifts from 8am until 8am. Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters responded within Cherry Hill to a building fire, a dwelling fire, a serious motor vehicle accident with entrapment, and various other accidents, investigations, medical calls, and etc. Your B-Platoon Firefighters from Squad 13, Rescue 13, and Battalion 13 also responded via automatic aid into Voorhees to assist on the scene of a multi-alarm fire in a townhouse complex (pictured). All told, your professional firefighters and...

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters were honored to help support Cherry Hill PBA Local 176 at their 77th Annual golf outing on Monday, May 8, 2023. Pictured (left to right): Lt. Paul Hartstein, Jr., Fire Marshal Mark Scian, Lt. Justin Brown, and FF Mark Mondile.

Early on January 14, 2023, Cherry Hill Fire Department units operated on an accident on Interstate 295. While operating at that incident, Rescue Ladder 13 was struck by a passing vehicle. The impact from the secondary accident left the motorist from the striking vehicle trapped, requiring extrication. Cherry Hill Fire Department members provided immediate aid and utilized hydraulic rescue tools to free the occupant of the second crash, who was then transported for further treatment.Thankfully, there were no injuries to our members. All additional information on this incident will be released by the CHFD and NJSP.

Cherry Hill Fire Department HAZMAT Technicians from Squad / HAZMAT 13 responded on Thursday, January 12, 2023 into Collingswood to assist on the scene of a police investigation involving controlled dangerous substances. Full story via NJ Pen.

Your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters responded early Monday, January 16, 2023 via automatic aid into Haddonfield to assist on the scene of a dwelling fire. Full story via NJ Pen.

Your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters were honored to team up with the American Legion Cherry Hill Post 372 to help distribute more than 1,000 new winter coats donated by Bookwell Travel to several area organizations that will help get them to people in our area who need them the most!

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Ladder 1324 responded Sunday, March 19, 2023 via automatic aid into Haddon Township to assist on the scene of a dwelling fire.

Your A-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Ladder 1324 responded Wednesday, March 29, 2023 via automatic aid into Collingswood to assist at the scene of a fire in a commercial occupancy. Your CHFD firefighters responded into surrounding communities via automatic aid three times on Wednesday alone, with responses into Collingswood, Maple Shade, and Voorhees.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters thank everyone for their tremendous support on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at our "Flight Night" at Mechanical Brewery to benefit the Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters PAC. The CHPFPAC is supported by voluntary contributions by our members to advocate for firefighter and public safety interests. We were especially honored to have State Senate Assistant Majority Leader Senator James Beach (LD-6), Assemblyman William W. Spearman (LD-5), Camden County Commissioner Jonathan Young, Cherry Hill Council President Dave Fleisher, Cherry Hill Council Vice President Brian Bauerle, Cherry Hill Fire Department Commissioners Ryan Doran, William P. Kelly, & John J. Mulholland,...

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters from Ladder 1324 and Engine 1352 responded on Friday, April 7, 2023 via automatic aid into Pennsauken to assist on the scene of a dwelling fire. Photos courtesy of the Pennsauken Fire Department.

Fires. Rescues. EMS runs. Boats on dry land. You name it, your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters answer the call when it comes in. On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, C-Platoon Firefighters / HAZMAT Technicians from Squad and HAZMAT 13 responded into Voorhees to assist on the scene of an overturned boat with a fuel spill onto the roadway.

Car fires are fortunately not an every day occurrence in Cherry HIll, but they do happen every day in the United States. The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) estimates that 33 cars catch on fire every hour someplace across the country! On Sunday, February 12, 2023, your A-Platoon Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters responded to I-295 northbound at mile marker 30.5 for a well-involved passenger vehicle. On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, A-Platoon Firefighters from Ladder 1324 responded to the area of Route 70 and Haddonfield Road and quickly extinguished another well-involved passenger vehicle fire. No injuries were reported in either incident, per the Cherry Hill...

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters from C-Platoon responded late Monday, February 6, 2023, to a dwelling fire on the 1400 block of Farrell Avenue. No injuries were reported.

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters responded Saturday, January 28, 2023 to their third dwelling fire in less than a week in the Township. This fire, on Maple Avenue, thankfully resulted in no injuries.

Cherry Hill Fire Department Rescue Ladder 13 Firefighter Jeff Marsden (pictured below center) was recognized in early January 2023 by the Barrington Police Department for his actions at a November 4, 2022 house fire. While off duty, FF Marsden and several others removed an occupant from a burning Barrington home prior to the arrival of fire department resources. Read more about the fire.

Your Cherry Hill Fire Department professional firefighters from Engine 1352 and Ladder 1324 responded Saturday, January 14, 2023 via automatic aid into Pennsauken for a dwelling fire on the 5200 block of Florida Boulevard.

On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, the Cherry Hill Fire Department held a promotional/oath of office at Fire Headquarters. Congratulations to Sean Carlin on his promotion to Lieutenant and Steve Kinky on his promotion to Captain. Lt. Carlin joined the CHFD in 2016 graduating from the Recruit Academy Class 16-24. As a Firefighter, Sean has been assigned to Ladder 1324, and Rescue 13. He was Promoted to Lieutenant remaining at Rescue 13 - C Platoon. Sean was secretary for IAFF Local 2663’s Executive Board. He is a certified technician in multiple rescue company disciplines and is a NJ Level II Fire...

On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the basement of a home on Chimney Lane in the Old Orchard neighborhood. Arriving firefighters found smoke and flames coming from the basement of the residence and quickly gained control of the fire. The home was occupied at the time and was determined to be accidental in nature. The fire is under investigation by the Cherry Hill Fire Department Fire Marshal. No injuries were reported.

Your A-Platoon Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters and HAZMAT Technicians from Ladder 1324, Engine 1352 and Squad/HAZMAT 13 responded Wednesday, January 25, 2023 to a piece of construction equipment on fire with various fluids needing to be contained at the site of the former Friendly's restaurant on Route 70 which was being demolished.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters from B-Platoon responded early Friday, January 27, 2023 to a dwelling fire near the Woodcrest PATCO station. Additional support was provided on scene by Voorhees Fire Department Camden County IAFF Local 3249 and Mount Laurel Professional Fire Fighters IAFF Local 4408 members.