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.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters from Engine 1352 and Ladder 1324 responded early Monday January 30, 2023 into Pennsauken via automatic aid to assist on the scene of a dwelling fire. This is the fourth dwelling fire your firefighters have battled in less than a week.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters announce the retirement of Firefighter Wesley Sohail. Wesley joined the CHFD in September 2017 after working in the Arlington County, VA Fire Department. Wesley was originally assigned to Engine 1322 before being transferred to Squrt 1341 where he finished his CHFD career. Although only with us for a relatively short time, Wesley was involved in a number of projects at CHFD including working with various initiatives related to the use of drones in the fire service, serving on the department's cancer prevention committee, and developing systems to streamline the tracking of the CHFD's SCBA...

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters from C-Platoon responded early Saturday morning, February 11, 2023 for a fire that spread to multiple balconies on a residential high rise at the Mark 70 Condominiums on Frontage Road. A rapid response and aggressive fire attack kept the flames from spreading into the interior of any apartment units. There were no reported injuries. Per the CHFD Fire Marshal's office, the fire was accidental in nature and attributed to improperly discarded smoking materials. More from Fox 29:Multiple fires erupt at condominium tower in Cherry Hill (fox29.com)

C-Platoon Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters from USAR 13, Safety 13 (Captain Houck) and Chief 1302  (Assistant Chief Houlihan) responded on Friday, February 24, 2023 to Sea Isle City in Cape May County for a structural collapse of a large concrete balcony on the side of a mid-rise, oceanfront apartment building with a construction worker trapped. Rescue Company 13 operates with Cape May County as a part of the Southern New Jersey Regional Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Working Group. These rescue technicians are trained in specialized operations and emergencies such as structural collapse. Unfortunately, the trapped worker was pronounced deceased on the...

Last week, Cherry Hill Fire Department Squad 13, Squrt 1341, Battalion 13 along with Runnemede Fire Department Squad 7 and Engine 7 responded to the New Jersey Turnpike Southbound, mile marker 28.8 for a well involved vehicle carrier fire. The Lawnside Fire Department was also on standby for an additional water supply.