Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters

04/18/2025

Congratulations!

04/18/2025

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters and automatic aid partners responded on the evening of Thursday, April 17, 2025 to an apartment fire in a 7 story multiple family dwelling on Cooper Landing Road.

04/15/2025

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Engine 1352, Ladder 1324, Squad 13, and Battalion 13 responded on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 into the Burroughs Mill complex for a vehicle into a multi-family residential building.

04/13/2025

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters wish you joy, safety and peace during this season!

04/12/2025

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department professional firefighters from Ladder 1324 and Safety 13 responded Friday morning, April 11, 2025, via mutual aid to a multi-alarm fire in the City of Camden.

04/12/2025

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department professional firefighters from Ladder 1324 and Squad 13 responded Thursday, April 10, via automatic aid into Haddonfield to assist on the scene of a fire in the basement of a restaurant.

Firefighters from the Haddon and Westmont Fire Companies evacuated nearby homes and businesses as a precaution during the incident.

03/31/2025

On Friday, March 28, 2025, your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Engine 1352 and Battalion 13 (BC Houck) responded via automatic aid into Maple Shade for a fire in a large nursing home facility.

Did you know your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters respond nearly every day to emergencies in our surrounding communities and beyond?

Photo credit:
Fire Department Photography
Pennsauken Fire Department
Cinnaminson Fire Department

03/31/2025

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, several of your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters took part in the 2025 Fight For Air Climb - Philadelphia. Ladder 1324 members Captain Zach Houck, FF Andrew DeFina, and FF Matt Wilhelm climbed nearly 1,110 stairs and more than 50 stories to the top of Philadelphia's Three Logan Square in their full firefighting gear to raise money for the American Lung Association.

03/20/2025

Did you know that your Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters are teamed up with Camden Fire Department Camden Fire Officers Local #2578 / CFD Local 788 Firefighters Union and Winslow Township Fire Department Camden County IAFF Local 3249 members to provide urban search and rescue services across Camden County and beyond?

03/15/2025

Once again, your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters will be climbing 55 stories (1088 steps!) in their full firefighting gear in support of the American Lung Association. This year's event will be held on March 29, 2025 at Three Logan Square in Philadelphia, PA.

To support the Cherry Hill Fire Department team, please visit:
https://action.lung.org/site/TR/Climb/ALAMA_Mid-Atlantic?team_id=193661&pg=team&fr_id=27158

For any CHFD members wishing to participate in the event, please reach out to FF Pat Schetter or FF Matt Wilhelm.

Fight For Air Climb - American Lung Association Stairclimbs

https://action.lung.org/site/TR?fr_id=27158&pg=entry

Join the American Lung Association's Fight For Air Climb by raising funds for those living with lung disease while climbing a skyscraper to the top. Learn more today.

03/09/2025

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professionall Firefighters from Ladder 1324, Safety 13, and Safety 13A, responded Saturday via automatic aid into Collingswood to assist on the scene of a fire in a commercial occupancy.

An all-hands call brought several local fire companies to the scene of a building fire Saturday afternoon. Two residents are temporarily displaced.

03/08/2025

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters salute the two incredible women who are members of our organization - Firefighter/EMT Brigitte Baumann (Retired) and Firefighter/EMT Lacey Heist - on International Women's Day 2025!

03/08/2025

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Ladder 1324, Engine 1352, Safety 13 and Safety 13A responded Friday evening via automatic aid into Pennsauken to assist on the scene of a 2-alarm fire at a self storage facility.

03/06/2025

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Squad/HAZMAT 13 and Safety 13 (Captain Moore) responded on Wednesday, March 5, 2024 via mutual aid to South Harrison Township in Gloucester County to operate on the scene of a hazardous materials incident.

⚠️Hazmat Incident - South Harrison Twp.🚨

Gloucester County Hazmat and area Fire Departments operated on Fislerville Road (between Rt. 77 and Commissioners Rd) for a propane leak involving a 500 gallon tank at a commercial group home residence. The leak was due to a large tree that fell on the tank during the storm, causing significant valve damage. The residence was evacuated and Cherry Hill Fire Department Hazmat crews conducted a safe flare off of the propane with support by Gloucester County & Camden County Hazmat Task Force crews.

Initial hazards & leaks and v***r supression efforts were performed by Harrisonville Fire Company, Woolwich Fire Company, Harrison Twp Fire District 23, and Ferrell Vol Fire Co.

Road closures were supported by Woolwich Township Police Department and Gloucester County Hwy. Dept. There were no other evacuations, no reported injuries during the incident, and the roadway has reopened.

03/06/2025

Please consider supporting The Cherry Hill Food Pantry 2025 Raffle Fundraiser!

We are a 501(c) non profit organization distributing food to qualified recipients in Cherry Hill, Had

02/28/2025

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters wish the International Association of Fire Fighters a happy 107th birthday! The IAFF was formed on February 28, 1918 and for over 100 years has fought for better wages, benefits, working conditions and improved safety for their members and the communities they protect. The IAFF is the driving force behind nearly every advance in the fire and emergency services in the 21st century. Today, 85% of communities across the U.S. and Canada are protected by the IAFF's nearly 350,000 members.

On October 16, 1978, Cherry Hill Firefighters IAFF Local 2663 was founded. Charter members of Local 2663 were Norcott W. D'Esteree, Thomas Fiorentini, Gary R. Krohn, Joseph R. Meng, Peter Nardone, Salvatore Paolini, Howard E. Scanlon, Kevin J. Scanlon, Michael A. Schaeffer, and Raymond E. Sooy. As Cherry Hill's population continued to grow and the need for additional firefighter staffing was realized, Cherry Hill Professional Fire Officers Association IAFF Local 3198 was founded, Hugh H. Gibson, III, Kevin Kenniff, Gary J. Saraceni, Michael A. Saraceni, Francis X. Segrest, and Michael A. Schaeffer signing on as charter members on December 1, 1988.

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters are proud of our nearly 50 year affiliation with the IAFF and will continue to work tirelessly with the IAFF and New Jersey Firefighters PFANJ at the national, state, and local levels to ensure fair compensation and safe working conditions for our members, and to serve as public safety advocates for the community we are honored to serve.

02/08/2025

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters responded on Friday, February 7, 2025 via automatic aid into Pennsauken to assist the Pennsauken Fire Department at the scene of a fire with explosion and collapse at a commercial occupancy.

CHFD units had just gone available moments earlier from an apartment fire on Route 38 in Cherry Hill.

02/03/2025

Bill S-1416, sponsored by State Senator Jim Beach and Senator Troy Singleton, would require the development of a Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan with both short-term and long-term objectives that is reviewed and updated every three years. In developing the plan, the OEMS would conduct an inventory of all emergency medical services resources available within the state, conduct an assessment of the current effectiveness of the emergency medical services system of care, determine the need for changes to the current emergency medical services system of care, develop performance metrics with regard to the delivery of emergency medical services and a method for monitoring whether those metrics are being achieved, as well as other considerations.