Two departments plan to leave North Bergen Regional Fire

Capttomo · Monday at 11:44 PM

North Bergen announces they will leave NHRFR in favor of shared FD with Guttenberg - Hudson County View

Citing ongoing tensions with Union City, North Bergen says they will leave NHRFR in favor of having a shared fire department with Guttenberg.

hudsoncountyview.com

E812 · 2024-11-01T16:40:07-0400

Capttomo said:
North Bergen announces they will leave NHRFR in favor of shared FD with Guttenberg - Hudson County View

Citing ongoing tensions with Union City, North Bergen says they will leave NHRFR in favor of having a shared fire department with Guttenberg.

hudsoncountyview.com

I always thought the idea of consolidating those fire departments back then was a bad idea . Now this story confirms it

Capttomo · 2024-11-01T16:48:59-0400

E812 said:
I always thought the idea of consolidating those fire departments back then was a bad idea . Now this story confirms it

I wonder if the other three original member are going to survive this

Zombie0507 · 2024-11-01T17:09:09-0400

The department never really recovered since the 2008 recession
Also Mayor Stack (Union City's mayor) is an idiot

Lebby · 2024-11-01T17:29:45-0400

E812 said:
I always thought the idea of consolidating those fire departments back then was a bad idea . Now this story confirms it

Why? I have friends who were there when it happened and they said it significantly improved the department.

Zombie0507 · 2024-11-01T17:39:03-0400

Lebby said:
Why? I have friends who were there when it happened and they said it significantly improved the department.

The 2008 recession affected the department to where they had to rotationally close engine companies. They have since fixed that issue. The issue now is between mayors.

Lebby · 2024-11-01T18:06:39-0400

Zombie0507 said:
The 2008 recession affected the department to where they had to rotationally close engine companies. They have since fixed that issue. The issue now is between mayors.

I understand that, I was just curious as to E812's misgivings over consolidation.

Zombie0507 · 2024-11-01T18:21:28-0400

Lebby said:
I understand that, I was just curious as to E812's misgivings over consolidation.

Oh, to somewhat answer that, politics would be the problem with consolidation, especially in this part of NJ

E812 · 2024-11-01T18:37:30-0400

Zombie0507 said:
The department never really recovered since the 2008 recession
Also Mayor Stack (Union City's mayor) is an idiot

It sure sounds like it and if those communities can break away from North Hudson regional they should do so and quickly

CFDMarshal · 2024-11-02T13:57:45-0400

Consolidation is a good thing when the politics and ego's are kept out of the equation. If consolidation is not an option then a good automatic aid agreement is the next best thing. Most areas are starved of staffing so extra companies are having to respond just to get a proper initial fire attack. Give the close proximity and the string of adjacent cities, it just makes sense from a fiscal basis to have some sort of consolidation. Enter the political grandstanding and everyone gets screwed.

Sfdc111 · 2024-11-02T16:34:58-0400

Just so I’m not missing anything, this is being fueled by issues with the school department? Anyone here work near these guys? It seams since the merger they are all in newer trucks and equipment? I know South Metro Fire in CO was a merger of many departments and it’s worked amazing out there.