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Welcome to northjerseyfireimages, This web site is run by Tom Finnegan.
I have over 29 years in the fire service. Through the years, my photo's have been published in magazines,new papers, calendars,and web sites through out the country and over seas. You can browse my images and if you see any that you like, you can purchase them here online.
All of the photos on this site are for sale and reasonably priced. You can purchase any simply by adding the photos of your choice to your cart. The photo sizes vary from 4x6 to 24x36 prints. and Jpeg Images are for sale as well. I use Nikon Digital SLR camera and Lenses Thank you for your support. I hope you enjoy the photographs on this website

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** Just Added ** Peapack 5th Alarm house fire on 12.24.09 : A 5th Alarm + Fire on Christmas eve Destroyed a unoccupied classic 16-room colonial mansion, on the former Blairsden Estate on Highland Ave. in Peapack, in Somerset County.The Home Has a long history it was built in the mid -18th century when it was built as a farm house for the Sprawling Melick Family .The property was later aqquired by the Wall Street tycoon Mr Clinton Blair who added on to the orignal home and would build the immense estate that would come to be the known as "Blairsden" The Fire was reported around 9:00pm The Peapack-Gladstone Fire Department immediately Requested Mutual Aid From Somerset and Morris Counties . As well as a Tanker Task force from each county . Within minutes of the first call additional tankers were being dispatched to the scene from Somerset County . The 1st due Mutual aid units were setting up a Drafting site from a pond over a mile away. While other units at the scene were streching LDH from the dump site to supply the tower ladder by way of inline pumping . The snow conditions on the ground and the cold weather hampered firefighters efforts to save the large u shaped mansion . Another call was placed to Somerset county Dispatch center for added tankers from the county as well as a Tanker task force from Hunterdon county to the scene. It took firefighters over 4 1/2 hours to bring the blaze under control . More than 20 Fire departments from three counties responded with equipment to this fire. Over 100 Firefighters responded to the scene. This mansion fire will be rembered for years in Somerset County as the Chirstmas Eve Fire. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office .

** Just Added ** Peapack 5th Alarm house fire on 12.24.09

A 5th Alarm + Fire on Christmas eve Destroyed a unoccupied classic ...

Updated: Dec 29, 2009 8:56am PST

**Just Added ** Working fire on Route 565 in Wantage Twp on 12.18.09 : Wantague Twp & Sussex Fire Dept were dispatched to a reported fire on Route 565 , Apon arrival they found a single family home a blaze which was called in by a passer by reporting smoke showing from the home. Within minutes mutual aid engines and tankers were on their way to the scene. The fire was brought under control within 1 hour there were no reported injuries at the scene . The cause of thr fire is under invesgation

**Just Added ** Working fire on Route 565 in Wantage Twp on 12.18.09

Wantague Twp & Sussex Fire Dept were dispatched to a reported ...

Updated: Dec 18, 2009 12:31pm PST

** Just Added **Working Fire 212 Pleasant Hil Rd Chester 12.07.09 : Shortly after 2:00am The Chester Police received a call reporting a house fire at 212 Pleasant Hill Rd and dispatched the Fire Department . Within minutes of arrival Mutual Aid was being dispatched to the scene bringing a tower ladder from nearby Flandersand a FAST Team from Roxbury, as well as a Tanker Task Force from Morris county as well as near by engines to do drafting work to re fill the tankers. The tempature was was in the mid 20's and a few inches of snow on the ground making fire fighting hazardous . The Fire was brought under control within 2 hours there were no repotred injuries at the scene . he Fire is under investagation at this time

** Just Added **Working Fire 212 Pleasant Hil Rd Chester 12.07.09

Shortly after 2:00am The Chester Police received a call reporting a ...

Updated: Dec 07, 2009 2:31am PST

**Just Added **The Hardwick House Restaurant a Warren County land mark destroyed by fire on 11.15.09 : A Local Land Mark The Hardwick House Restaurant, was destroyed by fire. Just after 7:00pm The Blaistown Fire Department was dispatched for a possible fire at The Hardwick House at 47 Spring valley Road, in Hardwick Township . As the first fire department units arrived on scene they reported a working fire, and requested mutual aid immediatly and requested them to set up draft sites. Tanker task forces from Warren & Sussex Counties were dispatched to the scene. Long LDH lays were needed to supply the apparatus at the scene. Due to the lack of hydrants in the area . It took firefighters over three hours to bring the blaze under control. Newton's Snozzle was speical called to the scene. The Blaistown Ambulance Corps opperated a rehab and and first aid station on scene there were no reported injuries at the scene ..

**Just Added **The Hardwick House Restaurant a Warren County land mark destroyed by fire on 11.15.09

A Local Land Mark The Hardwick House Restaurant, was destroyed by fir ...

Updated: Nov 15, 2009 10:31pm PST

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