Meet The Newest Middletown Volunteer Firefighters!

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Meet the newest batch of volunteer Middletown firefighters!

Here is the Middletown Township Fire Academy Spring 2019 Firefighter 1 graduating class; they were just sworn in last week. Middletown Twp. is an all-volunteer fire department, so these individuals are all giving up their time to keep Middletown residents and their homes safe.

Many suburban New Jersey towns, such as Holmdel, are currently facing a severe shortage of volunteer firefighters. Holmdel, for example, may even be forced to move to a paid fire department. So volunteers are always commended.

The new firefighters, and the station houses they are assigned to:

Joseph Berardi Station-5 East Keansburg Fire Co.

Frank Bizzoco Station-7 Independent Fire Co.

Joseph Codianni Station-4 Community Fire Co.

Robert Connor Station-1 Navesink Hook & Ladder Fire

Nicholas Eng Station-5 East Keansburg Fire Co.

Ryan Fanner Station-3 Belford Engine Fire Co.

Neema Faryar Station-1 Navesink Hook & Ladder Fire Co.

Robert Fix Station-4 Community Fire Co.

Tyler Lavelle Station-10 Lincroft Fire Co.

Robert Leniart Station-3 Belford Engine Fire Co.

Eric Lorello Station-8 Middletown Fire Co. #1

Richard Naples Station 2 Brevent Park & Leonardo Fire Co.

Erik Pedersen Station-10 Lincroft Fire Co.

Anthony Puccio Station-8 Middletown Fire Co. #1