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Volunteer Firefighter Tells Edison Council Volunteers Felt 'Disrespected' After Funeral Response; Officials Pledge Review

Edison Township Council · July 22, 2024
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Summary

A veteran volunteer firefighter said the township failed to properly honor a fallen volunteer, delivering a tactical van instead of a fire truck and sending no career firefighters to the funeral; council members expressed regret and said administration will investigate.

Morris Kaplan, a long‑time volunteer firefighter, told the Edison Township Council on July 22 that volunteers felt "disrespected" after a recent funeral for a fellow firefighter because the township sent only a tactical van and not a fire truck, and he said no career firefighters attended the funeral despite the deceased's decades of…

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