Tuckerton Fire Department

10/03/2026

Some members did a little cleanup around the firehouse- put two trash cans out front on a Friday and both were emptied within about an hour! Big shout out to whoever took care of that.
We also noticed there may have been some type of homeless activity out back. The Tuckerton police were shown, and we ask that if you see anyone back there, please notify them.

09/25/2026

TUCKERTON BOROUGH HYPOCRISY
We found this violation notice in our mailbox today.
The Tuckerton Borough Council unanimously passed a property maintenance resolution in July as shown.
The elementary school property was unkept and overgrown until just before the school year began.
We feel the leadership of Tuckerton should set the example for the town, not create a double standard targeting others and not themselves.
Here are some photos of properties occupied by members of the Tuckerton governing body, Borough owned properties, and general views along the street. We will ask to see if these and more have received similar violation notices.
It appears the borough administrator is the puppet master for the governing body. As of today, the harassment lawsuit against her and the public works superintendent is still in play.
Why is whoever is responsible for that mess still working here?
Fire trucks worth thousands of dollars were given away instead of being sold for the much needed funds.
The borough has destroyed much of the volunteerism in our town.
Turnover of public employees has been high.
As for us, we are busy with the legal stuff caused by Jenny Gleghorn playing the state to do her dirty work for her. We'll clean up around the firehouse as soon as we get time.

07/14/2026

Less than six months until one third of our corrupt Tuckerton Borough Council (Brian Martin and Keith Vreeland) are replaced.
If Councilman Dupuis is elected as mayor, another new member will be appointed to the governing body.
It would be nice to see fresh faces look into the con perpetrated on our town by the current and past politicians and adminstration. There could then be a vote on a resolution to remove those involved in the con from their positions and the town join our legal action against the state to recover whatever is needed to restart the local fire company.
Naming those involved would create a situation where these individuals would be in conflict to vote and the resolution would pass.
Save our town and restore public safety.

07/12/2026

Five members of the closed Tuckerton Fire Company had a "reunion" with the ex-Tuckerton Pierce ladder truck at Beach Haven.
Shane Willey, Amanda Unkefer, Garon Wenal, Matt Anderson, and Dale Eggert.

07/06/2026

Audio from a fire in Tuckerton 22 June 2026.
Our public safety is at risk.
Aside from the inability to meet the NFPA recommended response that the DFS accused us of, Parkertown Fire Company responses are now demonstrably worse.
When dispatched as a possible structure fire, assistance should have been requested immediately. It was not.
We'll call this new type of command structure "Three Ring Circus Command" until the DFS gives it a name.
70-00 is Parkertown Chief Frank Runza
70-10 is Parkertown Assistant Chief Lauren Runza
70-20 is Parkertown Captain Frank Runza, Jr.
70-10 is the first fire officer to arrive and never indicates command until the fire is out. 70-20 calls for a working fire response, 70-00 calls for a second alarm, both of which 70-10 probably should have done.
Who is in charge?
Bottom line is Tuckerton getting delayed responses compounded by mass confusion.

07/04/2026

06/24/2026

Another Structure Fire Call in Tuckerton with a delayed response on Lady Slipper Court, June 22 - Dispatched as unknown possible structure fire.
It took 8 minutes for additional companies to be dispatched. 9 minutes for the first fire truck to arrive. 12 minutes for the second fire truck to show up.
The New Jersey Division of Fire Safety cites NFPA and says 15 firefighters have to be on scene within 9 minutes of the alarm 90% of the time for structure fires.
Parkertown Fire Company's batting average is .000 for meeting the standard .
Our bumbling Tuckerton Borough Council- Sam Colangelo, Frank D'Amore, Keith Vreeland, Mike Dupuis, Ron Peterson, and Brian Martin are playing Russian Roulette with our lives.
The New Jersey Division of Fire Safety used statistics to call Tuckerton Fire Company unsafe, ignores current issues, but remains silent about the problem they helped to cause.
There was another fire alarm last evening where it took a second request to get Parkertown to make a delayed response. We'll update you when we get the hard facts.

05/11/2026

NJ DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY FALSE ALLEGATIONS
Donald Nelsen of the NJDFS made this baseless assertion about establishing water supply in his 2022 letter requested by Tuckerton Administrator Jenny Gleghorn to make Tuckerton Fire Company appear to be "unsafe".
Five years ago this week - May 13 - this fire occurred in West Tuckerton. Tuckerton Fire Co was not on the original assignment but was special called by the West Tuckerton Fire Chief. Tuckerton's quint with a crew of 3 arrived well before any other apparatus, laid in with 5" hose, got a bumper blitz line in service quickly, then a 2-1/2" handline, and set up for ladder pipe ops.
TFC never had a water supply issue in the modern era. It was always a priority.

05/08/2026

New Jersey State Firemens Association needs new leadership.
None of our life members of the NJSFA who stay in touch with us have received any notifications or communications from the organization since we were suspended from service in June, 2022.
Nothing at all regarding the caucus meetings or the convention itself.
It's sad that the officers at the top of the association receive many thousands of dollars in salaries and just ignore our life members.
We were only suspended from service for eight days when Vice President Joseph Hankins came and seized our accounts and books.
Just prior, Maple Shade had been suspended for three months and they told is no one ever contacted them for their assets.
Seems like a double standard in play for different local associations.