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Memorial Day Parade Monday May 25th
Independance Day Parade Saturday July 4th
Railroad Tracks Paramus was officially incorporated on April 4, 1922. The first Mayor was Otto Weisberger. The first Fire Commissioner was Henry Behnke. There were four fire companies that were established prior to the Borough becoming incorporated and remain so today.
Volunteers used trucks that were owned by them. The main feature of these trucks was a booster tank of water used to put out brush or small fires. A major flaw with the trucks was that they would be overloaded and had to be pushed to get going. Stopping the truck being overloaded then became a problem. In 1935 the Borough took over the Department and bought equipment and trucks. The first Pumper cost $4,400. It came with 2000 feet of 2 ½” hose and a water storage tank of 750 gallons. If the truck ran out of water, brooks and ponds would serve as a water source. The Firefighters used Indian Tanks (Backpacks) to fight brush fires of which there were many. Sometimes the smoke from these brush fires made it impossible to travel on many of the roads in Paramus. A sledgehammer and a hanging piece of railroad track served as the Boroughs fire alarm. Farview and East Ridgewood both still have their rings. Spring Valley used a bell from the Reformed Church. There was a code system to alert Firefighters what type of fire was taking place. Nine rings meant there was a house fire and three meant there was a drill going on. This system stopped when Firefighters would only come to help out to fight house fires.
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