Newsletter

Thursday, September 9, 2010  The Southard Fire Department will be participating in the annual community safety day which will be held rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 11 at Chick-Fil-A, 4881 Route 9 north, in the Lanes Mill Marketplace. The Howell Police Department’s traffic safety unit will conduct free child safety seat inspections. Members of the department’s community service bureau will provide free child identification kits, including a photograph and fingerprints. A New Jersey State Police helicopter will land at the site at 11 a.m. and remain there for the rest of the event so visitors can get an up-close view. Also slated to participate are a “smoke house” demonstration by the Howell Township Fire Bureau, a SCUBA truck from the Howell Office of Emergency Management, new police vehicles and a DWI crash car. Chick-Fil-A will be offering discounts on a number of items, along with a “free food” spin wheel. The event will also feature clowns, face painting, cotton candy, an appearance by McGruff the Crime Dog, a drawing contest for children and live music. Target and Lowe’s will be selling items for children at the event, the officer said.

Sunday, August 8, 2010  Most teams will tell you it’s not how you start the season but how you finish.  Not so with the Southard Fire Department softball team.  These individuals pride themselves on perfection and nothing speaks louder than their current 38 game win streak in the Central Monmouth County Fireman’s League.
 
On Sunday, August 8th Southard took on the Adelphia Fire Department in the first of two semi-final games.  This was a rematch of the 2009 finals which Southard handily defeated Adelphia 17-4.  From the outset, it didn’t look good for Southard as Adelphia jumped out to an early lead and Southard, which had not played in nearly a month looked sluggish.  After a few key errors by Adelphia, Southard started to capitalize and you could hear from the Adelphia bench “you can’t beat Southard when you give them extra outs”.  This would hold true as Southard continued to pour it on defeating Adelphia 15-6 to return the finals and have the right to defend their championship.
 
In the second semi-final game East Freehold beat up on Freehold Boro and advanced to the finals against Southard.  As it became evident early on that East Freehold would advance, players from Southard had expressed a desire to have a crack at the Boro team that had ducked them in the regular season. 
 
In the finals, East Freehold jumped out to an early 2-0 lead.  That score would hold through the bottom of the 5th as Southard evened the score at 2.   As it started to get late in the game, the sense of urgency started to grow on the Southard bench.  With the bottom of the order due up in the bottom of the 7th, Southard looked poised to get something going.  Four consecutive walks would set the table for the top of Southard’s order and you knew they would capitalize and capitalize they did.  Southard scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 7th to blow open the game.  East Freehold went 1-2-3 in the top of the eight, while Southard tacked on 7 more runs in the bottom of the frame.  Southard went on to win 14-2 and secure their second consecutive Championship and Perfect Season.  Southard’s dominance continues as this is their 4th Championship in 7 years.

Congratulations to Team Members:
 
·   Rich Benhken Jr       Chis Jackson   
·   Donnie Franklin        Anthony Beams     
·   Ken Latchney            Lou Memmolo Jr.
·   Weldon Johnson      Billy Johnson
·    Karl Vella                  Joe Vella
·    Joe Swansinger      Jon Eric Charles
·    Mitch Oneill
 
 Grounds Crew
·    Mike Acevedo
·    Lou Memmolo Sr.
·    Scott Ryan

Friday, July 30, 2010 02:00 The Southard Fire Dept was dispatched to a single motor vehicle accident at the corner of Maxim Southard Road and Alexander Ave. Upon arrival units found a car that struck the residence and caused serious damage to the foundation. Howell First Aid was on location tending to the victims when 19-50 requested a medivac helicopter. Chief 3-66 arrived on location and started preparing for a helicopter landing at the corner of Route 9 and Alexander Avenue. Engine 3-75 arrived at the scene and stretched a hand line to protect the responders working on the victims in case of a fire starting. Engine 3-78 was requested to the medevac site, upon arrival the landing zone was setup. Shortly after setting up the LZ, EMS Command 19-50 cancelled the medevac and the LZ was broken down. Chief 3-66 responded to the scene to meet up with Chief 3-68 already on location at the main incident site. Engine 3-78 was advised to provide traffic control at the corner of Alexander and Larabee Ave. The Monmouth County Serious Accident Response Team was requested to the scene due to the seriousness of the injuries. Howell Police, Howell First Aid, MONOC, Howell Building Dept and the Southard Fire assisted with the accident. Unfortunately there was one fatality involved with this incident.

Saturday, June 12, 2010  Southard Fire Dept. was dispatched to a motor vehicle fire at the Country Sudser Car Wash while the Funeral Procession was just beginning to leave the St. Veronicas Church. While en-route to the reported fire, Howell Police advised that they were receiving numerous calls and now they were reporting extension into the building. Units from Southard and Freewood Acres Fire Co. responded to the fire. Also assisting was Howell First Aid and Howell Police Dept.

Saturday, June 5, 2010  The Southard Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary is now accepting applications to join our organization. Our organization supports our volunteer fire department and our community. For further information, please contact Maria at 732-580-3282 or mhessel2@yahoo.com. An application packet can also be downloaded from http://www.southardfire.org/recruitment-info.php