Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters

12/03/2025

Congratulations!

11/22/2025

Your A-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Ladder 1324, Squad 13, and Safety 13 responded on November 20, 2025 via automatic aid into Haddonfield to assist on the scene of a fire in a multi-family apartment building.

11/20/2025

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters were honored to be on hand this week at the 2025 110th Annual New Jersey State League of Municipalities Conference in Atlantic City.

For 110 years, the Annual NJ League Conference has provided a gathering place for local officials, labor organizations, and professionals to connect, network, and learn. With over 16,000 expected attendees and 700 exhibiting organizations in attendance, "The League" is the nation’s largest municipal conference.

Pictured (left to right): Cherry Hill Fire Department Lieutenant Jim Aleski, Firefighter and Cherry Hill Firefighters International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2663 President Phil Cook, and Captain and Cherry Hill Fire Officers IAFF Local 3198 President Rich Oberle.

11/08/2025

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters responded on Thursday, November 6, 2025 to The Grand Cherry Hill Apartment Homes on Frontage Road for a fire on an apartment balcony. A rapid response let to the fire being extinguished quickly and with no injuries reported.

11/01/2025

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters remind everyone to check your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms this weekend when you change your clocks!

11/01/2025

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters responded on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment in the Ashland section of Cherry Hill.

11/01/2025

Your B-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters responded on Thursday, October 30, 2025 to a dwelling fire on White Oak Road.

10/27/2025

Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters and Cherry Hill PBA Local 176 Police Officers are once again teaming up to support the patients and families at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia. From November 1 through December 15, we'll be collecting new, unwrapped toys and gifts and dropping them off at the hospital on December 16, 2025. Drop-off locations are the Cherry Hill Police Department at 820 Mercer Street or Cherry Hill Fire Department Headquarters at 1100 Marlkress Road. You can also make monetary donations via Venmo to or donate directly to the hospital at www.givetoshrinersphilly.org!

10/20/2025

On Thursday, October 16, 2025, your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters were honored to be on hand an event supporting Assemblywoman Melinda Kane.

Pictured (L to R): Rich Oberle, President Cherry Hill Fire Officers International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 3198; Daniel V. DiRenzo, Jr., Cherry Hill Council Member and retired Local 3198 member; Assemblywoman Kane; Jim Lyons, President Cherry Hill Firefighters IAFF Local 2663; Waleska Batista Arias, President Cherry Hill Education Association; and Jennifer K. Tan, Cherry Hill Education Association.

10/15/2025

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR CHFD EMT CRAIG "CJ" BLANK

Services for Cherry Hill Fire Department EMT and Camden County IAFF Local 3249 member Craig "CJ" Blank will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Givnish Funeral Home of Cinnaminson, 1200 Route 130 North, from 3 to 5pm, followed by funeral services at 5pm.

CHFD members wishing to pay their respects are requested to muster in rear parking lot of the funeral home at 2:30pm for a ceremonial walk-through at 3pm. Uniform for off-duty CHFD members will be Class A uniform with mourning band. Uniform for on duty-members will be Class B long sleeve uniform with mourning band and bell cap.

In lieu of flowers, the Blank family is requesting that donations be made in CJ’s memory to the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital Empath Program at https://mlahvet.com/the-empath-project/

Donations to directly support the Blank family in this time of need can be made at https://helpahero.com/campaign/assistance-for-the-family-of-emergency-medical-technician-craig-cj-blank-2

Craig “CJ” Blank, a 23-year veteran Emergency Medical Technician member of the Cherry Hill Fire Department, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away while off duty on October 10, 2025...

10/15/2025

Your C-Platoon Cherry Hill Fire Department Professional Firefighters from Ladder 1324 and Safety 13, as well as volunteers from Rehab 13 - Deer Park Fire Company, responded on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 into the City of Camden to assist on the scene at a 3-alarm fire.

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10/12/2025

🚑 Your Cherry Hill Professional Firefighters and our Camden County IAFF Local 3249 Brothers and Sisters are mouring the heartbreaking loss of Cherry Hill Fire Department EMT Craig "CJ" Blank — a decades-long devoted public servant, a loving husband, and the proud father of these beautiful children. CJ selflessly dedicated his life to helping others, quietly carrying the weight of challenges most will never see.

🚑 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: https://helpahero.com/campaign/assistance-for-the-family-of-emergency-medical-technician-craig-cj-blank-2

Today, his family faces a battle of their own, navigating life without their husband, father, and provider. The Blank family is now left with not only the pain of loss but the uncertainty of how to move forward.

As a community, we have the power to ease part of that burden. Any donation, no matter the size, will directly help CJ's wife and children with daily needs and provide stability during this unimaginable time.

Let us honor CJ's memory, not only for his service but for the deep love he had for his family and community, by coming together in support.

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🚑 International Association of Fire Fighters

Craig “CJ” Blank, a 23-year veteran Emergency Medical Technician member of the Cherry Hill Fire Department, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away while off duty on October 10, 2025...