Note: This guest blog is by Chris Aldrich, a firefighter for 23 years, (19.5 in Toms River with 2 of the 19 years as Fire Chief, 12 years as a command officer, 3.5 years in Whitesville FD, Jackson Township serving currently as Fire Commissioner), as well a Deputy Fire Coordinator, with the Ocean County Fire Coordinators for 3 years, and 14 years as a Deputy Coordinator in the Toms River Office of Emergency Management. Chris is a public adjuster with Andrew K. Knox and Company. Below is the draft of an article that will appear in Firehouse Magazine.
October 29, 2012, is a day that will forever change the Jersey Shore. Ten to eleven days prior to the storm, forecasters predicted the possibility of a hybrid hurricane/nor'easter that could make landfall directly on the New Jersey coastline. The storm was hyped as a super storm, over 500 miles long in size.
In the days advancing the storm, several meetings were held by various agencies in regards to emergency services preparedness.
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