罗恩·杰弗斯（Ron Jeffers）的文章和照片
WhenGregory Barnasand Bill Stagg were 10-years-old, they collided with each other on their bicycles. They got into an argument, until they revealed to each other that they were going to a fire! They became friends, and latervolunteer firefightersin their hometown of Wallington, New Jersey.
On the morning of February 28th,Greg Barnas, 57,in the capacity of volunteer captain of Wallington Truck Co. 1, gave his life for his community. He was venting the roof at a restaurant fire and fell to the ground. He went into cardiac arrest. EMT’s desperately performed CPR as he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, but he left this life. His two sons, Kevin and John, are also volunteer firefighters and were operating at the fire. Kevin became a career firefighter in Jersey City last year, following in his father’s footsteps.
Barnas上尉或众所周知的“ Barney”很喜欢成为一名消防员，并成为W.F.D.的初中成员。当他十几岁的时候。他在该部门的行列中升职，并于1997年担任首席。他还担任沃灵顿紧急小队的安全官员，并担任该市的消防官员。巴纳斯（Barnas）为他的社区提供了42年的专用服务。他还是卑尔根县消防学院的讲师和评估员。188博金宝体育1
In 1985 he was appointed to the泽西城消防局. He worked at busy Ladder Co. 12 for many years. This is a firehouse known for producing many fire officers, including the current Chief of Department, Darren Rivers. He was promoted to captain and had been assigned to Ladder Co. 6 in the rapidly growing Downtown section. Barnas was currently on the battalion chief’s list.
他从不从火责任度假。他的家人在宾夕法尼亚州Waymart有一间避暑别墅，在那里他加入了志愿消防部门。
On the morning of March 7, several thousand firefighters from his member departments and fire department s from several states attended his funeral in this small, close-knit community. One of his first battalion chiefs, Dr. Dennis Onieal, Superintendent of the U.S. National Fire Academy and former F.D.J.C. Chief of Department, was also in attendance. Captain Barnas took his final ride on the state’s antique Mack caisson unit with his sons riding the back-step. The captain’s last alarms for Wallington and Jersey City were transmitted over the radio as the procession stopped at Truck 1’s firehouse.
“Barney was a giant,” Jersey City Deputy Chief Michael Terpak said in his eulogy. “He was a role model. He was somebody we all wanted to be.”
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