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NFPA marks National Electrical Safety Month with tips to reduce risk of electrical fires MAY 04 - Electrical failures or malfunctions were factors in an estimated 46,500 home structure fires reported to the U.S. fire departments in 2010, accounting for 13 percent of reported home fires. These fires resulted in 420 deaths, 1,520 injuries and $1.5 billion in direct property damage, according to the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Home Electrical Fires Report. NFPA is marking National ... (Full Story & Photos)

Hopelawn Fire Chief Michael Walsh (bottom) walks with members of the Turcotte family after funeral services for Bruce Turcotte at Our Lady of Peace Church. (Noah K. Murray/The Star Ledger)

Bruce Turcotte Remembered JANUARY 27 - Star-Ledger video here: http://www.woodbridgefd.org/content/front/remembered.cfm Over the last 38 years, Bruce Turcotte left his Woodbridge home at all hours of day and night, rushing to fight fires as a volunteer with Hopelawn Engine Co. 1. This morning, fire engines slowly drove past Turcotte's home in a procession that included a hearse carrying his casket. More than 400 firefighters ... (Full Story & Photos)

Menlo Park Terrace Fire Claims Life of Longtime Hopelawn Firefighter JANUARY 20 - By Bob Considine and Tom Haydon - The Star-Ledger Woodbridge Township firefighter Bruce Turcotte died yesterday doing the job he had loved for nearly four decades, and knowing that brought family members a small measure of consolation, his son said. Turcotte, a former chief of Hopelawn Engine Company No. 1, excelled to the end, said Brian Turcotte, the fallen man's son and a firefighter ... (Full Story & Photos)

A Nov. 2010 photo of volunteer Hopelawn firefighter Bruce Turcotte, who passed away of an apparent heart attack while at the fire scene. (Keith Addie/NJfiregroundphotos.com)

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