2022 Firemen's Convention Parade
September 17, 2022. 2:00PM
New Jersey Ave.,
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260
The awards ceremony held at the Wildwood Convention Hall will start
at 8:00 P.M.
If you have any questions regarding registration, submit that inquiry with
your registration form.
Ed Beck, Parade Chairman
Five Mile Beach Volunteer
Fireman’s Association
Judging Categories
NJ Company ONLY - Best appearing overall fire department or company marching including equipment
Best Appearing Fire Department with Music
Best Marching Unit, 1 to 20 people (inclusive) marching (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)Neptune Fire Dept.Lake Harmony Fire Dept.NA
Best Marching Unit, over 21 people (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)
Best Appearing Ladies Auxiliary
Best Appearing Fire Dept. or Company overall apparatus (excluding marching)
Best Appearing Ladder (In-Service)
Best Appearing Platform (telescopic boom) and Snorkel (articulate boom) (In-service)
Best Appearing Squirt/Quint
Best Appearing Pumpers - Any size pump
0 - 5 Years
6 - 15 Years
16 - 25 years
26 - 50 years
Best Appearing Brush Truck
Best Appearing Utility, Light Plant Cascade, Haz Mat Unit (with or without)
Best Appearing Fire Rescue Unit (In-Service) Light with or without pump, 20,000 GVW and under
Best Appearing Fire Rescue Unit (In-Service) Heavy with or without pump, 20,001 GVW and over
Best Appearing Rescue Pumper (must have extrication and cribbing equipment)
Best Appearing Straight or Tractor Drawn Tanker - 1,500 gallons or more
Best Appearing Tanker Pumper
Best Appearing Hand Drawn Piece of Equipment
Best Appearing Motorized Antique Piece of Equipment Private or Dept. Owned (as per S.P.A.A.M.F.A.A.Guidelines NA
1920'S
1930'S
1940'S
1950'S
1960'S
1970'S
1980'S
Up to and including 1997.
Company with Best Comedy Routine
Best Appearing Fire Dept. or Company Color Guard
Ambulance - Fire Dept. or EMS Owned
Longest Distance Traveled
Best Appearing Command Vehicle, Must be accompanied by one piece of apparatus
Best Appearing NJ State Forest Fire Service Unitnone
Best Appearing Fire Department Explorer
Best of Show (Libby Memorial Trophy)
BANDS
High School/Middle School
NJ State Fireman's Championship Band - All other bands (senior or independent) will be judged as a Fireman's Band or Bands representing a Fire Company
Drum Corp - including Drum and Bugle Corps, Fife Corps, Bell Trumpet and Drum Corps
Bag Pipe, Pipe Band
Judges Awards
911 Memorial Award
COUNTY TROPHIES
Atlantic Aerial
Atlantic Apparatus
Atlantic Company
Camden Best Pumper Aerial
Cape May Company Apparatus Green Creek
Cumberland George Reeves Apparatus
Gloucester Apparatus Deptford Fire Co.
Ocean Michael Davenport & Kelly Sinott Trophy