2023 Firemen's Convention Parade
September 16, 2023. 2:00PM
New Jersey Ave.,
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260
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The awards ceremony held at the Wildwood Convention Hall will start
at 8:00 P.M.
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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
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Visit these pages to learn more about the
NJ State Firemen's Convention Parade
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Judging Categories
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NJ Company ONLY - Best appearing overall fire department or company marching including equipment
Best Appearing Fire Department with Music
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Best Marching Unit, 1 to 20 people (inclusive) marching (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)Neptune Fire Dept.Lake Harmony Fire Dept.NA
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Best Marching Unit, over 21 people (excluding Ladies Auxiliary)
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Best Appearing Ladies Auxiliary
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Best Appearing Fire Dept. or Company overall apparatus (excluding marching)
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Best Appearing Ladder (In-Service)
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Best Appearing Platform (telescopic boom) and Snorkel (articulate boom) (In-service)
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Best Appearing Squirt/Quint
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Best Appearing Pumpers - Any size pump
0 - 5 Years
6 - 15 Years
16 - 25 years
26 - 50 years
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Best Appearing Brush Truck
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Best Appearing Utility, Light Plant Cascade, Haz Mat Unit (with or without)
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Best Appearing Fire Rescue Unit (In-Service) Light with or without pump, 20,000 GVW and under
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Best Appearing Fire Rescue Unit (In-Service) Heavy with or without pump, 20,001 GVW and over
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Best Appearing Rescue Pumper (must have extrication and cribbing equipment)
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Best Appearing Straight or Tractor Drawn Tanker - 1,500 gallons or more
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Best Appearing Tanker Pumper
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Best Appearing Hand Drawn Piece of Equipment
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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 1998.
Company with Best Comedy Routine
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Best Appearing Fire Dept. or Company Color Guard
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Ambulance - Fire Dept. or EMS Owned
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Longest Distance Traveled
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Best Appearing Command Vehicle, Must be accompanied by one piece of apparatus
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Best Appearing NJ State Forest Fire Service Unitnone
Best Appearing Fire Department Explorer
Best of Show (Libby Memorial Trophy)
BANDS
High School/Middle School
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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
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Drum Corp - including Drum and Bugle Corps, Fife Corps, Bell Trumpet and Drum Corps
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Bag Pipe, Pipe Band
Judges Awards
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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