Does Stevens Institute need a Fire Dept.?
Daily fire calls to Stevens in Hoboken – time for their own FD?
Several Hoboken411 readers have made a strong case that it’s time for Stevens Institute to get their own on-campus fire department.
Why?
Stevens is the No. 1 most visited location for Hoboken Fire Dept.
Well for starters – the Hoboken Fire Department responds up there with lights and sirens blasting at least once per day, often times several times daily especially when school is in session.
Additionally, Stevens had announced plans to expand by 60% and add close to 1,600 new students and faculty, along with several large buildings over the next few years. Imagine how many calls will take place then?
Perhaps NOW is the best time to start talking to school officials about including a fully self-sufficient fire department for their campus. Of course, we’d also ask them to serve as backup to Hoboken in case of a multi-alarm fire.
To have fire engines scream across town disturbing residents so frequently is a quality of life issue that could easily be remedied with some out-of-the-box thinking. Then again, they are an engineering school… maybe they can figure out a way to make fool-proof smoke detectors?
Hoboken NJ  | 9 Responses to ** Does Stevens Institute need a Fire Dept.? ** |
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October 25th, 2012 |
100% agree with this. It is a non-stop parade of sirens daily, with no fire ever. Always some burnt food.
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October 25th, 2012 |
Not sure it would make a difference to those living nearby, they’d still hear the noise every day. But I do like your suggestion to invent smarter smoke detector.
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October 25th, 2012 |
Do they not pay taxes? Im sure that Stevens contributes very much to the local economy so yes, the Hoboken Fire Department should be putting out their fires and no, they do not need their own fire department.
In response to 9th Street who said:
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October 25th, 2012 |
Simply amazing that these people can build bridges, but a simple stove activity confuses the hell out of them.
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October 25th, 2012 |
Did the HFD recently release metrics? Is there a link?
Lets do the math on this statement, “…at least once per day, often times several times daily especially during school.”
Current # of Trips = 365 (daily) + [240 school days X 2 (several) X 33% ("often")]
Trips = 525 Trips per year.
60% growth would result in 840 trips per year.
Seems to be a perceived issue based on emotion
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October 25th, 2012 |
Then their Police Department shouldn’t have to respond and assist Hoboken calls anymore. It goes both ways.
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October 26th, 2012 |
How about doing some research before pointing the finger. Do you know why the fire department is always called there? Ever since the Seton Hall dorm fires that killed a few students years ago, NJ made it state law where the fire alarms must be set to one of the most sensitive settings. Lighting a cigarette inside a room is likely to set it off. The students and school can’t stand it either, but you can thank NJ legislation for it!
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October 27th, 2012 |
Government, over mitigating after the fact. To bad it is not just closing the barn gate after the horse is out , then it wouldn’t be so noisey.
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October 28th, 2012 |
Can’t possibly be once daily–should be heavy fines if alarms are due to dorm cooking.
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