“The fact of the matter is, it was what Tuckerton didn’t do that got them removed as a fire department. End of story,” Councilman Mike Dupuis said to former Tuckerton Fire Co. chief Lee Eggert at the Tuckerton Borough Council meeting on Dec. 16.
His comments, made during a heated exchange between the two, come nearly a year after the Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. was permanently suspended after failing to meet the standards required by the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety.
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