Camden Fire Department
Ladder Company 4


Ladder Company 4 was organized on September 16, 1920, and entered service on that date at 2000 Morgan Boulevard, where it shared quarters with Engine Company 10. Ladder Company 4 was disbanded on July 5, 1936 in response to a financial crisis the city found itself in as a result of the Depression.  


Ladder Company 4
 1920
A Rescue Drill

LADDER COMPANY 4 PERSONNEL * January 1, 1927 - December 31, 1934

The information below was gleaned from the actual attendance log for Ladder Company 4. The attendance log ended on December 31, 1934, however the actual book also included notes on inspections carried out in 1935 and 1936, naming Acting Junior Captain William Scholl as one who conducted some of the inspections. It is probable that William Scholl served with Ladder Company 4 until it disbanded. He was still with the Camden Fire Department in the 1940s.

MORTICA CLARK

January 1, 1927

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

 

JAMES H. MacDERMOTT

January 1, 1927

October 1, 1932

Retired on Pension

WILLIAM SCHOLL

January 1, 1927

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

 

FRANK BURT

January 1, 1927

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

 

CLIFFORD V. LANE

January 1, 1927

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

 

DAVID SMITH

January 1, 1927

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

 

ALBERT A. FIELDS

June 23, 1927

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

First Assignment

EDWIN CALLAHAN

April 9, 1928

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

First Assignment

MAURICE F. O'BRIEN

June 16, 1930

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

First Assignment

FRANK L'ESPERANCE

August 1, 1933

ACTIVE on December 31, 1934

Transferred from 
Engine Company 5

CHARLES HAINES

January 1, 1927

April 2, 1927

Transferred to 
Camden Police Department

FRANK KUDA

January 1, 1927

April 9, 1928

Transferred to 
Engine Company 8

NELSON ANDREWS

January 1, 1927

August 1, 1933

Transferred to 
Engine Company 2

FRANK KATES

January 1, 1927

April 1, 1930

Dismissed by orders of
Chied Thomas J. Nicholas

   

 

 

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Many of the photographs on this website are from the limited edition book "Fire Department Camden NJ 125 Anniversary 1869-1994" and were taken by Department Photographer Bob Bartosz. Others are courtesy of Joel Bain of the Camden Fire Department.

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