The 30th anniversary of the fatal fire at Borough Hall that took the life of 22-year old firefighter Billy Entwistle--the first firefighter to lose his life battling a fire.
30 years ago, 22-year old New Milford firefighter, William Entwistle, died while fighting a fire at Borough Hall. Entwistle, who was engaged to be married, was the first New Milford firefighter to lose his life as a result of a fire. Entwistle, a firefighter out of Company 1, came from a family steeped in service. His father, James Entwistle, was a sergeant on the New Milford police force and his grandfather was the Superintendent of the DPW. In commemorating the anniversary of the fire, as the Fire Department does every year, firefighter Bill Drew from Company 2 said, "When Bill ran into that fire he answered his final alarm." According to reports at the time, the fire was caused by a short circuit in the attic storage area on the second …
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Fire Department honors the 30th anniversary of the passing of William Entwistle in the January 1983 Borough Hall fire.
The New Milford Fire Department marked the 30th Anniversary of the January 1983 fire at Borough Hall that took the life of 22-year old William Entwistle. Entwistle, the first firefighter to lose his life in the line of duty, was remembered at a ceremony that took place Thursday evening at the monument on the front lawn of Borough Hall. Firefighter Bill Drew, who remembered seeing Entwistle climbing the stairs to the attic of Borough Hall as he was climbing down because his air pack was nearing empty, said, "It's not the years in his life, but the life in his years that we remember tonight." The fire, caused by a short circuit in the attic storage of Borough Hall, took the efforts of three fire departments to extinguish--New Milford, River …
Deborah Litter
9:05 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I remember that day so clearly.........my parents grew up with his parents........one of the saddest things I have ever witnessed. more ›