New Jersey Borough Settles Siren Suit

Posted by: Curt Varone April 21, 2013 0

 

A New Jersey borough has settled a contentious lawsuit over the location of two new fire sirens.

Gerard Misk, an attorney and an Englewood Cliffs school board member, filed the suit against the borough of Englewood Cliffs last December seeking to block the installation of the sirens. The sirens are used to notify volunteer firefighters of an alarm.

Misk claimed the sirens violate the state’s Noise Control Law, and that the awarding of the contract to install the sirens was improper.  His home is adjacent to the location where one of the sirens was planned.

The settlement calls for the relocation of the sirens and for the borough to pay Misk’s legal fees, totaling $9,819. According to Fire Chief George Drimones, the department still needs the sirens due to concerns over the reliability of their pagers.

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About Curt Varone

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.
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