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Unusual Run for Old Tappan VFD
June 03, 2025 | NEW JERSEY
BILL AUTH, Correspondent
Photo by PROVIDEDOTFD Ex-Chief and Old Tappan Mayor Tom GALLAGHER holds two of the rescued ducklings.
Photo by PROVIDEDMembers of the OTFD performing one of the six Fireground tasks - Search and Rescue.
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The Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department responded to a somewhat unusual run on Saturday, 31 May 2025, when a member of the public reported some ducklings stuck in a storm drain. After some amount of time and effort members of the Department, living up to their sworn duty to protect life and property, rescued the several ducklings and returned them to their mother who, motivated by maternal instinct, remained on the scene.
BILL AUTHCorrespondent
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