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Burlington County Emergency Services Lifetime Achievement Award Established 2007
The Burlington County Emergency Services
Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who demonstrate
extraordinary accomplishments while serving the fire
The Lifetime Achievement Award was established by the Burlington County Emergency Services Advisory Board to recognize members of the emergency services who have demonstrated and exhibited a true commitment by contributing to the advancement and leadership of the emergency services in the County.
The recipients of this prestigious award have demonstrated, through their actions, the qualities and characteristics of Advocate, Leader, Visionary, Mentor, Teacher. They have been leaders in local, county, state and national organizations; developed and facilitated changes in policy, standards, guidelines and curriculum; and promoted Public Safety through persistence and innovation for the betterment of all.
Let it be known that these individuals represent the highest qualities to serve as a responder and leader and have been bestowed this honor and recognition as recipients of the Burlington County Lifetime Achievement Award.
Lifetime Achievement Award Fire Service Recipients
Thaddeus "Ted" Lowden
Ted is a lifelong resident of Marlton in Evesham Township. He joined the fire department as a volunteer firefighter in 1975. As a volunteer, he served in a variety of administrative and line officer positions, including Volunteer Chief, Assistant Chief, Captain, Lieutenant and Firefighter. Staff assignments included Training Officer and Ladder Company Officer.
In 1984, Ted became a career firefighter and was named Deputy Fire Marshal one year later. In 1989, Ted became Chief of the Evesham Township Fire District No. 1, a position he currently holds. Chief Lowden is responsible for the administration and coordination of all fire and EMS operations and activities within the township. Related duties include pre-fire planning, apparatus and facility management as well as on scene fire command. Other duties include recommending equipment and apparatus purchases, budget preparation and supervising personnel. Additional responsibilities include service as the Emergency Management Coordinator for Evesham.
Chief Lowden is a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program and holds an AAS Degree from Burlington County College, BS from University of Maryland in Fire Science and a masters degree from St. Joseph's University in Public Safety Administration. He also holds certifications for Emergency Medical Technician, New Jersey Fire Official, New Jersey Fire Instructor Level II, New Jersey Department of Education-Adult Instructor and Residential and Commercial Building Code Inspector Level I-HHS
The following are highlights of his dedicated service to the residents of Burlington County:
W. Rolland Connelly,Jr
W. Rolland Connelly, Jr. was a lifelong Burlington resident. He fought his first fire in 1946 as a Junior Member of Mitchell Fire Company IV in Burlington City. It was a mutual aid call to a major lumberyard fire in Mount Holly. That experience sparked his burning love for the fire service that never faded.
In 1956, Rolland moved to the Steven's Station section of Burlington Township. He quickly saw the need for additional fire protection in that area and rallied several residents together to form Relief Fire Company #3 in 1957. In addition to being president of the new company, he later became assistant chief and eventually Chief of the Burlington Township Fire Department. He eventually became Burlington Township's first Fire Marshal.
Rolland was very active in fire service on many levels. He was president of the Burlington County Fire Chiefs' Association in 1970 and 1971, and President of the Burlington County Firefighters' Association prior to that. He served on the New Jersey State Firemen's Advisory Council, the forerunner to the current Fire Safety Commission, for many years. When the Division of Fire Safety was created in 1983, Rolland was appointed to serve on the Health and Safety Advisory Council, as well as liaison to the Training and Education Council. He was also a member of two National Fire Protection Association technical committees - Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, which developed national standards for the manufacturing of SCBA; and Fire Service Training, which created standards for improving all aspects of fire department training across the country.
Chief Connelly was a very strong proponent of training. Not only was he a prime mover behind the development of the original fire training grounds in Westampton in the mid 1970s, he sat on the Burlington County Fire Academy Training Council, which guided the progress of the new facility. Rolland was also a certified instructor. He taught practical classes on many topics, including fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, flammable liquids, and organic peroxides. He taught these classes locally as well as in Pennsylvania, where he was an adjunct instructor, and at the Delaware State Fire School, where he was also a certified instructor. Rolland's passion for training has been memorialized through the "W. Rolland Connelly, Jr., Academic Excellence Award" established in his honor and presented annually to the new recruit with the highest overall score in the Firefighter-I training program in Burlington County.
Chief Connelly was an astute leader who recognized the need for the fire service in Burlington County to speak with a unified voice. He pushed for the formation of the original Fire Advisory Board in the 1990s. That group was responsible for many positive changes in the fire service in Burlington County. In 2003, the Advisory Board was reorganized to include the EMS community, a move that Rolland would have strongly embraced.
Rolland was also a firm believer in fire prevention. He conducted numerous tabletop demonstrations and lectures for the fire service and community groups that taught essential fire safety tips to adults and children alike. His efforts in fire prevention were so outstanding that, in 1975, he was awarded the grand prize in a nationwide fire prevention contest sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association.
Rolland served on many committees during his time in the fire service. One of them was the apparatus committee for Relief Fire Company #3. It was his idea to include a transverse hose bed behind the cab of the first new fire engine purchased by the young company in the early 1960s. Such a concept, now a standard feature of fire apparatus, was unheard of in this area at that time.
Rolland served as a Deputy Fire Coordinator in Burlington County for a number of years, and also as Civil Defense Director for Burlington Township. Both these titles were volunteer positions.
Rolland's service to mankind was recognized in 1990 when he was chosen "Citizen of the Year" in Burlington Township, a very prestigious honor. The 200 Club of Burlington County also acknowledged his efforts in 1994 when he was presented the "Distinguished Service Award." Congressman Jim Saxton also presented Rolland with the Benjamin Franklin Medal.
Evan K. Kline
Evan Kline joined the fire service at age 16 in 1937. His first membership was with the NJ Forest Fire Service, where he served for 36 years and was a district warden. When he moved to Mount Holly, he joined the fire department there in 1943. During his membership with the America Hose Co. #4, he rose through the ranks from Lieutenant to Captain to Assistant Chief and eventually to Chief of the Department.
Evan had a world of knowledge in fire service. Promoting education and training was a big part of Evan's career. Not only did he take many training courses for his own knowledge, but he also was instrumental in helping create the thought and idea for our current training facility and our Central Communication facility.
Evan was the Assistant Burlington County Fire Marshal for 13 years before becoming our first full-time Fire Marshal. As the first full-time Fire Marshal, Evan was in charge of the fire training facility when it opened. At that time, he supervised two fulltime employees, five part time employees and 20 fire instructors.
Evan holds countless memberships to fire organizations on county, state and national levels. Evan was an instructor for Burlington County College, the NJ State Fire College, Burlington County Police Academy, NJ State Police and the Burlington County Fire Academy (now the Emergency Services Training Center).
Along with all of this experience, Evan also found time to be the Fire Inspector in Mount Holly for 30 years. He also was a Burlington County Fire Coordinator, a Deputy Burlington County Emergency Management Director and the first President of the Burlington County Fire Marshal's Association
Ernest J. Greenwald, Jr.
Ernest J. Greenwald, Sr. has been an intricate part of Burlington County Emergency Services for more than 50 years. Ernie worked his way up to Chief of Lumberton Fire Co. No.1 and was the first Fire Marshal in Lumberton Township.
Ernie's accomplishments in Burlington County include being a charter member of the Burlington County Fire Marshal's office, serving as the Assistant County Fire Marshal for 13 years and paving the way for fire investigations in Burlington County. Ernie was President of the Burlington County Fireman's Association in 1964-65 and also served a term as president of the Burlington County Fire Chiefs Association.
Ernie helped organize the Burlington County 200 Club and served as secretary and vice president for the organization.
Ernie was an advocate for Burlington County, serving as a county Executive Committeeman for the NJ State Fireman's Association for 10 years. Ernie served as Vice President for seven years and eventually President of the NJ State Fireman's Association for 11 years. Ernie continues to serve as President Emeritus of the NJ State Fireman's Association since he stepped down as President in 1994.
Ernie also was an advocate for Burlington County while serving as the Secretary/Treasurer of the New Jersey State Fireman's Association for 10 years as well as the Secretary for the Eastern Division of Fire Chiefs for 10 years.
C. Kenneth Anderson Award Presented June 26th, 2008
C. Kenneth Anderson became a member of the fire service profession when be joined Delran Fire Company No 1 as a Junior Member in August, 1948. He graduated from the Burlington County Fire School the following spring. Ken was an active firefighter and a fire police and served terms as Secretary and President. He was Chief in 1960 and 1961.
Ken has been President of the Delran Township Firemen’s Relief Association. For many years, he was President of the County Firemen’s Relief Association. He is a Life Member of the State Firemen’s Association. Ken was a charter member of the Delran Township Exempt Firemen’s Association in 1962. He was the original Vice President, served as President, and has been Secretary since 1971.
Anderson was President of the County Fire Police Association in 1964 and 1965. He is a Life Member of the State Fire Police Association and is Chair of the Legislative Committees of each.
Chief Anderson joined the County Fire Chiefs’ Association while an Assistant Chief and was its President 1966-67. He has remained active and worked on several Committees. He is a member of the County Incident Support Team. Ken is a Life Member and Past President of the County Firefighter’s Association and Chair of its Legislative Committee.
He was a delegate from the local exempt firemen’s association to the County Exempt Firemen’s Association and worked his way through the chairs of the County Exempts. He served several terms as Burlington County Executive Committeeman to the New Jersey State Exempt Firemen’s Association and was State President in 1983 and 84. During his term he organized the first Statewide Firefighters Memorial Service which continues today.
Chief Anderson joined the State Fire Chiefs’ Association. As Publicity Chairman he started the Five Trumpet Journal, the organization’s newsletter that is printed five times per year, 32 years ago and continues as its Editor. He compiles a bi-weekly e-mail newsletter that was started in 2001. Ken fills the Association’s statutory seat on the NJ Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group. In 1991 and 1992 he was President of the Association. In 2006 he was named President, Emeritus.
Ken has been a member of the IAFC and the Eastern Division since 1961. He served several years on the Eastern’s Constitution and Resolutions Committee; many as Chair. He was also the Eastern representative on the IAFC CBR Committee for nine years and was a member of two IAFC Task Forces.
Anderson was appointed to the State Fire Safety Commission in 1984 as the original member to fill the seat for a representative of a volunteer firemen’s association. He was appointed Chair of the Commission’s Training and Education Advisory Council. He has served on several of the Commission Committees and perennially is the New Jersey representative to the conferences of Mid-Atlantic Association of State Fire Commissions.
When the Fire Science Technology degree was established at Burlington County College in 1997, Ken was appointed by the College as Program Coordinator. As part of his duties, he participates in the annual Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education conference at the National Fire Academy.
Anderson has been honored as recipient of the Ben Franklin Silver Medal by Congressman Saxton, a Distinguished Service Award by the 200 Club of Burlington County, and the Firefighter of the Year—Lifetime Achievement Award by the Samuel T. Lambert Post 3020, VFW.
EMS RECIPIENTS
Richard Archer
Richard Archer has been involved in Burlington County Emergency Services for almost a 50 years. He has many nicknames and talents. He is known to many of his friends as "Red" for the red hair he sported in his youth. Many of his younger friends refer to him as "Dick" or "Petee."
Richard is also a devoted family man, respected community leader, former professional football player who played two seasons for the New England Patriots and a retired pilot for Hess Oil Corporation. For many years, he donated his salary as a part-time paramedic to the American Heart Association. Richard is a pre-hospital care innovator, always willing to try new things throughout his career.
When his volunteer squad could no longer provide 24/7 basic life support ambulance service adequately to Mansfield Township, Richard had the courage to find alternative staffing solutions. Today, the Mansfield Township Ambulance Corps provides 24/7 coverage with career staffing and also has a shared services agreement with Springfield Township to provide weekday ambulance coverage to that community. Additionally, he has championed the cause to promote emergency medical services as a profession in Burlington County.
Listed below are some of Richard's contributions during 50 years of service to the residents of Burlington County:
Edward J. "Chubs" Hazynski
Edward J. Hazynski is known to most as "Chubs" or "Chubsy." Chubs was a founding member of the Hainesport Emergency Squad. He served as the first captain and was instrumental in the recruitment and retention of its members.
In the early years, he would spend his time teaching Crash Injury Management to Burlington County Police Departments and other departments throughout the state. Chubs was very active in the training of Burlington County EMTs and served as the Director of the Burlington County First Aid Academy.
He is only the second person in Burlington County to serve a squad in an active capacity for more than 50 years.
His half-century of emergency service highlights include:
Donald Fern Horner
Donald Homer has provided leadership for more than 30 years to one of the most successful volunteer emergency medical services organizations in Burlington County. The Deiran Emergency Squad is an organization with the unique reputation of never scratching a call and having the ability to field multiple ambulances regardless of the time of day.
Don has always ensured that his organization put the patient first. They have career staff during the day to ensure a quick response, still provide non-emergency ambulance transportation for their residents, have merged with the Riverside Emergency Squad to provide ambulance coverage to Riverside Township, sponsor basic and refresher EMT training programs for the region and have been a reliable source for mutual aid assistance to the riverfront squads.
Additionally, Don is a devoted family man, past volunteer firefighter, respected EMS educator and retired from a career in law enforcement as the Chief of the Riverside Police Department. The highlights of his 40 years of emergency medical service to Burlington County include:
William H. Taylor
Bill Taylor may be gone but his lasting influences to deliver emergency services to the community can still be seen at the America Emergency Squad in Mount Holly. Prior to his death in 1985, Bill Taylor provided more than 42 years of emergency services to Burlington County. He was an educator best known for his extrication instruction, emergency services leader, role model, mentor, family man, and friend. He is still sorely missed by many. His lifetime contributions to emergency services will live on in this award.
Bill's Lifetime Achievements in Emergency Services include:
Introductory NJ Paramedic Program in 1977
Howard C. Dickerson “Capt Dickerson” Award Presented June 26, 2008
Howard Dickerson, known to many as “Capt.” Dickerson, was a leader in Burlington County EMS from 1957 until his death in 1996. His legacy continues today. As Captain of the Beverly – Edgewater Park Emergency Squad, he was always available to run calls day or night. “Capt.” took the extra time to teach upcoming EMTs the importance of taking their time and never missing a key symptom. Many times in his tenure he would follow up with the family of the patient the next day. He taught so many the importance of listening to the patient. Howard was an inspiration to many young people going into EMS.
During his tenure as Chief Burlington County Emergency Squad Disaster Coordinator, he was key in developing a dispatching system for County Squads through his hometown Beverly City Police Dispatchers. The desk operator would start the County Mutual Aid Plan and call in a second dispatcher to work the incident. This plan was used for years. Howard was always a supporter of the Coordinator Program
Beverly Emergency Squad Captain Emeritus Captain 1957 - 1974 President 1981 & 1991 Engineer 1990 - 1991 Active Member 1953 – 1996 * Possibly the most Active in Squad History
Beverly Fire Company No 1. Life Member Edgewater Park Police Department Special Officer, Dispatcher
Burlington County Chief Emergency Squad Disaster Coordinator 1965 – 1985 Assistant Coordinator 1985 – 1991
First Aid Council President 1967 Vice President 1959 – 60, 1966, 1990 – 91 Board of Directors 1957 – 58, 1962 – 65, 1988 – 90
Squad Captain Association Member
Burlington County First Aid Academy Instructor American Red Cross Instructor
AWARDS
Beverly Squad Outstanding dedication to Squad 1953 – 1968 Beverly City Citizen of the Year 1980 Burlington County First Aid Council Outstanding Service Award 1975, 1979 Edgewater Park Township Proclamation on loss of his service 1996
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