
The ordinance has been expanded to include walls, hedgerows and “protective barriers,” all of which cannot exceed 2 feet in height when located within 30 feet of the sea wall. On March 13, the board introduced a change to waterfront fencing requirements for single-family residences. The board handled other items related to the Fire Department as well, purchasing three $20,631 thermal imaging cameras for use on squad vehicles and fixing brake issues on one of the department’s fire trucks. I wouldn’t be here if that wasn’t happening, so I can honestly say I am truly a reflection of everybody around me at that station who drive me to come in every morning, so I greatly appreciate you guys.”

“You can’t be there for 26 years and still be happy at a place unless the guys and the people around you are positive, doing a good thing (and) doing the right thing by the township, by each other (and) by the residents. I am really just truly a reflection of the people around me,” Groth said to fellow firefighters in attendance. “If there’s one thing I’m really realizing at this stage of my career. Groth joined the department in May 1996 and was previously named Firefighter of the Year in 20. And in the 2022 year and into the 2023 year, he’s really stood out.” Jason has had this incredible list of things to do, and he’s in hyperdrive. “He’s 26 years in, and when most people are winding their career down as he is, they don’t necessarily have the drive that someone like Jason does.

“Jason has had an incredible career,” Harrison Township Fire Chief David Bostater said. HARRISON TOWNSHIP - The Harrison Township Fire Department named Battalion Chief Jason Groth as the township’s Firefighter of the Year at the Monday, March 13, Board of Trustees meeting.
