JERSEY CITY – Mayor Steven M. Fulop will join 21 Jersey City probationary firefighters from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the Morris County Police and Fire Training Academy, 500 West Hanover Avenue, Parsippany.

Mayor Fulop will spend the morning training with the firefighters to experience firsthand what Jersey City’s bravest undergo on a daily basis. Part of the training will also include Mayor Fulop participating in a “live burn” to experience the hot and smoky conditions in which firefighters work. A live burn is fire simulator in which fire is fed by propane gas.

“Just last week, on a day when temperatures reached 100 degrees we had a four-alarm fire in Jersey City that sent two dozen firefighters to the hospital,” said Mayor Fulop. “Our firefighters put their lives on the line every day in some of the most difficult conditions to protect our residents, so I look forward to training with them and learning firsthand what it takes to be a Jersey City firefighter.”

The 21 probationary firefighters entered the academy on June 3rd and will graduate on Aug. 9th at an 11 a.m. ceremony at City Hall, 280 Grove Street. The firefighters were hired with funding from an $8.1 million federal SAFER grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).