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John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
William E. "Pud" Jaeckel (1888–1961) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1920 and served over thirty years with Engine Company 9 at North 27th and Federal Streets in East Camden, retiring on pension in January 1951.
Howard Lambert Gick (1895–1968) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1923, served until his retirement as District Chief in 1956, and later worked as Fire Inspector at Garden State Racetrack.
23rd Street originates in the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, noted in the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. The James G. Blaine School stood at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Wayne Avenue.
Obituary of Howard L. Gick, retired Camden fireman, who died June 4, 1968.
A Courier-Post account of a Pearl Street fire in which Capt. John Gryckiewicz carried a resident to safety; District Chief Howard Gick described the blaze.
A Courier-Post account of a fire at the Progressive Garment Co. coat factory at 210 Mickle Street, directed by District Chief Howard Gick.
A Courier-Post account of a State Street rescue and a Haddon Avenue gift-shop fire in which three firemen were injured.
Fire damaged homes at 125 and 127 North Twenty-third Street; Junior Captain Howard Gick suffered a nail through the foot and Fireman Edward Peira was wounded in the hand.