{"id":8142,"date":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8142","title":{"rendered":"John Ferrarella, Firefighter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Ferrarella – a Firefighter at Wayne Fire Company 3, Wayne, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. John was 70 years old.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

John was a Marine, and later a Captain with the Paterson Fire Department, where he was instrumental in the newly developed Paterson EMS system and P.E.M.T.A. He would later serve as the EMT-Basic Program coordinator at Passaic County Community College, an instructor at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute, and was an EMT evaluator. He continued to work as an EMT throughout his long career, and served with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. John also was an instructor for the Bergen County Harley Davidson Motorcycle Program, FDU and Montclair motorcycle programs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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John Ferrarella – a Firefighter at Wayne Fire Company 3, Wayne, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. John was 70 years old. John was a Marine, and later a Captain with the Paterson Fire Department, where he was instrumental in the newly developed Paterson EMS system and P.E.M.T.A. 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