CARTERET – Borough residents who find themselves locked out of their vehicles have a new option – calling the Carteret Fire Department.
The fire department has expanded a pilot program to help residents with automotive lockouts, Fire Commissioner Randy Krum said Friday. The Carteret Business Partnership donated auto industry tools to the fire department that enable them to gain entry to locked vehicles quickly and without causing damage.
“The inspiration for starting this program came about because of the interest and concern of one of our firefighters,” Fire Chief Brian O’Connor stated, “who had witnessed several incidents involving people being locked out of their personal vehicles and his observations of what limited options they had to gain access to them.”