{"id":19853,"date":"2013-12-11T09:06:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T14:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19853"},"modified":"2013-12-10T13:13:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T18:13:27","slug":"firefighting-couple-finds-fulfillment-and-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19853","title":{"rendered":"Firefighting couple finds fulfillment – and romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Versatile pair must relocate, \u00a0leaving void at Longwood company<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Adam and Janell Cressman are urging area residents to join the Longwood Fire Company, where they found romance as well as fulfillment.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Longwood Fire Company is regretfully bidding farewell to a power couple that met on the job and will be relocating to Bucks County, officials said.<\/p>\n

Early next year, the company will have to replace a board member, two firefighters, and an emergency medical technician \u2013 four key positions filled by two people: Adam and Janell Cressman.<\/p>\n

Adam Cressman, a native of Springtown in Bucks County, came to the area a dozen years ago to work as a gardener at Longwood Gardens. Janell Cressman, born and raised in Minnesota, had lived in Washington state and Alabama before moving to Kennett Square to be near her family, a fire company news release said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy step-father secured a job here and I wanted to be close to my parents, and I found a job in physical therapy,\u201d Janell Cressman said. \u201cI remember seeing the red fire tree lights at the holidays, and a patient told me I should make a visit. I did and was given an application to join and filled it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The person who handed her the application back in 2008? Adam Cressman. His family was involved with volunteer firefighting in Bucks County, where his stepfather was fire chief. \u201cI lived in a community-minded small town. We all helped each other. I was trained there, and when I moved to Longwood, it was natural to offer my skills here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Janell Cressman had no prior firefighting experience, she was trained at Longwood. The couple soon began dating after married in October 2012. They will be moving next month, the result of Adam Cressman\u2019s securing a job as operations manager of a small, high-end landscape company in Bucks County.\u00a0 His wife, who is graduating from nursing school and working at Chester County Hospital, will be looking for a nursing job in the Lehigh Valley, the release said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll miss the people at Longwood and the community,\u201d Adam Cressman said. \u201cWe\u2019re a team here, and everyone is here to help. There is a high standard of professionalism. We train hard.”\u00a0Janell Cressman added, \u201cThere is less stress when you are prepared. The better you train, the better you perform.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cressmans said they wanted to encourage area residents to volunteer at Longwood Fire Company. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be a firefighter. We need administration, facilities, record-keeping help, and just about every other skill,\u201d said Adam Cressman. \u201cYou can contribute; it doesn\u2019t matter what your age or skill level is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the couple said Adam Cressman\u2019s hometown fire company is already soliciting them to become members.<\/p>\n

Longwood Fire Company has served the communities of Kennett, East Marlborough, Pennsbury and Pocopson Townships since 1921. Longwood Fire Company provides fire and rescue and emergency medical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information see www.longwoodfireco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Versatile pair must relocate, \u00a0leaving void at Longwood company The Longwood Fire Company is regretfully bidding farewell to a power couple that met on the job and will be relocating to Bucks County, officials said. Early next year, the company will have to replace a board member, two firefighters, and an emergency medical technician \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[4625,4626,74,369],"class_list":["post-19853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-adam-cressman","tag-janell-cressman","tag-longwood-fire-company","tag-longwood-gardens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}