When Jason Fazio awakened the morning of his 41st birthday, he could never have imagined that his life was about to change forever. The fire call came in at 10:13 am, January 10, 2011. While searching for victims in the building, Jason was caught in a flashover. Engulfed in flames, he leaped from a 2nd-floor window to save his own life, resulting in debilitating and career-ending injuries. With third degree burns to over half his body, as well as fractured bones, Jason was airlifted to St. Barnabas Burn Center in Livingston, NJ, where he remains today.
Jason is a 17-year career veteran of the Asbury Park Fire Department and a dad to two boys, Nicholas and Nathan. This tragic event has forever changed their young lives as well. Even as immediate emotional support has been overwhelming, a lifetime of financial support is our objective. A severe burn injury is arguably the most devastating of all firefighting injuries by every measure of pain, suffering, and cost, exacting a great human and financial toll. We can never change what happened, but with your help, we can change the financial burdens of their future.
The Asbury Park Firefighters Local 384 will be holding a benefit:
” Lifetime of Support”
The Jason Fazio Fund
Sunday, May 1st, at the Headliner, Rt. 35 Neptune – 3PM
$20 Admission includes all-night Happy Hour, food, 2 – 50/50 raffles and a gift auction
Tickets available in advance or at the door, contact:
Doug De Wysocki (732) 433-6616 OR Gavino Siciliano (732) 620-3590
Checks payable to APFF Jason Fazio Fund, 800 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the fireman has to do believe that his is a noble calling. Our proudest moment is to save lives. ~Edward F. Croker