Frederick Scalera
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Frederick Scalera is an American
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 Democratic Party
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 politician
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 who served in the New Jersey
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 General Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly
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 from 2003 to 2011, representing the 36th legislative district.

Biography

Scalera graduated from Nutley High School
Nutley High School
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 and Essex County College
Essex County College
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 (Fire Code Technology). Scalera received an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Essex County College. He is the Retired Deputy Fire Chief in Nutley
Nutley, New Jersey
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.

In the Assembly, Scalera served on the Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee (as Chair), Housing and Local Government Committee and the Labor Committee. Scalera has served on the Governor's Task Force on Community Emergency Response, Citizen Corps since 2003 and on the Essex County
Essex County, New Jersey
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 Local Emergency Planning Council since 1991.

Scalera resigned suddenly in January 2011, and was replaced by Essex County Democrats by Kevin J. Ryan
Kevin J. Ryan
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, a Nutley native.

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