Thursday afternoon firefighters responded to Rt. 46 & Smithtown Rd. for the motor vehicle crash with fire, Car 52 arrived and had one car on fire and all people out of the cars. The first arriving police officer hit the fire with a fire extinguisher as the crew of Squad 56 was arriving. The crew … Read more
NJ State Forest Fire Warden Willie Cirone burned off some bush along the South Branch of the Raritan River behind the Budd Lake Fire House. As part of clearing off some brush and thinning out the bank the fire burned quick and was kept in check with Engine Co. 53 close by. The burn lasted … Read more
Sunday afternoon on March 27th the Budd Lake Fire Department responded to the parking lot of Burger King for a car fire, Car 50 and 51 arrived and reported a working car fire. Engine 59 arrived and stretched their front bumper line and had the fire knocked down in 5 minutes and kept the fire … Read more
The crews spent the Sunday morning going over the procedures for bringing water from a good source in this case the lake to places that do not have water and making sure that water can be applied to a fire in a quick and timely fashion. The departments worked on drafting from the lake and … Read more
On March 19th 2011 the Meadowlands stadium in East Rutherford NJ was turned into a large scale Police, EMS and Fire Department decontamination drill for the Bergen County mutual aid groups with help from Morris County, Union, Essex and other special units from across New Jersey and the city of New York. The drill was … Read more