Santa Comes To Budd Lake by Fire Truck
Christmas Eve Santa found time to stop by and make sure who was naughty and nice and check his list. Engine 59 and Squad 56 drove Santa around town and I am sure everyone was on the nice list.
Month: December 2011
Budd Lake and Washington Twp. Team up For Wires and Brush
Friday morning December 16th around 8 am both departments were dispatched to Drakestown Rd. behind Paragon Village for wires down and on fire. Chief Evans arrived and found that high winds had taken down a tree and two power poles and started a brush fire. Engine 3-2 and Squad 56 stood by until J.C.P. &L. … Read more
Two Trapped on Rt. 46 in Budd Lake
Wednesday December 7th just after dinner Budd Lake Fire and Rescue were dispatched to Rt. 46 @ Plaza 141 for a car on its side and people trapped. Upon arrival of the first units a car was on its side and two people were trapped in the car Squad 56 and Rescue 77 worked to … Read more
Car into a Building on Sandshore Rd.
Budd Lake Fire and First Aid responded to a report of car into a vacant building on the corner of Sandshore Road and Netcong Road. The vacant bar is on the Lake it appears the car avoided going into the lake by hitting the building. The passenger was injured and the driver bailed out and … Read more
Budd Lake Gets in the Christmas Spirit in Netcong
As the Holidays approached the Netcong Recreation held its first Christmas parade in down town Netcong. With floats and a half a dozen fire companies with trucks lit up with lights they paraded through town and ended next to the fire house for the tree lighting. A good time was had by all and lets … Read more
Morris County Region 4 Mutual Aide Group Holds Ice Rescue Class
Saturday and Sunday December 3rd and 4th were not your typical winter days with tempters in the low to mid 50’s it was hard to think a bought ice rescue but firefighters still trained for the ice season. Departments from Florham Park, Budd Lake, Randolph, Schooleys Mountain, Wharton, Boonton Township, Boonton and Morristown Fire Departments … Read more
Budd Lake Responders Use Jaws at Crash on Rt. 46
As Budd Lake Firefighters prepared for a detail Friday morning they were called to an MVA just east of their firehouse on Rt # 46. On arrival there was a State Police car off the roadway in the woods, a passenger car and mason dump in the roadway with the driver of the passenger car … Read more