Today Budd Lake & Flanders Fire spent time with several other fire departments by providing a little special parade for a 3 year child with terminal brain cancer there were around 50 pieces of apparatus there. Great job to the Brookside Fire Department for putting this together. Great job by all. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Avenue-Volunteer-Fire-Company-Station-26/177546575969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ved8SOL8jfk
Take 4 inches of light powdery snow a 375 acre lake and winds gusting to 40 mph and you have a scene out of the show "Highway to Hell". Snow drifting 1-2ft on RT # 46 with white out conditions. While operating at the MVA if you went to the rig for equipment you had … Read more
Links to Other Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN05nhnLBng http://1strespondernews.com/webpages/news/DisplayNews.aspx?PT=state&state=NJ&ID=086d4bfb-60b4-4bcf-a9c9-d84703dede5e http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2015/02/two_families_displaced_following_fire_at_mount_oli.html#incart_river http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2015/02/10/fire-damages-mount-olive-apartments/23170829/
Monday February 9th around 4:30 pm Budd Lake and Flanders fire companies were dispatched to Eagle Rock Apartment building 18 for a report of a fire Flanders Chief McDermont was the first to arrive and confirmed a working fire on the second floor of a two story garden apartment and had a second alarm dispatched … Read more
A resident reported smelling smoke at the North Morris Apartments on Rt # 46 Tuesday night. On arrival Division one had light smoke when Firefighter entered the basement they were greeted with heavy smoke. The box was filled which brought mutual aid into the city. Residents were evacuated into the cold night as Firefighters contained … Read more
Thursday evening February 5th Mt. Olive Fire was dispatched to Oakwood Village Apartments in the Flanders section of the township for a report of an apartment fire with possible entrapment. Police arrived followed by Flanders Chiefs 1, 2 & 3 and reported smoke coming from the 3rd floor apartment two police officers and Asst. chief … Read more
Tuesday night February 3rd around 7:20 pm a 911 caller said they see visible flames in the upper windows of a residence on South Four Bridges Road, Long Valley Chief one arrived and reported a working fire on the second floor. Fairmont’s engine pulled in the driveway and the crews stretched two inch and three … Read more