Firefighters were called to a home on West Grover Street in the Flanders Section of town for a report of a car on fire in a garage. Police reported the car was on fire but they could not get to it Car 91 arrived and ordered a second alarm. Engine 59 assisted Flanders Engine 95 … Read more
Saturday May 22nd the department went to the Warren County Fire Academy and trained on putting out car fires. E-59, R-55, UT 54 and Chief 2 and 3 spent the morning lighting cars on fire and working on tactics and safe ways to extinguish fire in cars. The training lasted around 2 hours and after … Read more
Firefighters were called to Route 206 and Flanders Netcong Rd. in the Flanders section of Mount Olive for a smoke condition called in by Mount Olive Police. Flanders Fire department was the first to be called and within minutes the Budd Lake Fire department was also called, first arriving Assistant Chief 91 and then the Chief Car … Read more
Recently Firefighters were called to Netcong Rd. for a report of smoke coming from the second floor of a home. Car 51 arrived and reported smoke from the second floor with a report of someone trapped. Car 52 arrived and using a self-contained breathing apparatus search the second floor, removed a victim, and called for … Read more
Recently the fire department drilled on the use of air bags and struts, using a donated school bus. The crew were given two scenarios one was a worker trapped under the front of the bus and the second one was a bus overturned on a car with people trapped. The crews used air bags to … Read more