allhands_wpmuRecently members went to Schooleys Mt. Fire Department to train on forcible entry training with their door prop. Later in the month we went to the Allamunchy Fire Department and used their mass confidence course set up in the basement of there fire house. Crews went over different tactics for rescuing down firefighters the junior … Read more
Recently firefighters from Flanders and Budd Lake were dispatched in late morning to a car on fire in the middle of route 206 by main street. Upon arrival of car 50 an 51 there was a car sitting in the middle of the high way with the engine and passenger compartments involved in fire Rescue … Read more
This past weekend over 50 first Responders from departments around New Jersey and the tri State area took a 3 day course on ice rescue training Friday was awareness, Saturday was an operations class and Sunday was an Ice Rescue Technician class. Flanders and Budd Lake Fire Department sent 20 firefighters through the class. The … Read more
Budd Lake Firefighters assisted with rapid intervention duties at the fire firefighters remained on scene for hours assisting with some cleanup.
Hackettstown firefighters were called to a second-floor apartment at 312 Church Street for a report of smoke coming from an electrical outlet as the first due engine was turning the corner they could see smoke rolling across the street and radioed in a box alarm. Crews stretched in a hand line and quickly started searching … Read more
Recently the Hackettstown Fire Department was dispatched by Warren County Communications center to 310 grand avenue for a report of a house fire. The police arrived and reported a working house fire with a second house on fire as first in units arrived fire was coming from the D side of the multi-story house and … Read more
Early into 2018 firefighters kept busy with a number of car crashes on routes 80, 46 and 206 and some back roads. Most of the crashes were non-life threating injuries 1 crash was fatal. Rescue 97 and Squad 56 doing most of the work. Please drive with caution we don’t want to meet by accident. … Read more
**Structure Fire** 1/6/18 Saturday morning Budd Lake and Flanders fire department were dispatched to a possible basement fire. On arrival of the Chiefs smoke was coming from the rear of the house and a second alarm was transmitted and a tanker task force was requested. Shortly after the first due arriving engines arrived and pressed … Read more
A week into the new year Mt. Olive Fire was called to assist Roxbury Fire at a building fire on Center Street, Flanders Fire was called to Roxbury Co. #1 Fire House for standby Budd Lake Fire was called to respond as a Rapid Intervention Crew at the scene BL Ladder 58 responded with a … Read more
As the end of 2017 was winding down The Chester Fire Company responded to Prides Crossing for a report of a house fire. First arriving units found the garage and the back half of the house ingulfed in fire crew stretched hand lines in different areas of the house knocking down fire and dealing with … Read more