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Santa Claus visits during Budd Lake Fires annual kids Christmas Party. Thank You Santa

Thursday around diner time Budd Lake and Flanders Fire Departments were dispatched to the parking lot of the Mount Olive Township library for a car on fire, Car 52 arrived and reported a fire in the engine compartment. Engine 59 stretched there 100 foot bumper line and started knocking down the fire as Engine 95 … Read more

Ladder 58 was decked out with lights and a few members in the holiday spirit and off they went to the Bough of Netcong to celebrate the season. A couple of hundred people attended the mile or so route witch ended at the Netcong Fire House for the towns tree lighting. The parade was full of … Read more

Sunday December 7th Budd Lake Firefighters went to the Warren County Fire Academy and did extensive training on their new safety harness that were issued to the Rapid Intervention Crew a specialized team trained to save firefighters if they get in trouble. Firefighters took turns being lowered out of windows and sliding down ladders they … Read more

Budd Lake Fire conducted joint RIC Training with Netcong, Hackettstown & Flanders Fire Departments this morning crews went over each other’s Rapid Intervention bags and other equipment and then split up into groups and worked on techniques to rescue down firefighters. The drill lasted for two hours and and after there was a review of … Read more

Sunday November 30th the Netcong Fire Company was dispatched to Netcong Heights Apartments Building 23 for a report of a fire in a bedroom, first in crews found heavy smoke coming from the windows of the apartment and stretched in and inch and three quarter line. Command called for a second alarm as crews attacked … Read more

Tuesday November 25th at 11:20 am calls came in to the NJ State police for a trailer fire on route 80 east at mm 23.5 State Police contacted Mt. Olive Police who called for all Mount Olive firefighters to respond cars 51 and 52 arrived and reported a fully involved trailer carrying a large load … Read more

Thursday afternoon car 51, 52 and Squad 56 responded to 100 International Dr. for a SUV rolled over on its roof. Units arrived and found the young patent out of the vehicle un injured Hackettstown Hospital EMS crew treated the patent on scene as the crew of Squad 56 cleaned up the crash and assisted … Read more

October 23rd Budd Lake Firefighters responded to the intersection of Mt. Olive Rd. and Rt. 46 for a report of a garbage truck fire upon arrival the truck driver pulled a mattress that was burning on top of the truck off onto the ground. Engine 53 arrived and quickly extinguished the mattress and checked the … Read more

Saturday October 25th Firefighters assisted the recreation department with starting and tending a large camp fire to keep runners of the Monster Mash Dash warm. The crowd was large around 400 people gathered mostly in Halloween costumes to run or walk the 1.86 mile course and return for treats and gather around the fire. After … Read more