Mt. Olive Fire Sets Up for Mud Run

The night before the mud run at Turkey Brook Park firefighters from Budd Lake and Flanders Fire filled up the mud pits for the competitors over 6 thousand gallons of water were used.

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Firefighters Battle Deadly House Fire

Wednesday May 7 around 4:30 pm Mt. Olive Fire units were dispatched to Flanders Drakestown Rd. for a house fire Upon arrival of Car 50 and 51 there was heavy smoke coming from the front of the house and cars in the driveway as Squad 56 pulled up the fire advanced through the roof of … Read more

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Budd Lake Fire Responds to a Overturned Truck on Rt. 80

Friday afternoon the fire department responded to rt. 80 for a overturned truck with entrapment upon arrival of car 51 and Squad 56 all occupancies were out of the vehicle with minor injuries. 56 remained on scene to assist with cleanup units returned within an hour. 

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Car Smashes into Budd Lake Cleaners

Early Sunday Morning March 23rd Budd Lake Fire and Rescue Squad responded to a call of a car into a building at My Sweet Cleaners on Rt. 46. Units arrived and found a man that hit a telephone pole and then ran into the front windows and door of the cleaners and landed on top … Read more

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Train Smashes Pickup in Budd Lake

Friday night February 21st on a dark and snowy ice covered section of Waterloo Rd. two teens tried driving over the railroad tracks and got stuck just as the crossing gates were coming down both teens jumped from the truck and escaped as the train smashed into it. The train was going to the Hackettstown … Read more

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Mt. Olive Fire Responds to Car Fire in Oakwood Village Complex

After heavy snow covered the area and made getting around town tuff Flanders and Budd Lake Fire Companies were called to a car fire near building 50 at Oakwood Village Apartment Complex crew were just clearing from a struck gas line in a row of stores on Rt. 206. First arriving Chiefs confirmed a working … Read more

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Ambulance Catches Fire in Budd Lake

Sunday February 9th at 3:17 in the morning in the Hensen Village Apartment complex Budd Lakes Ambulance 75 was starting to transport a patient to a local hospital when smoke started to come out of the dash crew members quickly got there patient out of the back and removed him to an apartment for safety. … Read more

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Budd Lake Fights Weather and a Car Fire

As a winter storm got going so did the Budd Lake Fire Company as the snow started to increase a call came in for a car fire in the Village Green Apartments complex in the parking lot of building one. Car 52 arrived and reported a car fire Engine 59 pulled in and stretched the … Read more

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Budd Lake Fire Assists Police with Flooding

During a heavy rain storm the fire department was requested to Crestwood Circle for a street flooding issue. Crews found that the drainage pipe in the street was crushed and that the town was going to make repairs on Monday so to keep water from getting into the homeowners basements a portable pump was put … Read more

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