allhands_wpmuFriday afternoon around one o’clock as the crew of engine 59 were leaving to pay their last respects to Flanders Assistant Chief Tom Shields the tones were dropped for a television set on fire outside the home at 47 Flanders Drakestown Rd. Engine 59 was just down the street and was on scene within a … Read more
Budd Lake Fire Department sends its Prayers and Thoughts to the Shields Family and our sister fire company Flanders Fire & Rescue on the loss of Assistant Chief & Friend Tom Shields Thomas Shields, 42, of Flanders, NJ passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at St. Clare's Hospital in Denville, NJ. Tom was born … Read more
On Wednesday May 4th the morning started with a dispatch for Flanders Fire to respond to the transfer station for a trailer smoking. When units arrived they had a trailer full of household garbage that was smoking, Tower 96 arrived and stretched a 5” supply line from a hydrant and stretched an inch and three … Read more
Friday May 6th in the late afternoon at the end of Hunter Drive firefighters responded to a brush fire that was contained to a small area Engine 53 and 59 used a 1-inch line to wet down the area and a chain saw was used take a burned tree down. Fire units cleared with in … Read more
Sunday afternoon May 1st Budd Lake Firefighters were dispatched to the area of 100 Crease Rd. for the brush fire units found a 100 by 300 foot area of brush burning. Engines 53 and 59 stretched 500 feet of 1-inch hose into the wooded area along with bladder bags, rakes and brooms and surrounded fire … Read more
Saturday afternoon May 7th Budd Lake Fire and Rescue responded to Rt. 46 west across from # 425 for a two-car crash with injuries. Units arrived and started patient care and soon found that the passenger in the front seat had a broken femur and required Squad 56 to use the jaws of life to … Read more
Thursday afternoon firefighters responded to Rt. 46 & Smithtown Rd. for the motor vehicle crash with fire, Car 52 arrived and had one car on fire and all people out of the cars. The first arriving police officer hit the fire with a fire extinguisher as the crew of Squad 56 was arriving. The crew … Read more
NJ State Forest Fire Warden Willie Cirone burned off some bush along the South Branch of the Raritan River behind the Budd Lake Fire House. As part of clearing off some brush and thinning out the bank the fire burned quick and was kept in check with Engine Co. 53 close by. The burn lasted … Read more
The crews spent the Sunday morning going over the procedures for bringing water from a good source in this case the lake to places that do not have water and making sure that water can be applied to a fire in a quick and timely fashion. The departments worked on drafting from the lake and … Read more
Sunday afternoon on March 27th the Budd Lake Fire Department responded to the parking lot of Burger King for a car fire, Car 50 and 51 arrived and reported a working car fire. Engine 59 arrived and stretched their front bumper line and had the fire knocked down in 5 minutes and kept the fire … Read more