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Tuesday afternoon the tornado warnings came out and the fire department was soon called for several calls of trees and wires down. The second call was on Continental Dr. where there were wires and trees down on fire at the same time the rt. 206 extension ramp from Rt. 80 West there were 6 trees … Read more
Sunday just as storm calls started to calm down calls came in for a car fire on Rt. 80 East just before exit 27. Cars 50, 52 and Engine 59 responded an arrived at a well involved car. 59 used their front bumper line and quickly put down the flames. There were no injuries on … Read more
With the 4th of July getting ready to heat up a storm came rolling in with rain and wind that brought down trees and wires all over town. Cars 50, 51, 52 and Engines 53 and 59 responded to over 40 calls for service within a 30-hour period everything from down trees, wires and power … Read more
Tuesday night firefighters went to the Sussex County Fire Academy and trained in their class A burn building. Crews did 2 live fire scenarios, search and rescue and fire attack great training keeping up on their skills and staying ready for the real thing.
The beginning of the week Tender 57 and Car 52 responded into Byram for a house fire. Both units arrived and stood by and were released within a half hour.
The Rescue had another busy month of car crashes 14 for the month. Between Rt. 80, 46 and some local streets there were several car crashes the required our responses 2 extractions and several required spill cleanups. All crashes were no life threating injuries. There were also several others that did not have injuries. Please … Read more
Tuesday late morning a vehicle traveling east on rt. 46 by the 7-11 lost a 5 gal. bucket of paint crashing onto the road. Luckily 2 Police officers were passing behind and were able to stop traffic and avoided further cars from running through. Engine 53 was called to wash off the paint before it … Read more
Tender 57 and Car52 responded to a house fire in Hopatcong the tender arrived and staged then was released. Car 52 went to the command post and stood by before being released.
Thursday night the New Jersey State Police requested the boat to assist with a body recovery from Allamuchy Pond off of Rt. 517. Cars 50, 51 and 52 along with Utility 54 and Marine 1 responded Allamuchy Engine and Chief were called to asset. Crews put the boat in the water and retrieved the body … Read more
