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Sunday morning a fire alarm came in for Mount Olive High School Flanders Fire arrived and found smoke in a hallway and called for Budd Lake Fire for help. Crews stretched a line into the first floor and quickly extinguished a fire that was in a floor drying fan caught fire and burned the carpet … Read more
Just as crews arrived at Turkey Brook for the food truck event a call came in for an animal rescue on Indian Spring Rd. Animal control officer Zeller requested the fire department to assist with removing a Halk from a guide pole on a fire hydrant. Engine 53 and Car 50 responded the large bird … Read more
Recently Chief Maloney received notice of a local farm that had a large area of mulch that was smoking and turning black in some spots after investigating the report that was given by the D.E.P. a box was struck bringing Flanders engine and brush truck in to assist Engine 53 with starting to pull apart … Read more
Do a large water main break in the City of Paterson the Passaic County Fire coordinators requested Tenders and Engines from around the State to assist with providing water. Budd Lake Fire assisted 2 times one with Tender 57 then Engine 59 did a 12-hour standby. Allways willing to assist people in need.
Sunday afternoon a call came in for a car rolled over on its side on Old Budd Lake Rd. Car 50, 51 and Rescue 55 responded and found a women trapped in the SUV with the truck full of garage sale items from the front to the back. Crews had to start emptying the truck … Read more
Last week the Ladder Truck was dispatched into Netcong for a Rapid Intervention Assignment. Ladder 58 Car 50 and 52 responded and assisted by standing by at the scene before being relisted. The fire was on a deck in the Netcong Hights apartments.
The Department’s Rescue has been busy with a lot of car crashes within a 3 day span we ran 6 crashes ranging for minor to serious with 2 Med-Vac’s, 2 rollovers. 1 with a trapped person and a few minor one all victims were treated and transported. Here is some of the action.
Flanders and Budd Lake were dispatched to Oakwood Village Bdl. 103 for a report of smoke coming from an apartment. Car 90, 91, 92 50, 51 and 52 responded along with Eng. 53 and 95 crews quickly checked and found food left unattended causing a smoke condition 53 and 95 vented and all units returned … Read more
Recently the department were dispatched to the lake for a capsized paddle boat. Marine 1 and utility 54 responded along with Chief 2 and 3 the boat was deployed, and the crew was able to tow it to shore there was no one in or around the boat.
Very early Thursday morning around 3 am the department was dispatched to Route 80 East @ 23.4 for a rolled over truck. Cars 50, 51 and 52 arrived and had a live stock tractor trailer on its side with the driver pined inside and hauling 38 cows to a slaughter house. Rescue 55 was assigned … Read more