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Our members have been putting in weeks of prep, cleaning, detailing, and getting our specialty apparatus parade‑ready. Yesterday, that hard work paid off — Budd Lake Fire took Second Place for Best Appearing Specialty Apparatus at the Boonton Parade. A Huge thank you to our dedicated volunteers who show up early, stay late, and always … Read more
Rescue trucks and crews from Allamuchy Fire, Mt. Olive Fire (Budd Lake & Flanders), Long Valley First Aid Squad, and Roxbury Fire Companies 1 & 2 came together to check out each department’s equipment, tools, and specialized rescue capabilities. Members had the opportunity to walk through the different apparatus, compare equipment, share ideas, and learn … Read more
Congratulations to Enzo’s Pizzeria on 50 Years of Serving Mount Olive! 🎉 It was a great celebration, and the Budd Lake Fire Department is truly grateful for the incredible support Enzo’s Pizzeria has given our department and our members over the years. Whether it was helping with a department event, supporting our members’ celebrations, or … Read more
I am pleased to honor President Walter Lata of the Budd Lake Volunteer Fire Department as this week’s #NJ07 Hometown Hero. President Lata, from Mount Olive, New Jersey, has shown exceptional dedication, pride, and commitment to the fire service department, going above and beyond serving as the Department President. President Lata responds to over 90% … Read more
2 separate calls this month that required extra care. The first was a car that rolled over on its roof Luckly the people were not seriously injured but taken to area hospital to be checked out. The second call was 2 workers that were on a roof working. One worker fell of the roof and … Read more
Last week we went to the Bright Path Day care in Budd Lake and did some fire safety tips for the kids and showed off our ladder truck and all the tools. The kids loved it, we love teaching safety.
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.