2 Rescues

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

Fireman for a Day

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.

EF-1 Rocks Area

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

Rt. 80 Car Fire

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

4 of July Storm

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

Live Fire Training

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.

Tender to Byram Twp.

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.

June Crashes

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

Paint Spill on Rt. 46

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