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The Fire Department started off the spring with 2 events this week. First was Career Day at Mt Olive High School showing kids what careers are available in first responder world and did some volunteer recruitment. The second one was Government Day at our municipal building for kids showing off the apparatus and fire safety. … Read more
The department continued their Special Operations training month, starting off with man vs machine then airbag and strut training then onto heavy wrecker training and finishing up with extrication training using all the tool to remove people from cars under trucks and cars on top of each other. Crews worked all morning training to be … Read more
Late Sunday afternoon a call came in for a brush fire next to 340 Drakestown Rd. in the Budd Lake Section of town Chief 50 arrived and had a fire around 200 x 200 feet and spreading. Flanders Fire was called for their brush truck and engine. 53 arrived and stretched the booster line for … Read more
Thursday night after 11 pm calls came in for garage on fire on Tutbury Ct. in the Budd Lake section of town. Units arrived and engine 53 and tower 96 stretched lines on the fire and quickly knocked down the bulk of the fire. Units continued to operate hitting hot spots and overhauling the house. … Read more
Budd Lake Fire did some training with our local towing company Bill’s Towing. The objectives tonight were discussing and showing how Bill’s rotor crane truck can be useful at MVA’s and other type of incidents. Crews walked around the truck getting to know all the tools on the truck. The crew did a lift of … Read more
The wee hours of Saturday the Tender with 2 responded into Roxbury on Rt. 46 for a stump pile on fire. The Tender stood by and provided water to brush trucks and engines. The crew returned around 3:30 am. Roxbury Fire Departments Facebook post. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2437093963307080/?s=single_unit&__cft__[0]=AZVqJ_6E-usmBaa7TAPYdnmMwCCx044xvO9NDAWQW8Bs1Lo9hy3O8G2OKSc5yY7YuVDn_t_dv1MfbYsf3BhyGQ41VM-sJevnYZeWIvv0oSqaRKQm5vcqvwkoW49Gnci7kpApTCWkl1aVSGNmgIPb5d-n7h9_Ivn75Bu22rHRma–JwE9ITJSPg_CWbfaRmAidFCKFA_HDAdff3te5KzapvbY&__tn__=H-R
Recently the department attended the Ramadan celebration at the senior center, we love showing all cultures in Mount Olive support. Love our community.
Thursday late morning a call came in for a person in the water on Budd Lake Car 52 rescue 55 and marine 1 responded. Crews launched marine 1 and found the person standing in the water on a piece of an ice boat. The person was pulled onto the boat and returned to shore where … Read more
Shortly after 1 am the department was called to assist with providing water to an apartment complex fire in Randolph Twp. Tender 57 and Chief 2 responded. The Tender pumped water in a line of other Tenders the crews returned a few hours later.
With the weather cold and snowing the department took advantage of some indoor training on man vs machine where crews practiced removing hands and feet from snowblowers, woodchippers and meat grinders as well as cutting rings off that were stuck on fingers. Then outside to the ice where we drilled on ice rescue skills removing … Read more