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Recently 3 cars were involved in a head on crash on Rt. 46 by the lake Car 50 and 52 arrived and had 3 cars involved with one person trapped. Rescue 55 with a crew of 6 responded and went to work with the jaws and removed the person from the car and Atlantic EMS … Read more

Recently the fire department teamed up with other departments in the area to go over each others rapid intervention gear. Rapid intervention is a special training to assist when firefighters get trapped or go down in a fire. Crew went over air packs from the different departments and other specialized gear. The departments that took … Read more

Mount Olive Fire was dispatched to assist Roxbury with a brush fire caused by down power lines Engine 53 and Cars 51 and 52 responded while in route engine 53 was redirected to cover a second fire in Roxbury on Ranitan Ave, on arrival of car 52 there was smoke and fire coming from the … Read more

Earlier this week the department was dispatched as a rapid intervention crew to Chaucer Dr. in Independence Township for a house fire Cars 50 and 51 along with Rescue 55 responded and stood by with the R.I.C. team of 6 men. As soon as they arrived Tender 57 was assigned to the fire for water … Read more

Saturday afternoon both Flanders and Budd Lake Fire units were dispatch to the new Longhorn restaurant in the ITC for a report of a fire in some pallets with extension into the building. When units arrived, workers were putting water on the fire Engine 95 stretched a line to the rear and quickly put the … Read more

Recently the fire department was dispatched to the corner of Wolf Rd. and Kings Arrow rd. for a brush fire. Car 51 arrived and had 1 50×150 grass fire next the sewer treatment plant on Wolf Road. Engine 53 and Tender 57 along with Flanders 95 and 98 had over 400 feet of forestry line … Read more

Today Friday around 12:30 pm the fire department was dispatched to Route 80 east at mile marker 24 for a car fire. Car 51 and 52 arrived and found a car fully involved in fire with 2 home oxygen tanks in the back seat. Engine 59 pulled up and stretched their front bumper line on … Read more

Recently the Budd Lake Fire Department was dispatched to the area of waterloo valley road and Kinney Road at a New Jersey Transit crossing for a report of a train that hit a tractor trailer. An engine and chief were tied up on a garbage fire in town so a City-Wide request was put out … Read more

Car 51 and Engine 59 responded to the parking lot of 200 international dr. for a report of a garbage truck on fire upon arrival of Car 51 the driver of the garbage truck emptied the garbage load onto the parking lot saving the truck. Engine 59 arrived and stretched an inch and three-quarter line … Read more

Just before midnight Budd Lake’s RIC team was requested again this time into Hackettstown. Crews stood by while crews operated in the attic and second floor of the structure. Ladder 58 was deployed with its aerial going to the roof as precaution if a vent was needed. Crews were back in town around 1:30am.