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This week the fire department traveled to UPS and Mount Olive School District to fly the American Flag Proudly. Friday the UPS warehouse in the trade zone held there 114 year Founders Barbeque and fundraiser for Matty Auer who was killed when a tree fell and landed on her UPS truck in Vernon NJ. The … Read more

Recently the Flanders Fire & Rescue and the Budd Lake Fire & Rescue trained under the direction of Mount Olive Police at a local school in preparedness for an active shooter situation. The crews worked with officers on the techniques of rescuing people that may be shot or injured in an active shooter situation. They … Read more

The department keep busy with 2 more car accidents, the first one was on Village Way when a car lost control and hit a light pole and a tree. The rescue and car 51 responded and found a small fire under the hood that was quickly extinguished. The person was checked out by Atlantic EMS … Read more

The fire department keep busy with several calls from a Haz-Mat at a town pump station, a car crash at Village Green and a tree on fire on Fire Tower Rd. The haz-mat Engines 53 and 59 vented the building from a build up of Methane gas. The car crash had 1 minor injure Rescue … Read more

This past weekend the Fire Department took park in the town recreation department’s touch a truck event at turkey brook park. Rescue 55, Engine 53, Car 50 and 51 were on display. The trucks were open and large crowds were on hand and kids and adults alike were in and around the trucks asking questions … Read more

Tuesday night August 3rd the Mount Olive Police held the annual National Night Out which is celebrated all over the country to help the communities better improve Police relations. The fire department and Rescue squads all joined in and made it a successful event. The Budd Lake Fire Department had trucks on display with fire … Read more

Just before the start of National Night Out crews were dispatched to Rt. 46 and Drakstown Rd. for a 2-car crash, upon the arrival of Car 50, 51 & 52 one car was on top of the guardrail with the person inside. Rescue 55 went on scene and went to work with the jaws and … Read more

Recently just past the intersection of Village Green and Rt. 46 – 2 cars hit head-on both drivers were taken to area hospitals by Atlantic EMS with non life threating injuries. The second the next day at the intersection of Wolf Rd and Rt. 46 Budd Lake First Aid transported 2 to Morristown with minor … Read more

Recently the department went to the Warren County Fire Academy with the Allamuchy Fire Department. The departments trained with live fire scenarios taking turns putting out fires and doing search and rescues. The crews did 3 different evaluations and trained hard for 2 hours before packing up and heading back to headquarters.  Great live training … Read more

The Budd Lake Fire Department wants to congratulate the Flanders Fire Department on there delivery of a new 2021 Peirce Midmount Tower Ladder (Tower 96). Thursday night at the Mount Olive Carnival the department has the truck on display. Good luck it will be a great addition to the township and look forward to working … Read more