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Passaic County in the West Milford area crews are battling a large brush fire with over 900 acres burning and only 50% contained. Calls went out for some Morris County fire companies to assist. Budd Lake Fire was dispatched Thursday night around 7 pm with Tender 57 the 2-man crew assisted with feeding engines with … Read more

Thursday Just before lunch Flanders and Budd Lake Fire were dispatched to Roxbury township for a building fire. Flanders was dispatched for and Engine responding with 95 and Tower 96 then Budd Lakes Ladder 58 were assigned as a Rapid Intervention crew. Crew operated for an hour then released. The fire was on the roof … Read more

Recently the department was dispatched to Rt. 46 just before Johnson Dodge for wires down causing a brush fire. Engine 53, 59, Car 51, 50 and 52 all responded, crews stood by for JCP&L to arrive and shut down power so the engine could extinguish the fire. Crews cleared within 2 hours.

Sunday morning Flanders and Budd Lake were dispatched to Rt. 206 and Draksdale Rd. for a car fire upon arrival of car 51 it was determined the fire was in Roxbury Twp. Roxbury Engine 12 and Engine 95 along with Engine 59 all arrived at the same time with Roxbury’s engine stretching a line on … Read more

Recently on 2 calls one at Sandys Liquors in Village Green a malfunctioning rooftop unit had firefighters on the roof, Netcong Fire assisted on this call the unit was shut down and the building vented. The second call was at a Italian restaurant on Mt. Olive rd. a small fire in the duck work was … Read more

Recently the department brushed up on the airbags and struts used in auto extrication. The crews went over the procedures on inflating and deflating air bags and the use of struts to secure cars and trucks. Allways training to keep you safe.

Tuesday morning the Budd Lake Fire Departments Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) was requested into Mt. Arlington for a second alarm structure fire. Upon Budd Lake Fire arriving the RIT team was split to supplement man power. Half of the crew was put to work operating a hand line on the exterior and in the basement … Read more

Firefighters train on many different thing during the year this night we trained on Man vs Machine. Crew took turns cutting rings off of victims, Getting peoples stuck hands out of meat grinders and then a special rescue of trapped and impaled workers. There are many other rescues that fall under this type of taring … Read more

Hours before a snow storm on Monday night units were called to Interstate Rt. 80 West bound at 25.8 for a car fire. Car 51 and 52 along with Engine 59 and Tender 57 were on the assignment, Car 51 went on scene and confirmed a working fire E-59 came in and stretched their front … Read more

The rescue keeps busy with car crashes and rescue assignments. They were requested into Flanders for a car into a house but were diverted to a crash on Rt. 46. Later that week rescue was called to assist Flanders with an overturned car on Flanders Netcong Rd. they were returned and then a few hours … Read more