Shortly after returning from a Mutual Aide call for a house fire in Independence Twp. Car 50, 51 & Engine 59 were dispatched to Route 80 west mm 23 for a car fire. Units arrived and had a well involved car fire, 59 used their front bumper line and quickly put the fire out. There … Read more
Ladder 58 and Flanders Rescue 97 assisted with Rapid Intervention. Around 11 am Saturday morning Independence Twp. Fire was sent to the 100 block of Rt. 46 for a house fire. The crews arrived and had a well involved garage fire with extension to the house, a 1st alarm box was struck bringing MA to … Read more
Wednesday morning Ladder 58 Tower 96 Car 51 and FM-3,4 & 5 hung the flag over the route 80 bridge at international Dr. for the Vietnam War memorial Moving Wall as it made its way to Bergan County. The wall, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., has the names of over 58,000 … Read more
Sunday afternoon calls came in to the communications center reporting a car on fire in the 7-11 parking lot on Rt. 46. Car 51 and 50 arrived and reported a fire under the rear wheels. Engine 59 arrived as the fire extended to the trunk and passenger compartments using a 1 ¾ line crews put … Read more
Tuesday night Budd Lake and Flanders along with help from Chester Fire tender drilled on Tender shuttle. Flanders 95 was at the beach drafting and filling tenders. 59 was in the parking lot of the fire house drafting out of pools and feeding the ladder. This operation is used when there are no fire hydrants … Read more
The beginning of August started off by responding to Stanhope on Rt. 183 for a fire in a 2-story building with a vacant store on the first floor and apartments on the second floor. Ladder 58 responded as a rapid intervention crew and stood by. The fire was quickly knocked down by Stanhope and Netcong … Read more
Recently the department did a standby at a local commercial Wearhouse in the Trade Zone. Engine 59 with a crew of 6, Car 50 and 51 responded and stood at the ready as a Hazmat Company set up and removed a small bottle of Ethyl-Ether secured it and properly repackaged it for disposal. “We do … Read more
Recently the department responded to several crashes in town all were minor or no injurie crashes. Rescue 55 secured cars and cleaned up all crashes. Stay alert on the road arrive alive no distractions.
The fire department attended the Police Departments National Night Out event at Turkey Brook Park. Tender 57 had their hose line out for the kids, Ladder 58 along with Flanders 96 proudly hung old glory, Rescue 55 assisted with the landing of the Black Halk helicopter always a big hit and Engine 53 along with … Read more
Recently members drilled on boat operations on the lake taking turns operating the boat and working the controls. A group of members took the extrication Tec. class training on the jaws of life as well as other special rescue tools. “We keep training to save your life”