Sunday morning July 25 firefighters drilled in a house that is set to be torn down. Firefighters split into two teams one team drilled on breaching walls and forcing entry in to doors and garage doors. The other team climbed the ladder and worked on venting roofs, skylights and vent caps. The crews all had a good time and valued the training. The drill lasted till around 1:00 pm and after clean up lunch was served.

Around 4:00 pm on Friday July 2^nd the Budd Lake Fire Department responded to 151 Rt. 46 the Seven Eighty Six food store for the reported electrical fire. Car 50 arrived and reported a working fire in a two story tax payer with apartments above and requested a second alarm witch brought Flanders Fire, Schooly’s Mountain Fire and Netcong as the F.A.S.T. team. Engine 53 stretched an inch and three quarter line in on the fire as ladder 58 laddered the roof. Crews had the fire knocked down in 10 minutes as other crews checked the second floor for extinction. Crews remained on scene for an hour doing extensive overhaul, the fire is under investigation by the Mt. Olive Fire Marshal’s Office and the Mt. Olive Police Department. The Budd Lake First Aide and the Hackettstown Hospital EMS were also on the scene.

Thursday June 24^th late afternoon Flanders and Budd Lake firefighters were called to the Wal-Mart parking lot for a car fire. Upon arrival units found two SUV’ S on fire next to each other engine 95 was first to arrive and stretched a one and three quarter hand line on the fire and had it knocked down in minutes. There were no injuries at the scene.