Saturday afternoon July 31^st Budd Lake Firefighters responded to 176 Rt. 46 for the car fire, upon arrival the homeowners car was in the front yard with heavy fire coming out of the engine compartment. Engine 53 stretched the 100-foot car fire line and knocked the fire down within minutes being backed by Engine 59. There were no injuries at the scene and the fire is under investigation by Police and the Fire Marshal’s office.

On Friday afternoon July 30^th the Roxbury Township Fire Companies were dispatched to 1405 Rt. 46 the Stump Factory for the bush fire, as units arrived on scene they found two large piles of dried stumps, leaves and trees on fire. Chief One arrived and requested several Tenders to the scene because there was no water on site. Several mutual aid companies were dispatched and placed around the piles and set up master streams as well as a couple of one and three quarter hand lines. The company’s workers had backhoes and bull dowsers on hand and started to tear apart the piles as firefighters wet the piles down. It took abought three hours to get the fire under control. There were no injuries at the scene but firefighter was sent through rehab stations due to the 85-degree heat. 

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.