2008

Year To Date:    145

           November:    6

           October:      13

           September:  8

         August:      14

         July:            15

        June:          12

        May:           6

        April:          19

         March:        22

        February:   11

        January:     19

2008 Notable Incidents:

• Sunday, January 6th - Alarm # 5  - Hardenburg Lane IAO Tamarack Golf Course - MVA - Car versus pole with injuries.
• Tuesday, January 8th - Alarm # 6  - Hardenburg Lane IAO Warnsdorfer School - MVA - Car versus pole.
• Saturday, February 2nd - Alarm # 20  - 8802 Timberline Court (Royal Oaks Complex), Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick.  Mutual Aid response - Engine 902 responded as the F.A.S.T. truck at a 3-alarm townhouse fire. For pictures click here:  http://flickr.com/photos/infinite-systems/sets/72157603838295737/
• Monday, February 4th - Alarm # 21 - Huron Road, North Brunswick Township.  Mutual Aid response for a working structure fire.  Engine 902 responded to the scene.  For pictures click here:  http://flickr.com/photos/infinite-systems/sets/72157603847089078/
• Wednesday, February 20th - Alarm # 25 - 10 Obberman Lane, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick.  Mutual Aid response for a working structure fire.  Engine 903 responded to the scene as the F.A.S.T. truck.  For pictures click here:  http://flickr.com/photos/infinite-systems/sets/72157603944654052/
• Saturday, March 8th - Alarms # 33 - 43 - multiple alarms for trees and wires down throughout the district as a result of extremely high winds.
• Tuesday, March 11th - Alarm # 45 - Dunhams Corner Road btwn Hardenburg Lane & Dutch Road - 2nd Alarm Structure Fire - First arriving crews were faced with heavy fire conditions in a 2 1/2 story wood frame residence.  Multiple 2 1/2" handlines were placed in operation as crews from all three township departments worked to control the fire in the balloon frame structure.  For pictures Click here
• Friday, March 21st - Alarm # 50 - 1 Holly Road - General Alarm Structure Fire.  Initial dispatch was for a dryer fire.  First arriving units were met with a heavy smoke condition as the fire extended into the structure.  East Brunswick District's 1 & 2 provided assistance at the scene.   Click here
• Friday, May 23rd - Alarm # 76 - Fresh Ponds Road & Hardenburg Lane - 2 car MVA with extrication.  Crews from Engine 903 and Rescue 905 made quick work of a door pop.
• Thursday, July 10th - Alarm # 95 - Innis Road @ Memorial School.  Mutual Aid to East Brunswick Fire District # 2 for a structure fire in an elementary school.   First arriving crews were met with extremely heavy fire conditions spreading throughout several classrooms in the rear of the one-story brick structure.  Firefighters from all three township fire district's, along with numerous mutual aid departments, made an aggressive interior attack to quickly control the fire.  The school suffered extensive damage to one of its two wings.  For more information on the fire click here:  http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080710/NEWS/80710049/1004/NEWS0102 
• Friday, July 25th - Alarm # 102 - 1100 Cornwall Road - Mutual Aid to Monmouth Junction for a structure fire in an commercial building.  Engine 903 responded as the F.A.S.T. unit. 
• Tuesday, August 27th - Alarms # 113-115 - Beginning in the early morning hours of the day we were dispatched to our first of three mutual-aid assignments throughout the county.  Just prior to 2 am Engine 902 responded to Monroe Township to provide coverage for MTFD Station 23 while numerous agencies were working to control a multi-alarm fire that tore through several townhomes in Jamesburg.   At around 9:15 am Engine 902 responded into North Brunswick Township to assist at a 3rd alarm condominium complex fire.  Finally at about 4:45 pm Engine 903 responded as part of the Middlesex County Tanker Task Force into Cranbury Township to assist at the scene of a commercial building fire.  
• Wednesday, October 22nd - Alarm # 134 - Riva Avenue @ Blue Diamond Hill Court - Working car fire.  Engine 903 responded and extinguished the fire.
• Wednesday, October 29th - Alarm # 136 - Monroe Township - Engine 902 responded to Monroe for a cover assignment at Station 23, Central Monroe Fire Department.
• Monday, November 10th - Alarm #143 - Old State Road @ Helmetta Blvd - Mutual Aid to E.B. District # 1 at a fatal two car MVA.  Rescue 905 responded to the scene. 
• Thursday, November 13th - Alarm # 144 - 902 S. Ridgewood Blvd - Mutual Aid to Monmouth Junction for a structure fire in a townhouse.  Engine 903 responded as the F.A.S.T. unit.