Year To Date:     39

January:      9

February:     12

March:          18

2010 Incidents:

January 17th - Alarm # 3 - 3 Pamela Court - Township General Alarm for a structure fire in District # 1's response area. Engine 902 and Rescue 905 responded to the scene of the structure fire in a single family residence.

January 24th - Alarm # 6 - Hercules Property @ Minisink Ave and Cheesequake Road, Borough of Sayreville. Engine 902 responded as part of the Middlesex County Tanker Task Force, assisting with water shuttle operations at a 5-alarm structure fire. Our crew, along with Laurence Harbor FD Engine 104, operated at Fill Site # 1, transferring roughly 70,000 gallons of water through almost two dozen tanker runs

January 28th - Alarm # 7 - Hardenburg Lane @ the New Jersey Turnpike overpass - single car MVA with rollover and entrapment. Crews from Engine 901 and Rescue 905 worked to stabilize the vehicle and remove the unijured victim from the vehicle. This was one of several accidents that occurred in town as a result of a brief rush hour snowfall.

February 12th - Alarm # 14 - 230 Fresh Ponds Road, South Brunswick Township.  At approximately 20:00 hours we were requested to assist Monmouth Junction Fire Department at the scene of a structure fire.  Chief Duffy, along with Chief Spahr from Monmouth Junction arrived on scene to find a well involved dwelling located 200 feet off of the road.  Engine 902 and Monmouth Junction Engine 201 arrived simultaneously, each locating a hydrant and dropping supply lines.  The crew from 902 immediately advanced 250 feet of 3" hose and placed in service a Blitz-fire monitor while 201's crew went to work with a 2 1/2" handline.  Engine 901's crew assisted on scene, helping with hydrant operations after discovering that the first hydrant hit was frozen and inoperable.  With the help of units from North and South Brunswick a water supply was eventually established for 902 and the majority of the fire was brought under control within an hour.  In addition to firefighters from Monmouth Junction and Brookview crews from Kendall Park and North Brunswick operated on the scene.  For pictures of the scene the following day click here:  http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CN&Dato=20100213&Kategori=NEWS0108&Lopenr=2130805&Ref=PH

March 13th - 15th - Alarms # 25 - 39: Yet another Nor'easter came through our area, this time bringing heavy rains and extremely high winds.  Throughout the storm we handled a variety of calls including numerous trees and wires down, trees versus houses and a mutual aid water rescue assignment.  All told we responded to 15 alarms during the storm and its aftermath, while Fire District's 1 and 2 were kept busy responding to over 100 combined alarms. 

Previous Years Alarm Totals:

2009: 142

2008: 166

2007: 155

2006: 188

2005: 163