1n Sunday, 4/29/2012 at 19:26 fire units from Chester and Fairmount were requested to respond to Hacklebarney State Park for a reported brush fire along the RED trail. Responding Chester and Fairmount fire units staged in the parking lot at the entrance to the park. The New Jersey State Forest Fire Service was requested to respond shortly after the Chester Fire Chief arrived and established command.  The NJFFS assumed command upon their arrival and started several backfires to control the initial fire. Fairmount units were released shortly after NJFFS arrived. Chester units remained on-scene as their brush truck was in the woods at the scene of the fire.  

On 4/24/2012, Fairmount Fire was requested to establish a landing zone for a medical evacuation at the Tewksbury Municipal Building landing zone. The NJ State Police responded with the newest NorthSTAR (Northern Shock-Trauma Air Rescue) helicopter. The helicopter is part of a fleet of 4 new Agusta AW-139 medevac aircraft. This is the first time we have seen this new helicopter in our area. 

The volunteer firefighters were toned out at 23:04 on 4/6/2012 for a reported deck fire at 78 Sutton Road. In route to the fire, the call was updated to a fully involved structure fire. Califon Chief Bill Kibler established command for the incident and verified that all residents had evacuated the structure. Fairmount Chief Dave Steinel acted as the Operations Officer.  The Califon Fire company attack engine was positioned on the front lawn and executed an interior attack on the second floor through the front door of the home. Fairmount's attack engine was positioned at the rear of the home and made an aggressive interior attack on the first floor. Through the efforts of both attack teams, damage to the structure was limited.

Fairmount Tender 2-7 was positioned in the driveway and fed water to both attack engines. Tender 2-7 was resupplied with water from Oldwick and Lebanon Borough tenders.

The following units responded to the scene: Fairmount, Califon, Lebanon Borough, Long Valley (air truck); High Bridge (RIT) , Oldwick, Tewksbury Rescue, Califon Rescue.

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On 3/30/2012 at 12:56am the pagers sounded for box 24-05; fire through the roof.  While in route to the location, the call was updated to a fully involved structure fire. The first units on scene found fire engulfing the rear portion of the roof of a two story wood frame house.  The fire was held to the originally involved section of the roof and attic areas.

In order to fight this fire in an area with no hydrants, the Hunterdon County Tanker Task Force East was activated. A dump site was located at the intersection of Potterstown and Round Top Roads. To supply the water to the fire scene, 1300' of 5" hose was laid.

Fairmount units were among the last to clear the scene at 5:25am. Units returned to the firehouse where another hour was spent getting everything ready for the next call. Volunteer members left the firehouse at 6:20am, just in time to go home grab a quick shower, and go to work.

Companies responding: Fairmount, Lebanon Borough, Oldwick, Pottersville, Califon, Annadale, High Bridge (RIT), North Branch (RIT), Tewksbury Rescue, Whitehouse Rescue, Quakertown Rescue (Air Truck)



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