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Stations 26 and 28 along with Station 55 from South Bound Brook held a Joint Company Drill today at Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy. The drill consisted of units operating in the Phase 5 as well as Master Stream Operations using Tower 26. This gave us the opportunity to cross train on the apparatus as well as mix crews.

P fckxhtmljob1Thenbsplast month we have been rather busy at Station 26.nbsp We have had training sessions and responded to several Structure Fires as well as misc. incidents.PP fckxhtmljob1March 16 Station 26 and 56 Fast Teamnbspwere assigned to a 2nd alarm structure fire on Chimney Rock Road in Bridgewater in the industrial complex.PP fckxhtmljob1March 18thnbspCar 26 and Tower 26nbspresponded and operated as a RIT at a 3rd alarm fire in Middlesex Boroughnbspin a Condo Complex.PP fckxhtmljob1April 7th Car 26 and Engine 261nbspoperated as a RIC at a residential structure fire in D3 on Ambrose Avenue.PP fckxhtmljob1April 8thnbsp District 1 responded to an explosion at the Double Tree Hotel with 10 persons injured.nbsp There was no fire upon arrival and crews assisted EMS units with the injured.PP fckxhtmljob1April 9thnbspTower 26 and Chief 26 responded into Middlesex Borough for a 3 alarm fire on Union Avenue in a residential structure.nbsp Part of our crew served as a RIT and Tower 26 went into operations for a master stream.PP fckxhtmljob1April 11th Station 26 along with the rest of District 1 responded to a 3rd alarm fire on Willow Avenue in our District.PP fckxhtmljob1Aside from these and other service calls we continued to train.nbsp On March 26 members of our HazMat Team performed confidence drills and leak control in Level A suits.nbsp On April 5th our HazMat Team along with members ofnbspthe Somerset County HazMat Team had a guest speaker lecture on Anhydrous Ammonia Emergencies.nbspPP fckxhtmljob1Visit us on Facebook for more pictures andnbspupdates.nbspPP fckxhtmljob1nbspPP fckxhtmljob1nbspPP fckxhtmljob1nbspP