| Confined Space Drill involves Mutual Aid Departments |
| Sat. Dec 13th 2008 |
The Branchburg Rescue Squad's Rescue Service Unit invited senior leadership from our mutual aid partners from the Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force and the Somerville Rescue Squad's Technical Rescue Unit to a simulated emergency inside a confined space at GAF Industries off Columbia Dr in...
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| Rain Storm Activates Water Rescue Team |
| Fri. Dec 12th 2008 |
The all-volunteer Water Rescue Team was alerted early Friday morning, after a car with 3 occupants drove into the moving waters along River Road on the border of Hillsbough Township. BLS 74-52 went inservice shortly after the call, and began to coordinate with units from Hillsborough Rescue Sq...
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| MVA with 1 Entrapped |
| Sat. Dec 6th 2008 |
The early morning of November 14, 2008 brought an alert to Station 74Rescue for the reported motor vehicle accident on County Line Rd, in the area of #200. Upon arrival in the area, Branchburg PD found no evidence of a crash. Shortly afterwards, FD Chief 49 came upon a car off the road i...
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| Multiple Vehicle MVA Rt 202 & Old York Rd |
| Mon. Sep 29th 2008 |
The Squad was dispatched to the intersection of Route 202 & Old York Road this evening, when the police department came upon a car in the middle of the road smoking. Upon futher invest, it was determined the vehicle had been involved in a motor vehicle accident. Second unit from Bran...
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| Pedestrian struck, killed while crossing Route 22 in Readington |
| Sat. Sep 13th 2008 |
Units responding included BLS 225-5, BLS 745-1, BLS 225-2, Heavy Rescue 225-6 and Engine 22-1 from Whitehouse Rescue, Branchburg Rescue and Whitehouse Fire Co No. 1. Also on scene where the Readington Township Police.
Reprinted from Courier News/MyCentralJersey.com
Staff report
A man wa...
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| Structure Fire in North Branch Village |
| Sun. Sep 7th 2008 |
Following a pretty uneventful evening as Tropical Storm Hanna blew through the Branchburg area, volunteers from the Branchburg Rescue Squad responded along with North Branch Volunteer Fire Company to the North Branch Village for a reported working structure fire. Upon arrival of Branchburg Pol...
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| Fire at Texniplex brings Squad & Multiple Fire Company Response |
| Thu. Jul 31st 2008 |
Branchburg Rescue Squad was alerted by Somerset County Communications to a reported working fire inside the structure of Texniplex, at the corner of County Line Road and Industrial Parkway. Responding units were updated by Fire Command on location of a working fire in and around a machine insi...
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| Low Angle Rescue in Branchburg |
| Thu. Jul 31st 2008 |
While returning from a fire call in the North Branch section of the township, the Branchburg Rescue Squad was dispatched by Somerset County Communications to the South Branch River, in the area of the North Branch Train Station, for a reported injured swimmer near the river. First arriving uni...
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| Car vs Building on Rt 202 |
| Wed. Jul 23rd 2008 |
Branchburg, NJ (Somerset) - The evening of Wednesday July 23rd brought the volunteer members of the Branchburg Rescue Squad to the Raceway Gas Station at 1004 Rt 202 South for the reported car into the building. Upon arrival, there were no victims in the car, that had backed 3/4 of the way int...
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| Water Rescue Team drills at Round Valley |
| Tue. Jul 22nd 2008 |
On Thursday, July 10th, members of the Branchburg Rescue Squad's Water Rescue Team drilled on their skills at the Round Valley Reservoir. Members worked on boat handling skills, reach throw and go skills, overturned boat maneuvers and placing a victim on a backboard in the water...
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