September 16, 2017 - Allamuchy Township Schools hosted an event at Rutherford Hall called "Allamuchy Explore".  The event was setup to provide anyone who attended a chance to explore the stuff around town; such as Kayaking, Nature Hikes, Outdoor Educational Games, Wild Animal Safety, and of course, a rope rescue demonstration by the Allamuchy Firefighters.

We hope all…

August 29, 2017 - Members of the Allamuchy Fire Department have recently placed into service a new pick-up truck as an emergency response vehicle.  Thanks to the generous donation of the Hafner Family, the department was able to afford the purchase of the Ford F-250 Super Duty pick-up to replace an aging Ford Explorer. 

Tuesday night, members conducted the traditional…

August 15, 2017 – Firefighters conducted a hose lay drill dropping 5” hose from a “hydrant” (our tanker), and stretching attack lines in a coordinated fashion. The drill involved 3 pieces of apparatus for pump training, as well as techniques of stretching attack lines cleanly from the engine. Additional challenges were added in for a 2nd and 3rd drill scenario to keep the…

August 12, 2017 - A little after 5:30pm, Allamuchy firefighters were requested for a full response into Green Township for a fully involved bus fire at Pub 517.  The bus had a mechanical failure while transporting a wedding party and caught fire shortly after stopping on the side of the road.

As firefighters from Green arrived on scene, the bus was well involved. …

June 27, 2017 - Allamuchy Firefighters conducted a large area search drill at the Allamuchy School.  Members were alerted for a structure fire with unaccounted for persons at the school.  While en-route, an update confirmed that 5 people were missing from the gym class that was in session.…

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The Warren County "Route 80 Rescue Task Force" trained together on a live action extrication drill.  42 firefighters from Allamuchy, Hope, Blairstown, and Knowlton met in Allamuchy Township to "respond" into a staged extrication drill at Plainview Growers.  The drill involved 4 vehicles with 6 patients.  Numerous curve balls were setup to make the departments think outside…

May 9, 2017 - Allamuchy Firefighters were provided 2 cars by Allamuchy Salvage Yard for some extrication scenarios. 

Members worked on 2 cars and trained in removing 2 doors at one time, tunneling through an upside down car from the trunk to make entry and do a dash roll, and worked from 1 side of a vehicle that's on its side to remove a passenger…

April 28, 2017 - Firefighters worked on making entry into a 2nd story window to locate a down victim and bring them back down the ladder.  Firefighters make entry into a blacked out room, have to locate a door to secure and isolate the room, and work on extricating the victim back out the window. …

April 22, 2017 - Allamuchy Firefighters setup some training time down at the Somerset County Fire Academy to work on basement scenarios in their Class A Phase 5 building.

Firefighters were met with heavy smoke and extreme heat on all scenarios.…

May 6, 2017 - Two of our firefighters attended a weekend extrication class hosted by Revolutionary FOOLS. Mike Rafferty and Steve Lestrange attended the weekend class and it was nothing short of extensive training using multiple tools and struts. In all, 60 students cut up 50…

April 8, 2017 - Allamuchy firefighters held their annual Bunny Breakfast.  As always, the turn out was a great success, food was fantastic, and the Easter bunny was hopping around with joy.

Thank you for all those came out Saturday morning to support your volunteers!…

March 28, 2017 – Allamuchy Firefighters headed down to Morris County Fire Academy to work on some harness training. Firefighters were tasked with different rope skills for bailing out windows, lifting and lowering firefighters through floors, rigging ropes for mechanical advantages, and lowering firefighters to below grade windows for rescue practices. The drill was an…

March 8, 2017 - Allamuchy Fire was alerted around 3:45pm for mutual aid into Liberty Twp, requesting the tanker. Initial reports came in for a garage fie, and first due units found a well involved attached garage, and immediately called for mutual aid.…

January 1, 2017 - Firefighters were alerted at around 1:30pm for a possible vehicle fire on Route 80 west, at mile post 17.4.  Upon arrival of the chief, a Vette was found on the right shoulder, fully involved.  

First due engine was able to stretch an inch and 3/4 front bumper pre-connect to extinguish the blaze. 

Firefighters cleared the scene about an hour…

January 15, 2017 - Allamuchy Fire had a busy Sunday afternoon with back to back car fires on route 80.

The first was at around 11:30am on route 80 east when a small duty tow truck caught fire.  Upon arival of first due apparatus, the truck was fully involved, with a car on the flatbed.  Firefighters were able to protect the car on the flat bed, but the truck was a…

December 15, 2016 - During the week of December 11th, Santa Clause supported Allamuchy Fire Department by visiting some families within our township, delivering gifts and goodies. Families and children had the opportunity to get a picture with Santa next to their tree, and open some gifts delivered from the big man himself. It’s a tremendous experience for all the young kids,…

December 1, 2016 – Firefighters were alerted around 9:30am for a possible vehicle fire on Route 80 west.  As 91-63 signed in responding, dispatch informed responding members that multiple reports were coming in for a fully involved vehicle.

91-70 requested mutual aid from Byram Township for their tanker to assist in the event additional water was…

November 17, 2016 - Allamuchy Fire was alerted shortly after 9pm for a vehicle fire at mile marker 17 on Route 80 west. As officers signed on, it was confirmed that the vehicle was well involved. 

91-63 was responding within minutes, and arrived on location to find a working truck fire, as well as fire spreading into the nearby wood line.  Firefighters stretched 2…

With deer mating season now underway, the NJTPA encourages motorists to drive with extra caution and to keep an eye out for animals entering the roadway. While the number of reported deer-vehicle crashes in the region has declined steadily in recent years, the crashes remain a particular hazard in the state’s suburban and rural areas.



According to an analysis by the NJTPA, there were 47,554 animal-vehicle crashes in the 13-county NJTPA region from 2008 through…