On Saturday December 22, 2018 the members were escorting Santa Claus around the Battalion Two local when at 1712 hours, a dwelling fire was dispatched to the Inverness Apartment on Shetland Way.  Santa told all members to be safe as they departed to the call.  Crews arrived to … [Read more...]

On Saturday December 22, 2018 at 0239 hours, Station 92 along with Westville FD and the Woolwich FC were dispatched to the New Jersey Turnpike at the 18.2 mile marker southbound for a commercial vehicle fire.  Reports were that the trailer portion of a tractor trailer was on … [Read more...]

The members of the Tacoma Fire Company have been contacted by Jolly ole’ St Nicholas and were asked to help him by taking him around town on Saturday December 22nd starting at 2pm.  The firefighters will play the role of Santa’s Elves and escort him around to town to visit all of … [Read more...]

On Monday December 10, 2018 a 2321 hours, Battalion 4 was dispatched to the area of Carter Avenue and Tanyard Road for Investigate Smoke Assignment.  Battalion 9401 (Spade) arrived on location to find a heavy concentration of smoke but unable to locate the source.  Squad 921, the … [Read more...]

On Wednesday December 5, 2018, the Deptford Fire Department was dispatched to Route 55 southbound for a commercial motor vehicle crash.  Units arrived on location finding a tractor trailer tanker rolled over leaking diesel fuel.  Crews from the Deptford Fire Department arrived … [Read more...]

Do you sleep with your bedroom door open or closed when you sleep? Do you feel that you are safer with the door open or the door closed during a fire? These and other questions are discussed in the attached video produced by the Underwriters Laboratory (UL). The fire … [Read more...]

On Saturday November 24, 2018, Squad 921 was special called into the City of Woodbury at the intersection of Broad Street and Red Bank Avenue for a motor vehicle crash.  Chief 501(Gartner) reported a 3 vehicle crash with multiple injuries and two entrapped.  Squad 921 was … [Read more...]

On Tuesday November 20, 2018, The Fire Chief of the Brooklawn Fire Company invited the  Tacoma Boulevard Station  to participate in live burn exercises at the Camden County Fire Academy.  Along with the brothers from Brooklawn, there were brothers from the West Collingswood … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving day will soon be upon us and there will a lot of chefs in every household cooking the turkey dinner with the family recipe and traditions.  Recently the cooking using a deep fryer has gained popularity with these local chefs.  HOWEVER with this style of cooking comes … [Read more...]

On November 16, 2018 Squad 921 was special called into Westville to assist with an uncontrolled natural gas leak at a residence in the 500 Block of Delsea Drive.  On their arrival, Squad 921 was detailed to pick up a fire hydrant in the 600 block of Delsea Drive and stand by. Two … [Read more...]

On Thursday November 15, 2018, Squad 921 was dispatched to the New Jersey Turnpike at the 19.0 southbound mile marker for a motor vehicle crash.  The weather at the time was heavy snow mixed with sleet.  The reports were a vehicle off the roadway into the woods and another … [Read more...]

On Tuesday November 13, 2018 at 0745 hours, Battalion Two was dispatched to 1000 Delsea Drive, the I-295 Industrial Park,  for a Commercial Vehicle Fire.  Battalion 9201 (Thomas) arrived on location to find a 25' commercial foam insulation spraying trailer well involved in fire.  … [Read more...]

Daylight savings time is this Sunday November 4th at 0200.  With this all clocks are turned back ONE hour.   This is a good time to change all batteries in all your Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors.  If you have the 10 year battery detectors, please check them to … [Read more...]

On Saturday November 3, 2018 at 1433 hours, Battalion Two was dispatched to the area of 490 Deptford Avenue for a wires call.  Upon arrival of Squad 921, a large tree was found down lying on primary wires.  Deptford Avenue was closed between Woodland Avenue and Tacoma Boulevard.  … [Read more...]

On November 3, 2018 shortly after midnight, a quick moving storm rolled through the area bringing high winds and heavy rain.  The strong winds caused a large tree to snap bringing part of the tree on top of a 3 story residence on Yorktown Court.  The tree penetrated the roof of … [Read more...]