05/18/2026
This weekend, your Millstone Township Fire Department firefighters remained productive.
On Saturday and Sunday, several department members attended a 16-hour Structural Collapse Operations course. Focus areas included assessing and stabilizing compromised structures, along with various skill stations designed to remove trapped victims. This training enhances our capabilities and brings the total number of personnel trained to this level to over 20.
We teamed up with firefighters from all 3 Wall Township Fire Departments to bring the course to capacity.
Attending this training were the following department members:
Captain Alan South, FF/EMT's Mark Mains, Craig Lewis, Darrell Reilly, Franklin Doremus, Tyler Brockson, Jim LaBruno, Ryan Schwartz, Dennis Mark, Joe Boccanfuso, Nelson Melendez, and FF Scott Bice and James Asprocolas.
Personnel responded to several incidents throughout day which concluded with a brush fire, Saturday night between Millstone Road and Schoolhouse Road at approximately 10:15 p.m. Units arrived to find a woods fire on Monmouth County Park System property in the area of the Millstone Township Primary School. We worked alongside the New Jersey Forest Fire Service to contain the fire while they utilized heavy equipment to establish a fire break around the affected area and conduct backfiring operations. Approximately one acre burned as a result.
The Chief, Brush, Tanker, Engine, and Ambulance 3258 operated for approximately 2.5 hours before returning to service.
On Sunday, department members attended the Monmouth County Fire Marshal's Office and Monmouth County Fire Academy Memorial Service and Medal Day. During the ceremony, the department’s only line-of-duty death, Chief James Carbin, was recognized.
Department members, along with members of the Englishtown Fire Department and Monroe Township Fire District #2, received a unit citation for their efforts during a technical rescue at the Millstone Township Middle School in March.
Recognized were the following department members:
Chief Mike Maloney, Captain's Keith Buckalew, Nick Krauss, Joe Parento, FF/EMT's Mike Lippolis, Chris Schmidt, Tyler Brockson, Liam Moore, Nick Panza and Joe Boccanfuso.