07.14.2015 Government Controlled fires, brush clearing recommended in Flanders A proposal to scale back underbrush and tree branches, which threaten wildfires to grow even wilder, is scheduled to begin later this year in areas west of Pleasure Drive...
06.17.2015 Police Plan to clear fire lanes in Flanders woodlands set for November A proposal to clear fire lanes and reduce the amount of underbrush in the Flanders woodlands and open up lanes for firefighters battling blazes in the woods is expected...
04.14.2015 Police Pine Barrens Commission says it’s addressing firefighter concerns Firefighters in Flanders have been growing increasingly frustrated over the current condition of the woods there, which they say makes it difficult — and dangerous — to respond...
04.11.2015 Police Firefighters battle Flanders brush fire for two hours Firefighters battled a brush fire approximately nine acres wide for nearly two hours Saturday afternoon in Flanders, according to Flanders Fire Chief Joe Joe Pettit. No injuries were reported...
01.17.2015 Police No injuries reported in Calverton house fire A home on Twomey Avenue in Calverton caught fire this afternoon.
10.24.2014 News Flanders’ longest-serving firefighter celebrates 50 years Hundreds of firefighters have served the Flanders Fire Department since it was incorporated in 1948. But in all those decades, not a single one has served as long as...
10.11.2014 Police Flanders Fire District heeds suggestions after comptroller audit A state audit of the Flanders Fire Districts finances found no discrepancies in the money paid out by the district, but warned that district procedures and records weren’t “adequate”...
12.19.2013 Police Fire marshal: Extension cord sparked fire The fire that destroyed an elderly man’s home in Flanders Monday morning was caused by a 100-foot long extension cord that was plugged into a space heater and coiled...