This afternoon, units responded to a sprinkler pipe break at a local business. Our units as well as the Freewood Acres Fire Company No. 1 responded and secured the riser for the affected area. The companies cleared after around forty minutes.
God bless you all
You guys are the best, thank you
Thank you guys for all you do.🧑🚒❤️🇺🇲
Today we remember the life and legacy of Lakewood Police Patrolman Christopher Matlosz # 317, who was tragically murdered while in the performance of his duties 10 years ago today. Chris was a very active member of Howell First Aid and began his duty as a police officer in the Howell Twp Police Explorer program. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and his friends today.
May he be at Peace now.🙏🙏
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Early Christmas morning we were requested to district 2 for a working structure fire during the storm. Engine 19-3-77, Tanker 19-3-78, Tower 19-3-90, and Chiefs 19-3-66, 19-3-67, and 19-3-68 responded. Our units were released from the scene after a little more than three hours. Apparatus was placed back in service on Christmas morning but supply hose needed to be re-racked and a nice bath. This morning all apparatus was washed and supply hose properly stowed.
On Wednesday, the Southard Fire Dept responded into District 2 on box 201 for a reported fire with possible entrapment. Upon arrival, Engine 19-3-75 found a well involved attic in a converted garage, with multiple reports of a man sleeping upstairs. The crew from Engine 19-3-75 quickly deployed an 1 3/4” hand line, forced entry, and began searches. Additional units arrived on scene and the fire was quickly extinguished. Luckily the person reported sleeping upstairs was located away from the property a short time later.
Well done!
Swift response by all, well organized communications!
great job
Kyle Drew
This morning our members had the privilege of helping our Brothers in Blue from the New Jersey State Police while they tried to bring a little Christmas cheer to one of their own in need. A NJSP officer, who’s courageously battling Cancer, and his family were greeted by fellow NJSP officers, our members, as well as Howell Township Police Department, and most importantly Santa! Santa presented the officers daughter with her Christmas list and even stopped to take a few photos. Be well, stay strong, and good luck Troop!
Howell Happening's
You guys are awesome!!!
Prayers for the trooper and his family. And thank you to all involved. 🙏👨🚒👮♂️🚨🎅
Prayers for the office and family. Thank you to our first responders
Beautiful. ❤️❤️🎄🎄
Get well Officer! Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas!
Wishing you well officer and to the dedicated Howell Police Dept for all you do ! Happy holidays from Tspa Howell .
This is so wonderful.God bless this officer and give him the strength to beat the beast NEGU This was a beautiful gift of love and support ❤️
Nice job guys Merry Christmas!
Healing wishes for the trooper
Awesome🎄
This is beautiful!! 🙏
No words. God Bless you all and prayers to fellow office in this trying time
Howell Happenings NJ
Amazing!
Leslie Cueto-Russell is this what you saw yesterday?!
MarieElena Di Dio
Amazing!!
It’s so nice to see such a positive moment like this. You guys are amazing.
We want to thank everyone who came out to see Santa before he heads back to the North Pole to do final preparations in time for Christmas. Make sure to post those picture and videos! If you enjoyed seeing him on the Firetrucks, next year YOU can be a Southard Fire Dept member escorting him around! Get in touch with us through Facebook messenger, email or stop by to pick up an application to join our family.
Thanks guys. We really appreciate the effort and the Xmas cheer. ❤️
Thank you all so much for everything you do! My kids loved seeing Santa again this year!!! Happy Holidays everyone! Xoxo
Thank you !!!
Thank you for this again!! We were so happy to see santa!
thank you Santa again for coming in my neighbor hood again😁
Thank you so much! My kids were so excited to see you❤️❤️
Thank you for spreading joy to Howell each year ❤️🎄
Thank you so much for making my family’s night!!!! You guys are amazing. Stay safe
My daughter is 13 she has autism, you make her so happy every year when Santa visits. I get choked up when she says hi to Santa, thank you all so much.
Thank you so much! We enjoyed it so much!!! Merry Christmas 🎄!!
Such a wonderful tradition that we LOVE! Our adult children also love it. ITS THE BEST! Thanks so much!!!❤️❤️
Thank you so much for coming around again! Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
Thank you. Merry Christmas!
SANTA!!! Thank you for this tradition! It is one of our favorites. This year we needed some extra cheer and you all delivered. Cant thank you enough! Happy holidays!!!
Thank You for doing this every year.
Sorry my voice is loud and annoying.. I may or may not have been a touch more excited...🤣🤣🎅🏼🎅🏼
Thank you all so much for everything you do for our community! Merry Christmas and God Bless
Thank you soooo much for going back out last night. My children were so upset they missed you the first time because they weren’t home. You made two children very happy. Thank you for all that you do for the community.
Always enjoy Santa on the fire truck. Thanks again Southard FD. You all are the best.
Thank you Santa!! You guys are the absolute best! We needed you this year and you showed up!
Thank you for all u do! Thanks for bringing Christmas back into our thoughts and lives.
Thank you so much for doing this!!! 2020 may stink but we got to see Santa 🎅 TWICE! Favorite 2 days of the year!!!!
I just might do that, lol...
Thank you again for doing this!!!
I even video called with my mom in ny so she could experience it live with her grandchildren!
Thank you for another very special drive by Santa visit . So special for our Preemie Aiden who just came home .
Here’s the link for the final night of the 2020 operation Santa.
glympse.com/0BZ0-B28Q
My son was so excited to see santa!! And he was doubly excited that he was the last kid santa saw before getting back on his sled to go back to the north pole!! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for continuing to do this for us all! Especially now!! We love you guys!!
Can't thank you enough!!! 2 times in a week!!!! Really makes us so happy this crazy year. Thank you 🎅🎅🎅🎅
“We saw Santa again!!! I can’t even believe it!” 5-year old son. “”Mommy! Did you see Santa?!” 3-year old son. Thanks guys!
One last time before heading back to North Pole
Thank you for coming around again!!!
Thank you!!!
thank you for coming again Santa😁
Here is the link for the final night of the 2020 Operation Santa
glympse.com/0BZ0-B28Q
So great, thank you so much!!!
No Ford Rd. 😔😩😭
Are you guys coming into land o pines. It’s the development just after Popeyes and dominos. Maybe they can stop in here on the way back to the fire house.
All updates for the 2020 Operation Santa final run will be posted under this event.
Thank you !!!!
Do you guys go down south Longview?
We are excited to announce that, now that the weather has passed we will be bringing Santa around Howell Fire District 3 one more time this evening. We have composed a 26 mile route that goes around most of the major roads in our district. Please see below for a map and a street by street list of our route. We will be posting a tracker link today and creating a link as well. This route is finalized and we will not deviate, if your street is not on the list we encourage you to come out to the nearest intersection that we will be driving through to say goodbye to the big man! We will be starting our trucks at 6pm and going until the route is finished.
**START**
New Friendship Road
Bernard Drive
Annie Drive
New Friendship Road
Regina Drive
Eric Drive
New Friendship Road
Sami Drive
Metedeconk Road
Sweet Gum Road
Tioga Riad
Hialeah Court
Tioga Road
Church Road
Friendship Road
Alden Terrace
Concorde Circle
Plymouth Drive
New Friendship Road
Cattail Drive
Heritage Drive
Teak Road
Friendship Road
Brandywine Road
Timberline Drive
Glen Arden Drive
Aldrich Road
Lake Drive
Aldrich Drive
Aldrich Road
Pinewood Road
Southport Drive
Salem Hill Road
Newbury Road
Old Bridge Drive
Pepperridge Road
North Westfield Road
South Westfield Road
Old Bridge Drive
Dutch Valley Road
Sugarbush Road
High Ridge Road
Cablewood Way
Newbury Road
Salem Hill Road
Aldrich Road
Diamond Lane
Rainbow Drive
Sun Hollow Road
Aldrich Road
Northgate Drive
Brookhill Drive
Darien Road
Princeton Drive
Starlight ROad
Hedgewood Road
Appletree Road
Tami Trail
Snowdrift Lane
Starlight Road
Quailtree Lane
Yellowstone Lane
Cherrybend Drive
Honeysuckle Way
Sweetbriar Trail
Snowdrift Lane
Oak Glen Road
Danella Way
Oak Glen Road
Maxim Southard Road
Talcot Road
Markwood Road
Berkshire Drive
Markwood Road
Talcot Road
Maxim Southard Road
Locust Avenue
Jason Court
Jennifer Drive
Locust Avenue
Windmill Club Entrance
Eagle Drive
Windmill Club Entrance
Locust Avenue
Southard Fire Dept
North Pole
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Kristin Santarpia Esposito
Katherine Lynn
Christie
Lol we should be!
Carolanne Scutaro
Leslie Barca
Shawn Barca
So happy to see you all! We missed it the first night and went on a hunt but it wasn’t the same as coming out our front door. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Yay!! I missed the memo last weekend of going on the main roads in glen arden! Can’t wait to bring my girl to see the trucks & santa!Thank you !
You guys are the best. My grandson is going to turn inside out! Hell, so will I..
I love that you came around the windmill club multiple times... sometimes I even made it outside!! But just hearing the trucks made us happy
Thank you so much! You’re awesome
Maxim, Maxim Southard, Oak Glen—no Victory or Old Tavern. Again. 😕
You all are awesome. Even we old folks love to see Santa 🎅🏻
Is there a tracker yet?
Yay!! Missed it last week!!
They didn't come down priscilla again 🙁 we are so close to concord that they went down my daughter is so sad she heard them and been waiting outside...but the first time was amazing thanks so these awesome men and woman and of course santa!
Thank you so much!!!
Laurie Leone Oister Tracy Matthies Halter
Thanks! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏻💕
Always happy to see Santa and all the guys.🚒🎅🏻🌲😊
Missed Yellowstone lane. 😔 My girls were saying it was ok since they saw Santa last time. Clearly I was more upset than they were. 😂
They are coming again
Thank you!! You're the best!!
Here is the link for tonight’s (11/14/20)Operation Santa. Please follow the link to know exactly where we are. We will be doing zone 4, zone 8 and maybe other locations if we have time. As always follow the link as we might end up going anywhere within our district.
Thank you!
glympse.com/05G7-TC94
I love that you guys do this. Specially with this being a rough year for everyone. Thank you! We all need this! Adults and children!
Thank you for coming on Brown road! Our girls wait for you every year!
Thank you so much for this!!
Thank you so much for coming the time you did down Brown Road. Second year in a row that my kids got to see you all and Santa! They were so excited. You’re the best!
Thank you so much for this wonderful tradition! Dickens Ct. loved it!
Thankyou so much!!! We were able to catch Santa again going the other way hehe. Really excited my daughter! And me hehe
Has Santa come past your house this year on one of our Firetrucks? If so, let’s see them pictures or videos of your children (or adults) enjoying this annual tradition!
I seriously love that you guys do this. I lived on a dead end street growing up and never experienced this!! I am so lucky our street is on the main course for Santa!
Thank you so much we’re so grateful for the memories made tonight my kids loved it!
As always, thank you Southard Firehouse. You guys are awesome!! Merry Christmas!!
Loved seeing Santa 🎅 going by on Darien Road tonight. It's a yearly tradition with my family.
It isn’t Christmas without Fire Truck Santa!! My kids and I look forward to this every year. Thank you so much! ❤️🎅🏻 🚒 🎄😊
Oak Glen neighborhood thanks you. We believe 🎅
We all loved it on Roosevelt terrace!
We missed you going by our house so we chased you down and saw you on another street. Did I mention we had no kids with us!! ❤️😂wonderful tradition that we love ❤️
You Rock Southard!! This is Salem hill
Our kids were so excited! Thank you so much 🎅🏻🚒
Thank you it was awesome. Bertan Ave
Puppy’s first Santa...her and her 3 brothers love it!! 🎅🏼 🐕 👦🏻👦🏻👦🏻 Heritage Point
Thanks from Ebony Rd.
Nope, not yet. I presume Zone 4 is tomorrow night?
The best ever!!!
Thank you! The kids were very excited
We love it every year! Thank you so much! ❤️🎄🎅🏻
Thankyou so much to you all. Definitely made my daughter and our family's night and holiday. So happy to have a little bit of normal in this crazy time!!
The truck didn’t come to zone 4 today as was mentioned in the schedule. Do you know when you will be on Brown road?
Sorry no photos but you came by on Sweetbriar and we were thrilled to see you!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for bringing Christmas Cheer 🎄🎅🏼
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
💕❤💕Thank you! I don't have a picture or a video because I was enjoying watching my 2 year old's face light up in pure awe at seeing Santa and all the trucks. It brought tears to my eyes! Thank you for all you do. 💕❤💕
Santa came by our neighborhood last night but my kids were sleeping 😴 it’s the first year they didn’t get to run out and wave 😢 hoping we can drive around and see him another night
No unfortunately we missed it tonight I'm so sad ...but thank you for doing this ...we were at a Christmas gathering 😔😔
With all we endured this year, I will never get too old to enjoy seeing Santa come down our block. I can’t tell you how that just gets to my heart every year ♥️ Thank you @southardfiredept for putting a smile on my face & a tear in my eye.
Here is the link for tonight to track Santa!
glympse.com/01Q3-014E
Thank you!🎄
What about Maxim Southard Rd? Thank you
Thank you. My kids loved it.
Debbie Collura Cadott
Thank you so much! This is a tradition my family looks forward to every year! I’m 39 years old and it’s still amazing for me to see Santa and the rest of the fire squad!
Thanks Howell Southard Fire Dept., and Santa, for bringing happiness and Holiday cheer to our Candlewood neighborhood tonight. Not only great for the children but us adults love it too! You are the best! The Holidays would not be the same without your annual visit.
Thank you from zone1 last night. A quick glimpse of normalcy. Merry Christmas everyone 🎅♥️🎄
Thank you Southard Fire Dept. Santa came thru our development tonight and even tho my kids are grown, I look forward to and enjoy this every year.
Is woodstone considered zone 6?? Markwood dr.
Is there someone who can post which street is which zone? So many people have no idea which their zone is.. me included!
Thank you for always making the holidays bright! Look forward to seeing all of you and Santa every year just as much as my little one does. Merry Christmas and Halifax holidays to you all!
This is great !! Thank you so much
Thank you!! Now it feels like Christmas!!
Hope you guys make Livingston tonight!!! My kids are waiting!!
My kiddos loved it as usual!! Thank you!! 🎅🏼 🚒
Thank you for another great year! You make our family so happy!! 🎅❤️
What a great job Santa and his crew does! They are the best! 💖👏
Damn i missed it. However, my mom said the dog loved it
Thank you Santa! My kids were excited to see you!
Awesome job tonight!!!
Thank you Southard Fire Dept and Santa! Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you! We love our annual Santa sighting! You all are awesome ❤️❤️❤️
Great job! Thank you for all you do! Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🤶🏻🎄
Thank you so much.
Thank You Southard Fire No.1,for your bravery,dedication and for bringing Christmas Joy,and,Santa to Kiwi Loop. Merry Christmas 🎄
** Operation Santa Update **
Originally we looked to complete Zones 3,4,5 tonight but given that we completed Zone 3 last night, and we will once again be starting at 6:00pm to give ourselves some extra time, we are going to change things up and knock off one of our bigger zones. Candlewood, you are up! Zones 5 and 7 tonight starting at 6pm. This does not include Starlight development or Monmouth Ridings.
TLDR - Zones 5/7 6:00pm start time. Tracker link will be posted then.
Howell Happenings NJ
You have some extremely upset kids in Monmouth Ridings who missed out on santa because you specifically said you would not be in Monmouth tidings tonight. Is there anyway to make it up to them tomorrow as originally planned?
Omgggggg I'm gonna miss it I thought candlewood was gonna be last😢
What is Friendship Road, Zone 4? If so, will we be tomorrow night instead?
What about zone 4??
We’re ready !! Yay!!
Thank you!
Yayyyy!!
Thank you!!!!! It was a special treat as always!
What zone is sweetbriar trail?
Stacie Pypiak
Thank you so much for passing by Starlight Rd still make an old girl jump for Santa, you guys are the BEST.
You are all the best!!! At 43 I watch the tracker and run outside when you’re turning down our street!! Thank you for taking the time and being awesome, as always!!! You are the staple of our holidays!! Merry Christmas and stay safe!!
I’m in zone 7 of candle wood and Santa never came 😢my 2 year old has been sobbing meanwhile the windmill club had visits yesterday and tonight according to the tracker.
Will you come down Barre tomorrow?
What zone is Bertan/Lewis? Thank you so much!!
What time does this all end?
We are so excited! ❤️ thanks for doing this!
Do you know when Stuart st would be?? It’s off of west farms road. My children heard the sirens last night and are so excited to see Santa
Monmouth Ridings tomorrow then?
Are u coming to zone 4 today ?? On driftway ??? Please.
I believe we are zone 2, do you know what night you will be driving in zone 2?
Who does West Farms Road behind Home Depot?
I thought no starlight tonight!! But we just missed him!!
So excited to see Santa!!
Does that include Meadow Woods? I could never tell.
Thank you for your annual Santa round. You came by Woodburne tonight and as always, you warmed our hearts. To all who are reading this, Southard is a volunteer group, and this year must have been hard for funds. I am sure their banquet hall was not able to do parties which raises funds, and they had to expend dollars for PPEs. So if you enjoy Santa on the fire truck why not give them a charitable contribution to help pay for the gas these trucks are using to give everyone a little bit of the Christmas spirit during trying times.
Thank you Southard Fire Dept 🔥 for making Lily and Davids night on Lawrence Ave
Glen Arden, your up!
You all are amazing!! Thank you! Merry Christmas!🎄
You’re* 😉
You guys are amazing!! Thank you so much!!! My 7 month old was so amazed!
We love you guys!!! You're all amazing!!! 💞💞💞💞
Thank you! Happy Holidays. 🎄
Thank you so much for last night!!! We are so thankful for you guys!!!
Thank you Southard Fire Dept. No.1! Made my kids night 💯💯!!
So great - thank you !
Thank you! What a great tradition. We love you and are so thankful for you!!
