Piscataway Truck 56 Supported Franklin Township Warehouse Fire Operations

Piscataway, N.J. — November 5 — On Thursday, the River Road Fire Company deployed mutual-aid resources to support Franklin Township in the suppression efforts of a third-alarm warehouse fire. Around 4:54 a.m., the River Road Fire Company was dispatched to deploy a truck company to support firefighting efforts underway at a commercial structure.

Truck 56 arrived promptly with its crew and integrated its resources into the active fireground operations.

Upon arrival, Truck 56 contributed to fire suppression and overhaul operations, collaborating with other responding agencies as firefighters persisted in extinguishing the blaze and mitigating residual hot spots. Following the suppression of the primary blaze, overhaul operations constituted a critical component of the response. Firefighters meticulously surveyed impacted zones to detect concealed embers and mitigate the risk of rekindling. These efforts frequently necessitated that crews examine compromised structures and clear away charred debris to access hidden hot spots.

Truck 56 maintained its presence at the incident site until approximately 9:30 a.m., having conducted mutual-aid operations for a duration exceeding four hours. Established in 1928, the River Road Fire Company functioned as an entirely volunteer department dedicated to the South Side of Piscataway.

Throughout its history, the unit consistently extended its operational capabilities to adjacent municipalities by participating in mutual-aid responses. This assignment underscored the critical necessity of regional collaboration and supplementary resources when managing prolonged operations at commercial structure fires.