To help Mahwah Families keep track of the events involving the FD we will do our best to keep an updated list. December 3rd – Mahwah Tree Lighting @ Town Hall, 4:30pm. carols, treats, and meet Santa after he arrives with a full escort of his firefighter friends. December 18th – Menorah Lighting @ Town Hall 5:30pm. Most importantly for many is the schedule of Santa being escorted through your neighborhood. We will keep the list updated the best we can: Fire Co 1 –December 9th or raindate the 10th. Co 1 covers the following neighborhoods’: Cragmere, Franklin Crossing, Franklin Heights, Franklin Tpk and all streets east of train tracks, lower Bellgrove Dr area to Cragmere (Rutherford, et al). Fire Co 2 – Dec 10th – Co 2 covers the following neighborhoods; West Mahwah, Island Rd and all streets west of train tracks Ridge Road and complexes off of Ridge Rd., Route 202 and streets off of 202

At around 5pm tonight fire companies 1, 2, 3, and 4 responded to Lancaster Court for a possible chimney fire. After arriving, fire crews checked the chimney and several residences but did not find any indication fire. Fire crews continued to search the area for around an hour before returning to quarters.

At around 2 a.m. this morning Rescue 1 and Fire Company 2 responded to the Sheraton Hotel for an elevator rescue. Once on scene Rescue 1 found that two children were trapped in the elevator which was stuck between floors. Due to the location of the elevator car and where the access to the shaft was, the decision was made to lower a member from Rescue 1 down the shaft on to the car to retrieve the children.  After being lowered onto the car Rescue 1 secured the children into a harness and then raised them individually up the shaft to Rescue’s location above the car. After the children were brought out of the elevator shaft they were checked over by Mahwah EMS and then released to their parents. By 3:30 Rescue 1 and Company 2 returned to quarters.

Visitation will be at Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ramsey tomorrow, Wednesday July 26, from 2pm-4pm, and 7pm-9pm. Fire Department services will be conducted during the 7-9 visiting hours. All fire department and emergency service personnel wishing to attend the services please meet at Company 1 no later than 6:30pm in full class A dress uniform. The Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, July 27, at The Church of The Presentation in Upper Saddle River at 10am. Robert will be brought to his final resting place at Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah following the Mass. All fire department an emergency service personnel wishing to attend the mass and burial please meet at company 1 no later than 9:20am Thursday morning in full class A dress uniform

This evening members from Fire Companies 1, 2, 3, and 4 responded to a possible structure fire on Franklin Turnpike after receiving multiple calls of smoke coming from an apartment. After arriving and finding smoke was coming out of the apartment firefighters entered and immediately found the cause, an unattended pan on the stove. Firefighters removed the pan and began to vent the apartment to remove the smoke, shortly after all crew had begun to return to quarters.

Earlier this week Rescue 1’s Dive Team responded to the Ramapo River to assist the Mahwah Police with recovering evidence. After an hour of searching the river bottom, divers had recovered items that are believed to be evidence in an ongoing investigation