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Mutual Aid To Suffern

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Tonight at roughly 6:50pm Companies 1 and 2 were requested into the Village of Suffern, NY on a mutual aid assignment to the scene of a basement fire in a garden apartment. Engine 115 rolled with a crew of 7 (OIC Batt1 Cooper) and were put to work immediately after arriving on scene.115’s crew conducted searches on the second floor and were able to retrieve a resident’s pet. 115’s crew was then put to work pulling walls and ceilings on the first floor after the main body of fire had been knocked. Engine 115 was back in quarters after roughly 2 hours. Later that night Engine 115 and Ladder 2 were requested Suffern NY for a rekindle of the previous structure fire. 115’s crew assisted Suffern in pulling ceilings and walls and was off the scene in roughly 2 1/2 hours

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Tricky Tray Ticket Sales Start Today

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Ticket sales for our second annual Tricky Tray start today, tickets are $10 each.  Last year tickets sold quickly and we are expecting them to go even faster this year. Remember tickets and seating are limited so buy yours now. As of now we have over 100 prizes and there will also be a 50/50 raffle. Last year’s winner won over $400. Tickets include refreshments (coffee, cakes and cookies) and 15 prize tickets. For tickets or information contact Tim Tedesco at (551) 265–1114 or by email at ttedesco@mfdco1.org

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Missing Child At Campgaw Ski Area

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Last night at roughly 11:30pm members of Rescue 1 were requested to the Campgaw Ski Area to assist the police with a search for a missing boy. The boy had gone missing around 8:30pm. Members of Rescue 1 and Mahwah Fire Company 4 spend 6 hours on the scene searching along with numerous local, county, and state agencies, as well as an impressive amount of civilian volunteers who came to help search after receiving Amber Alerts at about 2:30am The boy was found alive, cold, and barefoot but overall uninjured in Oakland. He was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center as a precaution. Mahwah Fire members were released and back in quarters at roughly 5:30am.

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February 2015 Call Break Down

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This month Company 1 responded to a total of 33 calls. There were 17 fire/water alarms, 1 carbon monoxide alarm, 2 smells of smoke/smoke condition, 1 extrication, 2 lift/EMS assists, 1 car fire, 1 car leaking fuel, 2 elevator rescues, 2 oven related, 1 strange odor, 1 equestrian assist, and we were dispatched to 2 structure fires.

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2015 Call Break down

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This year Company 1 responded to a total of 337 calls for service. There was 1 call for assistance with an injured animal, 1 boiler emergency, 7 brush fires, 3 car fires, 1 chimney fire, 18 carbon monoxide alarms, we were dispatched to 41 structure fire,  2 calls for down utility wires, 1 dryer fire, 1 dumpster fire, 14 elevator rescues, 13 EMS assists, 13 extrications, 138 fire alarms, 4 grill fires, 1 HAZMAT call, 1 helicopter landing zone, 3 calls for leaking fuel, 4 fire related mutual aid requests, 1 mutual aid request for the airboat, 1 mutual aid request for the dive team, 16 smells of natural gas, 3 oven fires, 3 search and rescues, 31 smells of smoke, 1 smell of gasoline, 2 stand-by’s, 2 odor investigations, 1 technical rescue, 3 utility pole fires, and there were 4 working fires. 2015 was a busy year and we

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