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Our 103rd Aniversery

On this day 103 years ago Millard Cooper, Warren Ackerman, Mathias Carey, Raymond Dator, W. Dederick, Ray Edwards and many others, formed the first formal fire department in what was then Ho-Ho-Kus Township. Our first firehouse was located inside of Millard Cooper’s barn on Hillside Avenue, just 1 block from where our house currently sits. Cooper was also elected our first Fire Chief. Since then Fire Company 1, along with the other 4 fire companies have remained 100% volunteer and responded to thousands of call for service and hundreds of fires. These calls encompass everything from fire alarms, car crashes, rescues of all sorts, and also fires both in town and also our neighboring towns.  As of this posting company 1 has responded to 289 calls for service just this year.  As we look back on our last 103 years we remember the calls that stand out to us and […]

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134 Models Of Kidde Fire Extinguishers Have Been Recalled

Today the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Kidde is recalling 134 models of fire extinguishers. It is important that you check and replace yours if it is one of the affected models.  Click here for recall information from Kidde (manufacturer) Click here for recall information from the Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Mahwah Fire Department History: Department Founders

Who founded our department and why? In 1914, spurred by two major disasters, a 7-store business district blaze and the Erie Railroad station fire, township residents decided to form their own formal fire department. Instigators in this movement were Warren Ackerman, Walter Finch, and Millard Cooper (pictured) who met formally with 10 other men December 28th 1914. Some semblance of a local organization was in in existence about 1910 but it was not until May, 1 1915 that 25 men chartered the first official department. Three years later the department came under township jurisdiction. -***information obtained the 50th Anniversary program of the MFD

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New Members Wanted

Company 1 is currently accepting junior (16 years old) and probationary members. No experience is necessary, all training and equipment will be provided. If you are interested feel free to stop by Wednesday nights at 7:30pm or you can email us at info@mfdco1.org

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December Call Break down

This month Company 1 responded to 32 calls for service. This month there was 1 brush fire, 1 EMS assist, 1 extrication, 13 fire alarms, 1 helicopter landing zone, 3 requests for mutual aid, 2 smells of natural gas, 5 smells of smoke, 1 smell of gasoline, 1 call for burning wires, we were dispatched to 1 structure fire and we responded to 2 working fires.

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