With the potentially serious snowstorm arriving Wednesday and expected to continue into Thursday, Mahwah Fire is reminding everyone to be safe and if possible, please stay off the roads during the storm.

This October, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Company 1 firefighters responded to 32 calls for service. Brush Fire – 1 Burning Smell – 1 Burning Utility Wires – 1 Carbon Monoxide Alarm – 1 Dispatched Structure Fire – 1 EMS Assist – 4 Electrical Fire – 1 Elevator Rescue – 1 Vehicle Extrication – 1 Fire Alarm – 11 Gas Leak – 3 Smoke Condition – 2 Working Fire – 1 Vehicle Fire – 1 As always, the volunteer firefighters of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week

From our family to yours, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving

If you plan on deep frying a turkey later this week remember to be safe. If you do have a grease fire remember these safety tips Leave the area and call 911 Only if it can be done safely, turn off the heat source (i.e. the burner) if possible Only if it can be done safely, cover the fire. Keep a pan lid handy when cooking with oil or grease and slide it over the pan to cut off the oxygen. If a pan lid isn’t available, soak a towel and ring out the excess water, placing the towel over the pan  Only if it can be done safely, once covered, slide the pan off the heat source if possible. Don’t attempt if there is a chance the pan could tip Do NOT put water on it, water will create a fire

This September despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteers of Mahwah Fire Company 1 responded to 20 calls for service. 1 Electrical Issue 1 Vehicle Extrication 13 Fire Alarms 1 Gas Leak 1 Mutual Aid Request for a Fire 2 Mutual Aid Requests for the Airboat 1 Vehicle Fire As always the 100% volunteer members of Mahwah Fire are ready t respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

This August despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteers of Mahwah Fire Company 1 responded to 34 calls for service. Brush Fire – 1 Burning Utility Wires – 2 Carbon Monoxide Alarm – 2 Dive Team – 3 Down Utility Wires – 5 EMS Assist – 1 Electrical Issue – 1 Fire Alarm – 11 Fluid Spill – 1 Gas Leak – 4 Mutual Aid Request for the Airboat – 1 Smell of Smoke – 2 As always the 100% volunteer members of Mahwah Fire are ready t respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

This past weekend Co 1’s dive team responded to two calls for service. The first was on Friday evening when the Bergen County SCUBA Taskforce was activated to search the Passaic River for a recent drowning victim. After interviewing witnesses, and employing a sonar system specifically designed for the task, Taskforce divers located and recovered the victim. The second call occurred on Sunday evening when the Co 1 dive team responded to Boonton along with Parsippany Rescue & Recovery to assist in the search for a missing person who was last seen In the area of the reservoir. Multiple boat teams and divers were deployed to systematically search the most likely places the person may be. After locating the victim, the scene was turned over to law enforcement investigators. The Mahwah Co 1 dive team is composed of a highly dedicated group of Mahwah firefighters who spend many countless hours