At this week’s drill Company 1 Firefighters practiced their diving skills at Crestwood Lake in Allendale. Calls for the dive team can come at any time day or night and our divers and dive tenders need to be proficient at night time operations. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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At this week’s drill Company 1 Firefighters trained on the confidence course located at Fire Company 4. The course helps to sharpen the firefighter’s skills and become comfortable in situations with confined spaces, low profiles, and entanglement hazards, all of which could be encounter during a call. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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Our drill this week divers and tenders practiced their skills in the Ramapo River. Diving is a dangerous and skilled task that Company 1 members must be proficient as, as we are part of the Bergen County and also the North Jersey scuba task forces and can be called a moment’s notice to recover a victim or evidence located in our area’s waterways. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org Click here for info about the North Jersey Regional Scuba Task Force Click here for info about the Bergen County Scuba Task Force
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Last night at our weekly drill, Company 1 Firefighters practiced their search techniques at one of our local playgrounds. This helped to practice searching through obstacles, confined spaces, and also helping other firefighters all of which could be present during an actual search for potential victims in a fire. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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Company 1 firefighters are always training and tonight’s drill was no exception. As pictured below, firefighters practiced preforming ice rescues at one of our local ponds. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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The Mahwah Fire Department turns 105 this year. An even bigger Anniversary is the 75th Anniversary of the Township of Mahwah! The creation of the MFD had a significant impact in Northwest Bergen County. It began the formation of what would become the township. In the 1920’s the fire department built the first municipal building at 100 Miller Rd (today still in use as Mahwah Fire Co. 1). The ground floor was the fire department. The top floor the courtroom. The basement the police department and jail. With government infrastructure in place it took 30 years after the MFD but The Township of Ho Ho Kus became incorporated as the Township of Mahwah through an act of the NJ State Legislature after a vote in the municipal election on November 7, 1944. Attached is a copy of the original incorporation document certifying the vote. Stay tuned for special events this
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Tonight Firefighters from Companies 1, 2, 3 and also EMS responded to Route 17 South for truck fire. After arriving, firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze and overhaul the affected contents.
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Today the North Jersey Regional Scuba Task Force held a drill at Bergen Community College where divers practiced recovering a victim and also using the remotely operated vehicle or ROV. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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Last night at our weekly drill, Company 1 Firefighters practiced untangling and then putting on their SCBA’s while blindfolded. This helps to teach familiarization with all parts of the SCBA and it is also good practice if Firefighters need to perform this during a fire or somewhere with low visibility. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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Last night at our weekly drill Company 1 firefighters practiced setting up and using ladders, along with raising and lowering tools to the roof of a building, in this case the Township’s DPW. Both of which are important skills that each firefighters needs to be proficient at. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us info@mfdco1.org
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