Welcome to the Web Home of Mahwah Fire Rescue Co #1 – Mahwah, NJ
Residing at 100 Miller Rd., Mahwah, NJ, Co No. 1 has proudly served the residents of Mahwah NJ with professionalism, dedication and above all, a domineering volunteer spirit since 1914.
Today, Co No. 1, has 6 pieces of emergency apparatus and the members of Company No. 1 specialize in the area of technical rescue which includes calls such as building and trench collapse, elevator rescues, motor vehicle accidents, and confined space emergencies. Co No. 1 allows provides water rescue capabilities in the form of our Swift Water and Dive Rescue teams. Co No. 1’s Dive Rescue team is a leading dive team in northern NJ and is a member of the NJ Regional SCUBA Task Force.
We currently house two class A pumpers, two heavy rescue trucks, a rescue support pickup, collapse and confined space trailers and three boats, to include the only fanboat in the tri-state area.
Mahwah Fire Department Chiefs – 2026
Tom Loreto
Chief of Department – 130
Ed Garza
First Assistant Chief – 140
Drew DeGroat
Second Assistant Chief – 150
Fire & Rescue Co #1 Officers
James Warnet
Battalion 1 Chief
Richard Burton
Fire Captain – 171
Kevin Connell
Fire Lieutenant – 161
Christopher Hill
Fire Lieutenant – 151
Christopher Stricker
Rescue Captain – 190
Matthew Baez
Rescue Lieutenant – 191
James Finneran
Dive Coordinator – 192
Recent Posts
Holiday Season Events
With the Thanksgiving weekend winding down, Co1 firefighters have started our holiday season prep. First, we’d like to thank a few of our members that donated time to make a new red “1” for our firehouse, and thanks to Beacon Building Products for some supplies. Events for your calendar: The town tree lighting is December 4th and has been restored to it’s original location at Co1. The festivities start with a parade at 5pm from Co2 to Co1 followed by the tree lighting by Santa. Dec. 11th, Co1 firefighters will be escorting Santa around the Cragmere section of town. So if you hear sirens, come outside to wave!
October 2022 Calls For Service
This October Company 1 firefighters responded to 49 calls for service. CO ALARM – 1DISPATCHED STRUCTURE FIRE – 4DIVE TEAM – 1EMS ASSIST – 3ELEVATOR RESCUE – 2EXTRICATION – 4 FIRE ALARM – 20GAS – 10MUTUAL AID FIRE – 2MUTUAL AID AIRBOAT – 1VEHICLE FIRE – 1 As always, the volunteer firefighters of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week
Drill Night: Air Chisels
For this week’s drill Co1 Firefighters practiced their skills with the air chisels. These are pneumatically powered chisels that can quickly cut through metal. These are not typically used on extrications but can be very useful to quickly cut through most metal parts found in vehicles. Along with working with the air chisels, our new members also learned how to use the slid hammer, or the “Bam-Bam-Tool” as we call it. This is an old school manually operated extrication tool that with the right operator is still useful today. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us at info@mfdco1.org Images may not be used by any media outlet without prior permission from Mahwah Fire Rescue Co #1.
Upper Saddle River Entrapment
Early this morning firefighters from Co1 along with our colleagues from Ramsey Rescue and Upper Saddle River responded to Lake Street for a motor vehicle accident with an entrapped driver. After arriving, firefighters found a pick up truck on its side and began the task of extricating the driver. Firefighters were able to successfully extricate the driver from the truck and allow EMS to transport them to an area hospital.
Rolled Over Tractor Trailer
Last night Fire/Rescue Co1 along with Fire Co’s 2, 4, Mahwah EMS, and Police responded to Route 287 for a rolled over tractor trailer. After arriving on scene emergency crews removed the driver who was then transferred to EMS for evaluation and transport to an area hospital. Images may not be used by any media outlet without prior permission from Mahwah Fire Rescue Co #1.
Drill Night: Airbags
For this week’s drill Co1 firefighters practiced their skills with our high-pressure airbags. These are typically used to lift an object when used in conjunction with cribbing. Our task for the drill was to safely lift a shipping container from both ends, and then secure it with cribbing. This is an important skillset that requires coordination between different teams while using equipment that we do not get use that frequently. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 730 or emails us at info@mfdco1.org Images may not be used by any media outlet without prior permission from Mahwah Fire Rescue Co #1.