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 – 2025

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

Plane Crash Drill And Helping The Boy Scouts

This morning members of Rescue 1’s Dive Team joined departments from around Rockland County NY for a simulated plane crash on the Hudson River. Rescue 1’s divers worked to recover victims from the plane that had ‘crashed’ into the Hudson by the Piermont Pier. While this was going on Rockland County firefighters extinguished a fire and EMS tended to other victims from the crash. After the drill Rescue 1 helped the Boy Scouts place an artificial island into Winter’s Pond.

Suffern Stand-by

Firefighters from Company 1 are currently standing by in Suffern NY, while Suffern FD operates at a house fire.

May 2018 Calls for service

This May Company 1 responded to 19 calls for service. This month there were 3 burning smells, 3 dispatched structure fires, 2 ems assists, 2 elevator rescues, 8 fire alarms, and 1 gas leak. As always, the volunteer members of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days week.

Drill Night: Fire Academy

For tonight’s drill Mahwah Fire went to the Bergen Fire Academy to practice our skills with fire attack, searching for victims, operating the fire trucks, and also many other skills and tactics we would use during a fire. Think you would like to join us? Stop by Wednesday nights at 7:30 or email us at info@mfdco1.org
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