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

Multi-department Dive Drill

Posted in Events and Happenings
This Sunday members from Rescue 1’s dive team along with divers from Ringwood Underwater Search and Recovery, Oradell FD, Lyndhurst FD and Parsippany Rescue & Recovery worked on their diving and searching skills at the Monksville Reservoir. The divers also worked to recover a simulated victim from the bottom of the lake. As the below video shows, this is a difficult and dangerous task that unfortunately each team must be prepared for.

April 2018 Calls for service

Posted in Announcements
This April Company 1 responded to 25 calls for service. This month there was 1 mutual aid request for the dive team, 2 elevator rescues, 2 ems assists, 10 fire alarms, 1 vehicle fire, 6 gas leaks, 1 burning electrical smell, 1 oven fire, and 1 dispatched structure fire.  As always, the volunteer members of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days week.

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