September Calls For Service

This September, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Company 1 firefighters responded to 56 calls for service. 1 Carbon Monoxide Alarm7 Dispatched Structure Fires1 Dive Team2 Down Utility Wires3 EMS Assists2 Elevator Rescues1 Extrication 28 Fire Alarms3 Gas Leaks1 Mutual Aid Request for the Airboats1 PD Assist3 Water Rescues1 Working Fire2 Vehicle Fires As always, the volunteer firefighters of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week

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Fuel Tanker Fire

Early this morning Fire Company 1 along with Mahwah Fire Companies 2, 3, 4, 5, EMS, mutual aid from the surrounding counties, and state responded to the 287 fly-over for an overturned fuel tanker. After arriving firefighters found the tanker was fully engulfed in fire and leaking fuel. Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire, while HAZMAT units mitigated to potential environmental impact, and forest fire units worked to extinguish fires in the woods behind the tanker.

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July Calls For Service

This July, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Company 1 firefighters responded to 31 calls for service. 2 Burning Utility Wires1 Carbon Monoxide Alarm6 Dispatched Structure Fires1 Dive Team3 EMS Assists 12 Fire Alarms1 Fluid Spill3 Gas Leaks1 Hazmat1 Smell of Smoke As always, the volunteer firefighters of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week

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May and June 2021 Calls For Service

May 2021 Call Total 361 Burning Smell2 Carbon Monoxide Alarm1 Dispatched Structure Fire2 Down Utility Wires4 EMS Assist2 Extrication9 Fire Alarms1 Fire Assist7 Gas Leaks2 Oven Fires1 Runaway Boiler2 Smoke Conditions1 Working Fire1 Vehicle Fire June 2021 Call Total 231 Brush Fire1 Carbon Monoxide Alarm3 Dive Team1 Down Utility Wires1 Electrical Fire1 Elevator Rescue7 Fire Alarms1 Gas Leak1 Mutual Aid Request For A Fire1 Mutual Aid Request For The Airboat1 Smoke Condition2 Smells Of Smoke2 Vehicle Fires As always, the volunteer firefighters of Company 1 are ready to respond 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

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Dive Team Recovers Cell Phone

On Sunday, June 6th, the Co # 1 Dive Team received a call from Mahwah PD asking if our divers were available to search for a cell phone a Mahwah resident had just lost in Winter’s Pond, right under the bridge. Happy to help, we offered to deploy a diver to quickly check under the bridge in the area the resident thought the phone went, hoping for a quick find. The ambient temperature was over 90-degrees that day, so we limited operational time for diver safety. After submerging, the diver discovered that the base of the spillway dam under the bridge was packed with over a foot of branches and silt, making searching difficult. Despite searching for over 30 minutes, the search was called off in favor of coming back later in the week with more resources. On Wednesday, June 9th, the full dive team assembled for our regular drill

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