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Members Enjoy Fire Department Banquet Dinner

2013 Banquet Dinner Year in Review Slideshow Saturday, April 27, 2013  Members of the Maybrook Engine Company celebrated past year with there annual Banquet dinner to reward members of the past year that had went by. Many members showed up and as well as our mutual aid departments that helped us throughout the year 2012. We were served and catered by the Maybrook Mainline Diner and was enjoyed by all and the bar was catered by My Place. Many awards were giving out including the members who made the 100 alarm club for the past year. Slideshow of the past year.

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Busy Week For Maybrook Volunteers

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A busy week for the Maybrook volunteers, all apparatus were staffed and responded to all calls especially during the day where there is always a low on manpower which is common within volunteer stations in the United States. Calls were 6 medical calls, 1 Engine for Cover Assignment in the Washingtonville Fire District while they were operating at a fire, 3 motor vehicle accidents ( 2 on Interstate 84 and 1 in country club.) and a structure fire in our first due response area. 4 of those calls were within the same day.

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1 Car Off Embankment

Tuesday, March 5, 2013  At 15:01 Orange County 911 dispatched a 1 car motor vehicle accident on Interstate 84 West at the 2650 mile marker with unknown injuries. Car 1 and Heavy Rescue 214 responded with a full crew along with Mechanicstown FD under automatic mutual aid. Upon arrival units found a red pt cruiser down into the embankment. EMT's from the rescue truck checked the patient out while other crews disconnected the battery. Patient was turned over to EMS, the scene was under control by FD and was turned over to New York State Police











Date & Time : 2013-03-05 15:01:03 Call Type: MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDT Location : 2650 INTERSTATE 84 W Map Misc : 1 CAR OFF THE ROADWAY / 4 CARS HAVE STOPPED NOT INVOLVED/ RED CAR OFF TH / E ORAD UNKNOWN INJURIES

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Past Chief & Life Member Passes Away.

Frank and his Wife at a fire company       event. Friday, February 15, 2013  It is with deep regret that the Maybrook Engine Company No. 1 announces the passing of Past President, Past Chief, and Life Member Frank Amodio Sr. Currently funeral services times are not complete and will follow once they are made available.

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5 Members Graduate From Orange County Division of EMS Emergency Medical Technician Class

Thursday, January 31, 2013  During 6 months 5 members of this department worked hard and diligently at the Orange County Emergency 911 Center taking an intense 180+ hour New York State EMT Course instructed by State EMS Instructors from the Orange County Division of EMS for Certification as an New York State Emergency Medical Technician. All the students in there class were the first to take the new transitioned National Educational Standard course that New York State well now be going to from the old curriculum that was being taught.


Members learned how to do:

• Patient assessment
• Trauma care
• Managing medical emergencies
• Utilizing Basic Life Support equipment
• CPR
  
• Airway Management
  
• Hemorrhage control
• Fracture and spinal stabilization
• Managing environmental emergencies
• Emergency childbirth
• Use of a semi-automatic defibrillator

These 5 students did this on there own time, spending countless volunteer hours well beyond the 180 hours of the course from studying on there own time, doing practice quizzes, take home test's, studying for the states hands on practical and written state examination and also going on real emergency calls learning under a Firefighter/EMT, EMT to increase there skills for the class.


Congratulations to Josh Tyrrell, Angela Helt, June Lefurgy, Brian Wright and Nancy Montalvo on passing the class, the hands on practicals and  good luck on finding out your results on your certification as a New York State EMT.





The Maybrook Fire Department is responsible for fire protection within Maybrook Fire District and is also a basic life support first responder non-transport agency approved by the State of New York Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services dedicated to providing professional emergency prehospital medical care to the Town of Montgomery, Village of Maybrook and portion of the New Windsor Fire Protection District.




If interested in learning how you could make a difference in your community while learning from a progressive fire department and make life long friendships take a look at our Recruitment page, Email Us or stop down at the station every Wednesday night from 7PM-9PM.

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Department Recieves CPR Lifesaver Award For CPR Save

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  On January 26, 2012 Maybrook Fire Department and it's members received a CPR Lifesaver Award from New Windsor EMS during there Annual Banquet Dinner held at Anthony's Pier 9.  Maybrook Fire Department is a first responder agency for all ALS medical calls providing first response medical care prior to EMS arrival within the Maybrook Fire District. We currently have about 20 Firefighters who are New York State Certified Emergency Medical Technicians within our department along with 5 members who recently went through an intense 6 month EMT Program and are awaiting their results and certifications from New York State. We provide the best patient care to our community and neighboring towns.


On November 29, 2012 Maybrook volunteers were dispatched to a Cardiac Arrest with CPR in Progress on Liberty Dr. in our district within the New Windsor Fire Protection District. Crews arrived on scene simultaneously with a New Windsor Medic Flycar and immediately provided patient care and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the patient until New Windsor Ambulance arrived on scene and transferred patient to the ambulance.  For providing basic life support and immediately establishing pre-hospital life saving efforts we were awarded the CPR Lifesaver Award.





Thank you to New Windsor EMS and a great job they do within our district. We always strive to give the best life saving efforts and work great as a Team.

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Company Runs First Due Fire On Rakov Road

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Company runs early morning two story attached occupied multi-family townhouse dwelling at 408 Rakov Road, initial dispatch was the 1st alarm assignment for Box 24-10 a first due Truck from Montgomery FD and Washingtonville's FAST Team to the scene along with Coldenham FD on standby in our quarters with 1 Engine.  Engine 210 responded with a full crew with Car 6 on scene transmitting a working fire on the 2nd floor. Engine 210 arrived on scene and put a line into operations with CAFS being activated. Line was stretched to a 2nd floor bedroom where the fire was contained and quickly knocked down by first due engine crew, crews opened up and checked for extensions with assistance by Montgomery crews.   Credit giving to the residence at the address by closing the door on the way out of the residents which kept the fire in check in the bedroom until crews arrived on scene.  Orange County Fire Investigators are investigating the cause.

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Transfer To 49's First Due As Cover Engine For 49 and 39's First Due Area.

Engine 215 sitting in Washingtonville's       quarters. Wednesday, January 23, 2013 14:30 Engine 215 was dispatched to transfer to Washingtonville FD (49) First Due for standby coverage for them and Salisbury Mills First Due area while they were out at Premishlan Way in the Village of Kiryas Joel for 5th Alarm fire apartment fire. Washingtonville responded with there FAST Truck / Rescue 581 and Truck 579.

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Engine Runs House Fire In 29's District

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 03:00 Early morning members were dispatched mutual aid 1 engine to 461 State Route 416 in the Montgomery Fire District on the 2nd Alarm Box for a working house fire. Engine 215 responded on the box with 6 along with Car 1 responding. Engine 215 arrived on scene to a 2 story dwelling, 2 handlines were stretched and 1 in operation by Montgomery crews, with searches being negative throughout the house. Maybrook crews were sent up to the front of the fire building and assisted with opening up inside the fire building. The body of fire was knocked down quickly with minor extention to the 2 side of the building around the area of the chimney.

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Rescue Runs Fuel Leak At Super 8 Motel

Monday, January 21, 2013  Orange 911  Dispatched members to a fuel leak leaking from a Ford F-150 in the front of the Super 8 Motel, Heavy Rescue 214 was on the road shortly after with a full crew along with Car 1 and DC1 responding. Crews arrived on scene to find fuel leaking from the rear of the truck. Crews quickly mitigated the hazard on the ground with speedy dry and called for a tow truck from Quality towing to remove the truck from the parking lot.

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