Mahwah FD Co# 4
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Organized in 1945 as the Fardale Fire Company, the company joined the Mahwah Fire Department in 1970 as Company# 4. Protecting the southern portion of Mahwah Township, Company 4 responds as the only dual specialty company operating both a ladder and tanker (each company has a specialization - Company 1/Heavy Rescue, Company 2/Haz-Mat, Company 3/Air Cascade and Company 5/Brush). The department as a whole protects a 26 square mile response area
encompassing residential, commercial and industrial properties. Answering an annual average of 1,000 calls overall, Company 4 averages 300 responses.
The original firehouse, it has been extended with an additional two bays. Company 4 houses a pumper-tanker, aerial quint, fire police unit and the company’s antique Mack engine.
Tanker 425 - 2004 Seagrave 2000 gpm/2500 gal.
Responding first due for brush fires, non-hydranted areas and Interstate 287, this rig is otherwise second due behind Ladder 4. Seating eight (six with SCBA), it features three 10” side/rear dumps with dual controls (cab and pump panel), two 12’ sections of hard suction and a 2,500 gallon folding tank. It’s hose load includes a 200’ booster reel with 1” forestry hose, a 300’ rear 2-1/2” pre-connect, 250’ of 2” attack line off a rear discharge, 300’ of 3” supply line as well as 1,400’ of 5” LDH. Due to its’ ability to move “big water”,
it has responded extensively for mutual aid to neighboring counties in both New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union) and New York (Rockland).
Ladder 4 (“Fardale Trucking”) - 2005 Seagrave 75’ “Meanstick”/2000 gpm/400 gal.
Assigned first due for structure fires and technical rescue, this rig is one of two rear mount aerial quints serving the Mahwah FD (Company 2 in the Western portion of the township operates the other along with a
110’ Sutphen quint aerial platform). Seating eight (seven with SCBA), it is outfitted with a 100’ 2” bumper line, three pre-connects (150’ and 200’ of 2”, 250’ of 2-1/2”) and 1,300’ of supply line (500’ 3” and 800’ of 5” LDH).
