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The 99th Annual Orange County Volunteer Firemen's Association (OCVFA) Parade and Convention will be held on September 27th in Cronomer Valley.

Maybrook Engine Company No. 1, Inc. (Orange County) will celebrate their 100th anniversary with a parade on Saturday, July 19th. More information will be shared via social media. There is some confusion, as there are 2 Facebook groups dedicated to this event: https://www.facebook.com/mbkfdanniversary & https://www.facebook.com/maybrookfd.anniversary?fref=ts.

Maybrook will also be adding another chief's vehicle to their fleet. From what I have heard it will be a pick-up (unsure of make/model) and go to Car 2. Car 1 will retain his currently assigned Tahoe and Car 3 will be given Car 2's current Suburban. They expect to take delivery in late summer/early fall.

She's a beauty and I believe the only apparatus in Orange County with a hose reel.

Former Maybrook Engine 210, 1970 American LaFrance Series 900

Former Maybrook Rescue 213, 1980 Dodge Ram

Former Maybrook Brush Truck 212, Dodge Power Wagon, "The Frog"

Former Maybrook Tanker 211, 1975 Chevrolet, 750 GPM pump, 1500 gallon tank

Here is Mechanicstown's new engine (complete), photos courtesy of Brian Schaffner

New Sterling Forest Fire Company No. 2 (Tuxedo Joint Fire District) Engine 569 (referred to internally as Engine 2) [Orange County, New York], 2014 KME Predator Panther, 1500 GPM pump, 1000 gallon tank, photo courtesy of KME

Agreed. That would make a great tanker or walk-in rescue chassis.

Mechanicstown's new engine (unlettered), photos courtesy of Hudson Valley Fire Equipment, LLC

Date: 04/24/2014 Time: Approximately 1430 hours Incident Type: Brush Fire Location: 9W & Forge Hill Road District: Vails Gate Units: Vails Gate, Winona Lake, Orange Lake (TA328 t/s), West Point, Goodwill, New Windsor, Cornwall, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Cronomer Valley (M305 t/s), Salisbury Mills, Washingtonville (TA577 & M578 t/s), Maybrook (TA 211 & M212 t/s), Montgomery (M224 t/s), Coldenham (M206 t/s), Monroe, Tuxedo, Mechanicstown (M123 and quads t/s), Walden (1 engine s/b Good Will & M242 t/s), Woodbury, Plattekill (E46-40 s/b New Windsor) (Ulster County), South Blooming Grove (E587 s/b Vails Gate S1), Chester (E914 s/b Salisbury Mills), Pine Bush (M229 originally assigned to s/b Maybrook, moved up t/s), Kiryas Joel (M597 s/b Salisbury Mills), Bullville (TA254 s/b Maybrook), Goshen (1 engine s/b Salisbury Mills - unable to fill), Warwick (E635 s/b Salisbury Mills), City of Newburgh, Fort Montgomery, Hugenot, Greenville, Florida, Air National Guard, Theills (Rockland County), West Havestraw (Rockland County), Hillcrest (Rockland County), Stony Point (Rockland County), Walker Valley (1 engine s/b Maybrook) (Ulster County), Wallkill (Ulster County), Garrison (Putnam County), Continental Village (Putnam County), Montrose VA (Westchester County), New Windsor EMS, Cornwall EMS, NYS Forest Rangers, OC 36-1, 36-4 & 36-15 **Incident is quickly escalating and unable to track all of the pieces of apparatus being requested to scene or moved into standby positions.

Times Herald Record Nathan Brown Published: 2:00 AM - 04/13/14 TOWN OF WALLKILL — The state comptroller's office rapped the Circleville Fire Company for making payments without following proper procedures, in an audit released Thursday. Auditors went over records from Jan. 1, 2012 to Oct. 22, 2013, randomly testing 40 disbursements, and found more than half either weren't approved at a company meeting, or were approved but didn't have proper supporting documentation. All the payments were for legitimate fire company purposes, for things such as fire company social events and the annual dinner. Fire Company President Kevin Holland said in a response letter that they would improve their record-keeping.

They also have a few progress photos of the new engine.

Maybrook is in process of building a new engine to replace Engine 215. The new engine will be designated as Engine 218. From what I have heard, they are looking to make it a twin to Engine 210, 2012 Spartan ERV Metro Star.

I watched a couple videos of the incident and swore I heard smoke detectors sounding in one of them.

Going to miss that Mack.

I think JFK might have said that!

Coldenham Fire District M207 (Traffic Control Unit) 2013 Ford F450XL 4x4 crew cab Wanco 49 inch by 72 inch LED message board 2 telescoping LED scene lights 4 LED surface mounted scene lights Built by Unruh Fire Rescue (photo credit to the same)

Date: 01/03/2014 Time: 01:50 Incident Type: Structure Fire Location: 14 Charles Street x Prospect Ave x Sprague Avenue District: City of Middletown Units: City of Middletown (full department), Circleville FAST (T106), Mechanicstown E118 s/b Middletown Central, Howells E111 s/b Middletown Central, Silver Lake E158 s/b/i/q (initially requested to s/b Middletown Central and was unable to crew, later advised they could crew and re-directed to s/b/i/q, Goshen 1 engine s/b Middletown Central (requested as next department after Silver Lake was unable to crew, cancelled after Silver Lake advised they could now fill request); OC36-6, 36-17 & 36-111 t/s, Slate Hill FAST (R735) t/s (requested to respond in on Prospect and stage at Prospect & Charles) Description: Units having water supply issues and partial collapse in the rear of the building. Middletown command reporting active fire on all 3 floors. Command requesting additional FAST t/s (will be filled by Slate Hill).

Date: 01/02/2014 Time: 15:55 Incident Type: Structure Fire Location: 97 White Tail Run District: Chester Fire District Units: Chester (full department), Goshen E932 t/s, Washingtonville FAST (R581), TA577 & Car 2 t/s, 36-19 t/s, Warwick EMS rehab t/s, Florida E606 s/b Chester (Sugar Loaf), Monroe E537 s/b Chester (Walton), TA512 & Car 3 t/s; Greenwood Lake E620 s/b Chester (Troutbrook); Orange & Rockland t/s; FI 36-109 t/s Description: Call initially reported as refrigerator on fire; Police o/s reporting smoke showing and active fire in wall behind refrigerator; Chester Car 1 requesting 2nd alarm assignment, including tanker task force; Reporting fire in kitchen of 2 story wood frame residence. 10 minute status check: 1 line in operation, opening up and knocking down fire; OC36-19 requesting additional FAST t/s - Goshen is first choice (unable to fill). Monroe will fill additional FAST with E537 and backfill with E535 for s/b at Walton. All tankers to stage at Craigville Road & White Tail Run. 20 minute status check: All visible fire knocked down and now checking for extension.

Date: 01/02/2014 Time: 14:06 Incident Type: Rollover MVA with reported entrapment Location: 1847 State Route 17K i/a/o Winding Hills Golf Course District: Montgomery Fire District Units: Montomery Cars 1 & 5, E219 & R222, Town of Montgomery Ambulance, Mobile Life Support Services, Town of Montgomery Police, 36-12 t/s, Maybrook E210 s/b Montgomery, Coldenham R208 s/b/i/q Description: Police o/s reporting entrapment. Montgomery Car 1 o/s confirming 2 patients pinned - conscious and alert. R222 will be stablizing vehicle and completing a roof removal.

I am posting the election results of the 2014 Chief, Line & Civil Officers for the Maybrook Engine Company No. 1, Inc. in Orange County, New York. As a disclaimer, I have received these results through a third party. It is my understanding, unless the bylaws have changed, that the election results for the chief and line officers are not considered final until approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Maybrook Fire District at their first meeting in January 2014. Chief Officers Chief of Department - Charles D. Woznick (returning to position after one year break) 1st Assistant Chief - Patrick Romanik (move up from previous 2nd Assistant Chief position) 2nd Assistant Chief - Teddy Ginquitti (move up from previous Captain position) Line Officers Captain - Thomas Starro 1st Lieutenant - Edward Protsko (move up from previous 2nd Lieutenant Sr. position) 2nd Lieutenant Sr. - John Mazza (move up from previous 2nd Lieutenant Jr. position) 2nd Lieutenant Jr. - Bryan Wright Fire Police Captain - Frank Amodio Fire Police Lieutenant - Arthur Pearson (currently holds position) Fire Police Sergeant - Kenneth Griffin (currently holds position) Civil Officers President - Eric Scholz (currently holds position) Vice-President - Joshua Tyrell (currently holds position) Recording Secretary - June Lefurgy Financial Secretary - Joseph DiCioccio (currently holds position) Treasurer - Vacant Board of Directors (4 year term) - Mark W. Rosen Board of Directors (5 year term) - Ronald Decker

The Times Herald RecordPublished: 11:56 AM - 11/18/13 Last updated: 11:57 AM - 11/18/13 WASHINGTONVILLE — A Washingtonville man was arrested Saturday evening after, police said, he crashed into a fire truck while driving drunk. Village police said the fire truck was responding to a brush fire on Lincolndale Acres in New Windsor, with emergency lights and sirens on. John Cavalari Sr., 68, pulled his vehicle to the right side to let the fire truck pass, then turned left into the fire truck's path and hit its side. There were five firefighters on the truck. Nobody was hurt. Cavalari's vehicle was heavily damaged; the fire truck sustained minor damage. Police said Cavalari's blood-alcohol content was .12. He was charged with felony drunken driving due to three prior convictions for alcohol-related offenses, and also issued three traffic tickets. He was released on $500 bail to appear in village court at a later date. Nathan Brown