A busy Friday and Satuday for Millwood FD!

Beginning just before 9:15am Friday morning, Millwood FD was dispatched to a reported smoke condition in a home on Overlook Road with a mutual aid engine from Briarcliff Manor FD and the FASTeam from Ossining FD. Car 2252 (Chief Rodrigues) arrived on scene and determined that a problem with an appliance was the cause of the smoke and returned mutual aid companies to service. Car 2253 (Chief McCarthy), Tanker 15, Ladder 52, and Engine 248 arrived shortly after and assisted with ventilating the structure. Units were returned to service within 30 minutes.

Just after 2:15pm yesterday afternoon, Millwood FD and Chappaqua FD were dispatched on a dual response to a commercial alarm at Roaring Brook Elementary School. Car 2252, Ladder 52, and Engine 248 responded, and members determined the alarm was set off in error. Units returned to service within 30 minutes.

Beginning around 7:30pm last night, Millwood FD Tanker 15 was special requested to respond mutual aid for Ardsley FD to standby with them in their district due to a major water main break that impacted hydrants throughout Ardsley. Car 2251 (Chief Raguso) and Tanker 15 stood-by in Ardsley until 1am this morning.

At 6:45 this morning, Millwood Rescue 36 was requested as the mutual aid cascade unit to Sleepy Hollow FD on a working structure fire. Car 2251, 2253, and Rescue 36 responded moments after dispatch with a full crew. Members arrived on scene and assisted with filling air bottles for members from Sleepy Hollow FD, Tarrytown FD, Pocantico Hills FD and Valhalla FD. Millwood units were back in service within an hour.

At 11am this morning, Tanker 15 was again dispatched mutual aid, this time to the Pleasantville FD for a brush fire with Pocantico Hills FD Tanker 12. Car 2252 and Tanker 15 responded quickly after dispatch and arrived on scene to work with Pocantico Hills FD Tanker 12 to provide an extended water source to the Pleasantville FD Engine 90 to help knock down the brush fire. Millwood FD units operated on scene for 30 minutes before returning to service.

While Car 2252 and Tanker 15 were in Pleasantville, Millwood FD was dispatched to a reported car fire on Hardscrabble Road. Car 2251 quickly arrived on scene and found the full engine bay of the car on fire. Using the extinguisher in his chiefs car, Chief Raguso knocked down the fire and Engine 247 arrived soon after to mitigate additional hazards. Units were back in service within 45 minutes.