| 2022 was the busiest year since 2018 and the second busiest year in the past decade for Millwood FD, with 352 calls for service, including 85 mutual aid requests fulfilled throughout Westchester County. Members handled a total of over 3,600 hours of calls last year.
We handled many types of emergencies throughout the year:
- Fire/CO Alarm Activations: 130 (37%)
- Structure-Related Calls/Mutual Aid Fires: 70 (20%)
- Rescue/EMS Calls: 66 (19%)
- Service Calls: 36 (10%)
- Hazardous Conditions: 29 (8%)
- Good Intent Calls: 15 (4%)
- Propane-Related Emergencies: 3 (1%)
- Severe Weather Standbys: 3 (1%)
Millwood members trained for nearly 200 hours as a department, including numerous live fire training opportunities at the Westchester County Fire Training Center and New Haven Fire Training Academy.
We would like to highlight our top 5 responders of 2022:
- #1: Captain Greg Santone - 348 (99%)
- #2: Firefighter Will Field - 279 (79%)
- #3: Firefighter Tom Harris - 169 (48%)
- #4: Driver Training Instructor Jan Schwark - 153 (44%)
- #5: 3rd Lieutenant Arton Mekuli - 131 (37%)
All 3 of our Chiefs responded to over 50% of calls in 2022:
- Chief Chris Raguso - 204 (58%)
- 1st Assistant Chief Jorge Rodrigues - 320 (91%)
- 2nd Assistant Chief Rob McCarthy - 185 (53%)
Millwood FD was also proud to graduate 5 members from New York State Firefighter 1 and become full interior members:
- Firefighter Alex Brandoff
- Firefighter Cole Fitzgerald
- Firefighter Joshua Howard
- Firefighter Choire Sicha
- Firefighter Joseph Torres
- Also, we were happy to welcome Thomas Harris as a new member coming to us with years of Firefighting experience.
We thank all of our officers and members for another great and safe year. We look forward to continuing to provide the highest quality service for the Millwood and Westchester County communities in 2023! |
| Units: |
Car 2251, Car 2252, Car 2253, Engine 247, Engine 248, Rescue 36, Tanker 15, Mini-Attack 10, Utility 44, Utility 145 |
| Mutual Aid: |
Ossining FD, Chappaqua FD, Briarcliff Manor FD, Yorktown Heights FD, Pleasantville FD, Mt. Kisco FD, Croton-on-Hudson FD, Peekskill FD, Katonah FD, Pocantico Hills FD, Mohegan Lake FD, Bedford Hills FD, Sleepy Hollow FD, Somers FD, Elmsford FD, Fairview FD, Hartsdale FD, Hawthorne FD, Valhalla FD, Ardsley FD, Tarrytown FD, Banksville FD, Thornwood FD, Montrose FD, Buchanan FD, Irvington FD, Armonk FD, South Salem FD, Purchase FD, Mahopac FD, Mahopac Falls FD, Putnam Valley FD, West Nyack FD, Chappaqua VAC, Ossining VAC, Croton-on-Hudson VAC, Yorktown VAC, Westchester EMS, Empress EMS, New Castle PD, Westchester County PD, Ossining PD, NY State PD |
