At 17:18 hrs, the New Milford FD requested the RESCUE to respond in to their Borough as a FAST Team. New Milford was battling a fire in the second floor of an occupied multiple dwelling on Reichelt Road.  Chief Hartung (740) responded to New Milford directly and awaited the arrival of the RESCUE.

While the RESCUE was responding to New Milford, Bergenfield Fire Co. No. 2 was dispatched on a still alarm. The Borough of Dumont was requesting that engine 743 respond to Independent Hose Co. and stand-by while they were at a working fire. Deputy 2 (DC Gomez) responded to Dumont with the engine. Their stay in Dumont was short and 743 was returned back to Bergenfield fairly quickly.

Upon the arrival of the RESCUE in New Milford, Chief Hartung instructed the RESCUE’S crew to bring their FAST equipment as well as the roof saws up to the front of the fire building. The crew was immediately put to work. Captain Byrnes watched closely as Firefighters Rynn and Hart cut the roof. While roof operations were occuing FF’s C.Naylis and Tedesco were placing ladders for secondary roof access. While 746’s crew was opening up the roof, Oradell’s Super FAST Truck (Tower 21) responded in to take over FAST team responsibilities. Members of the RESCUE spent a little over an hour at the scene.