Haverstraw Fire Department

The Haverstraw Fire Department is a fully volunteer fire department comprising five semiautonomous companies who collectively respond to all alarms of fire, rescue and non-EMS related emergencies in the Village of Haverstraw in Rockland County, New York. They are designated "Department 4" on the county fire radio.

Companies

*Rescue Hook and Ladder Company #1
*General Warren Emergency Company #2 ( [http://www.gwe2.org website] )
*Relief Hose Company #3
*Cosgriff Hose Company #4
*Lady Warren Hose Company #5 ( [http://www.ladywarrenhose5.com website] )

Organization

The Haverstraw Fire Department is governed by a Fire Council composed of one Chief Officer and four Assistant Chief Officers (one from each Company), who have command and control authority over all incidents the Department responds to and operates at.

Chief Officers for 2008

*4-1 - Chief Efran 'Junior' Castro, Rescue H&L #1
*4-2 - 1st Assistant Chief Peter Rugg, General Warren #2
*4-3 - 2nd Assistant Chief Patrick McNamee, Relief Hose #3
*4-4 - 3rd Assistant Chief Al Lynch, Lady Warren #5
*4-5 - 4th Assistant Chief Robert Drexler, Cosgriff Hose #4

Apparatus

*Rescue H&L #1 operates a 1969 Pirsch model 41E open cab 100' tractor drawn aerial as "4-99"
*General Warren #2 operates a 1998 Spartan/Saulsbury heavy rescue as "4-EM"
*Relief Hose #3 operates a 2002 KME 1750 GPM pumper as "4-1750"
*Cosgriff Hose operates a 1989 American LaFrance 1500 GPM pumper as "4-1500"
*Lady Warren #5 operates a 2005 KME 1500 GPM pumper as "4-1501"
*The department operates a 23 foot fireboat on the Hudson River as "4-Marine", as well as a 16 foot shore boat which is kept on a trailer