Mahan Street [5-7-14]

At 12:56 hours on May 7th the East Farmingdale Fire Department was alerted for a signal 14 [vehicle fire] at 80 Mahan Street off of Edison Avenue. When the first units arrived on scene they were met with a fully involved trailer in the yard of a scrap metal facility. East Farmingdale Engine 1-5-1 was the first engine on scene and would go on to use their deck gun as well as feed East Farmingdale Ladder 1-5-15 during the operation. The next engine on scene, East Farmingdale Engine 1-5-6, went on to pull into the yard and put two hand lines into operation. East Farmingdale Third Assistant Chief Joe Iuzzini [1-5-33] was the operations chief while East Farmingdale First Assistant Chief Joseph Wisz [1-5-31] oversaw the entire operation from the command post. After a strong attack firefighters were able to knock down the fire inside the trailer which contained various types of debris. The cause of the fire remained under investigation.