West Old Country Road [1-19-15]

In the late night hours of Monday, January 19th, 2015 the Hicksville Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a building fire at 400 West Old Country Road [Chief Equipment]. When units arrived on scene they were met with smoke showing from a one story commercial building containing lawn mowers and other power equipment inside. As firefighters made their way into the building they found a heavy smoke condition throughout the showroom but were unable to locate the source of the smoke. As firefighters continued their search Hicksville Command inquired from dispatch the particulars on the building including what the roof was made of. Once the answers were provided a FAST was requested to the scene. Westbury Ladder 962 responded in accordance with this request. After a few minutes firefighters located the fire – an isolated pile of contents in the rear section of the building. Among the contents were batteries and other potentially hazardous materials. Because of this Nassau County HazMat was requested to the scene. Hicksville Engine 937, positioned along the number two side of the building, had two lines stretched with one line in operation. All fire department units were under the command of Hicksville Chief of Department McGeough [9301].