Mutual Aid - Large Mulch Fire - Long Meadow Road

(by the Tuxedo Highway Department)

 (Tuxedo Fire District)

July 5, 2007

On Thursday, July 5th, at approximately 8:10PM, the Monroe Fire Dept. was dispatched mutual aid 1 Pumper/Tanker to the scene of a large mulch fire on Long Meadow Rd. in the Tuxedo Fire District. The fire involved a large wood/mulch fire estimated at approximately 40 - 50' high and sever hundred feet wide. Due to the location of large amount of fire (inaccessible with handlines), Monroe's Truck 538 (tower ladder) was additionally requested at approximately 10:30PM. Monroe units assisted and operated in Tuxedo until approximately 2:30AM.




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