Welcome to : West Islip Fire Department

Mohawk Engine Company #5

Captain - Joseph Badala

1st Lt. - Michael Cooper

2nd Lt.- Jim Duff

Treasurer- Richard Naeder

Secretary.- Robert Celeste

Mohawk Engine Company # 5, founded in 1955 is stationed on Union Boulevard in WIFD's Headquarters. The volunteer company of 67 active members mans 3 engines out of this house. These units include, 3-17-5, a 2002 Pierce "Tele-Squirt", which handles all mutual aid calls for this Company, 3-17-6, which is a 2011 Pierce Impel "Quint" w/ a 75ft Ladder and a 2000 GPM pump, and 3-17-7, which is a 2004 Pierce Lance 1500 GPM pumper. You can learn more about each of these units, under the link for Engines of Company 5. The all volunteer company, as previously stated, handles over 2000 alarms per year for the community of West Islip. This year, the members of Company 5 are proud to celebrate 50 years of dedicated service to the community.

Members of Mohawk Engine Company, pride themselves on being the finest trained company within the West Islip Fire Department. In addition to regularly training out at the Suffolk County Fire Academy in Yaphank, these fine members also attend regular conferences throughout the country and have also trained at the Rockland County Training Center in both "Flashover" and regular private dwelling conditions. Mohawk has always prided itself on being very aggressive in both interior attack and fire suppression tactics and believes that being well trained in these areas help that approach.

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