Police/Fire/EMS

Rockland County Deputy Fire Coordinator Al Magnetta, 44-2, operating at a house fire last week in Congers

Published

5 years ago

November 19, 2019

📷: Rockland County Deputy Fire Coordinator Al Magnetta, 44-2, operating at a house fire last week in Congers.

Al Magnatta, age 94, is a World War II veteran, lifelong resident of Rockland County, and small business owner. He first joined the Congers Fire Department in 1946 and is Rockland’s longest tenured Deputy Coordinator with over 40 years serving (1962).

“A 70 year member of Alert Hook, Ladder & Engine Company # 1, Congers Fire Department. A legend in the Rockland County Fire Service!” – Brian Duddy of Rockland Fires

Photo by NYS Fire Coordinators

Police/Fire/EMS

An Alligator Was Rescued From The Minisceongo Creek

Published

1 week ago

November 14, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

Today at approximately 11:10am, Haverstraw Police responded to the Minisceongo Creek in the area of Bridge Street in Garnerville for a report of an alligator in the creek.

Haverstraw Police Department personnel assisted in successfully removing the alligator from the water. The Hudson Valley Humane Society of Pomona responded to the scene to take possession and care of the alligator.

Police/Fire/EMS

UPDATE: Rockland County Firefighters Headed To Orange County To Assist In Greenwood Lake Wildfire

Published

2 weeks ago

November 11, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

Rockland County fire departments deployed units to Greenwood Lake in Orange County last night to help protect structures threatened by the brush fire. Hillcrest, Blauvelt, Pearl River, New City, West Haverstraw, Central Nyack, Nanuet, Piermont, and Suffern responded.

Please keep all the first responders, home owners and residents in your thoughts and prayers.

Photo by Skaht Wedge Speidel