July 24, 2003 - 4:49 pm
New Hackensack was dispatched for an Automatic Fire Alarm at the Wappinger's Professional Building at 187 New Hackensack Road. Upon arrival, a smoke condition was found in the hallway and a Dentist's office had heavy black smoke puffing out of the corner of the door. A 1st alarm assignment was requested. Upon gaining access to the office, the attack team encountered a heavy black smoke condition and a small fire in the waiting area. The fire was quickly extinguished and ventilation began to remove the smoke condition. The smoke managed to use the air conditioning ducts to spread throughout the office and the adjoining office. The cause was determined to be an electrical malfunction behind the fish tank. Thankfully, the destruction of the fish tank managed to suppress the fire enough to cause minimal damage to the office, however much of the office sustained heavy smoke damage.
