Early Morning Truck Fire

At approximately 1:20 am on February 8th the Ramsey Fire Department was dispatched to Berger Allied Movers at 426 Route 17 South in Ramsey on the report of a truck fire. Upon arrival of the first police units it was a confirmed truck fire. The first arriving Fire officer was Captain Lou Warnet ( 460 ) also reported a "working" fire on a tractor only, no trailer, with extension to the building. Shortly after Chief Jim Dougherty (430) arrived on scene and established command. Shortly thereafter Deputy Chief Randy Sterbinsky (450) arrived and he and Lou Warnet worked at operations. The first arriving engine was 432, they came directly in to attack the fire with two hand lines placed into service. The second arriving unit was 431 they estabished a water supply to 432. Arriving on scene , Assistant Water Superintendant Mark Madsen ( W1 ) arrived to insure where the hydrant was located in the snow. The fire was knocked down by the crews . Ladder 442 was called into the scene along with 440 Assistant Chief Carl Held to go up and check the roof for extension. It was determined that the trucks diesel fuel was leaking onto the ground. With that, the Mahwah Haz-Mat was called to the scene along with them the Bergen County Haz-Mat and the Ramsey Rescue squad for lighting. Because of the nature of the call the police department called in the on call detective who then called in the Bergen County Prosecuters Office Arson squad. No injuries were reported during this call. The Ramsey Fire Department cleared the scene at 4:45 am and the incident was still under investigation at that time.