Lynbrook firefighters were called on a mutual aid to the Lakeview Fire Department just before 5 AM on Sunday morning, September 19, 2021,  Lakeview had reported that a two-story row of stores on Woodfield Road and Eagle Avenue was ablaze.  Calls for mutual aid was put out to all surrounding fire departments.  Originally, the mutual aid to Lynbrook was for our Emergency Medical Company but was soon upgraded for also an engine to respond to the fire scene.

  
Lynbrook Fire Chief John Donald responded to the fire scene while First Assistant Chief Chris Kelly responded with Engine Company 1, and Third Assistant Chief Scott Bien responded with the ambulance to Lakeview headquarters.  The Medical Company was then moved up to a medical staging area north of the fire scene on Woodfield Road.  Second Assistant Chief Dan Ambrosio stayed in Lynbrook to answer Lynbrook alarms.   

Engine Company responded through Hempstead State Park and over Southern State onto Eagle Avenue.  They crossed the LIRR tracks on Eagle Avenue and parked on Eagle just before Woodfield.  They secured a water source on Hempstead Gardens Drive and then dropped 400 feet of 5 inch supply hose line to feed Rockville Centre's Eureka tower ladder. 

Chief Donald was at the command post with Lakeview and other chiefs and helped direct the ground exterior operations while First Assistant Chief Kelly joined Engine company members operating hose lines on the set-back roof area on the southern side of the burning building. they were working with Rockville Centre and Malverne engine members putting out pockets of fire that the ladder water could not reach due to the high tension lines above the building.  Engine Company also stretched a 2 and 1/2 inch line from Engine to assist with the overhaul and knocking down hot spots from the street level. Engine Company's hose lines were an integral part of the extinguishment of the fire on the south side of the building.

Lynbrook firefighters were at the scene for four hours not leaving till after 9 AM.  There were no injuries to Lynbrook firefighters.