Lynbrook's Rescue Hook, Ladder and Bucket Company No 1 of the Lynbrook Fire Department celebrated its 140th Anniversary as a fire company on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at their firehouse on Earle Avenue.  Lynbrook Mayor Alan  Beach, along with Trustees Michael Hawxhurst and Ann Marie Reardon, along with Assemblywoman Judy Griffith, Town Councilman Anthony D'Esposito, and Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin, were on hand to celebrate the occasion and present Citations and also to honor the outgoing Captain Phil Tkacz.  

The company was formed on November 25, 1879 when the Village of Lynbrook was called Pearsall's.  The company was formed by a group of fifteen concerned residents and the first fire company formed for a growing community.