Polo Lane house fire quickly extinguished by East Meadow Fire Department

The East Meadow Fire Department responded to a fire on May 5 on Polo Lane. Radios sounded the alarm, announcing a house fire, around 12:13 p.m.

Chief of Department James Walsh, and Assistant Chiefs Michael Wood and Jeffrey Rosenthal were on route to the scene within one minute of the call.

At 12:17, Walsh arrived to the home, which had smoke pouring from its eaves. He quickly radioed a Signal 10 — Working in Fire — while establishing East Meadow’s Incident Command Post, as the sound of sirens from several East Meadow companies drew closer.

Just 5 minutes after the initial alert, first due Engine 614 arrived on the scene, dropped its hose lines to the home, and connected to the fire hydrant across the street.

Engine 614 was immediately followed up by Ladder 619, as the Engine 611, Engine 612, Ladder, 617, Engine 613, and Heavy Rescue 616 followed in quick succession.

With the help of all incoming fire companies, the firefighters moved in to put out the fire.

Within 20 minutes of arrival the fire had been completely extinguished, and  firefighters continued to check for any hidden pockets of fire.

Fire damage was held to a small area of the first and second floors, with water and smoke damage suffered on the first floor.

An emergency medical station was established by crews of Rescue 5 and the emergency medical services squad manned ambulances 615, 6144, and 6115.

In all, 76 East Meadow volunteers responded to the fire, with additional mutual aid resources from the Westbury Fire Department at the scene.

The Hicksville Fire Department, North Bellmore Fire Department, and North Merrick Fire Department, reported to the empty East Meadow fire stations for standby in the event of any other emergencies.

The cause of the fire was placed into the hands of the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office.

The quick and massive response from East Meadow volunteers afforded chiefs, and members the opportunity to gain quick control on the fire.

There were no injuries.