On Sunday October 16, 2022, Mohegan FD attended the annual Westchester County Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service at the Westchester County Dept of Emergency Services in Valhalla. This service is held every year honoring all those firefighters from throughout Westchester County who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. This is also especially important to Mohegan FD, as we honor and remember 3 of our own firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty!

May we never forget:

1) Firefighter/Ex-President Richard E. Gleason
Died on July 9, 1993 at a brush fire on Route 6 at the Taconic State Parkway. He was a construction supervisor and a U.S. Air Force veteran. Dick was a 25 year member of the Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association as well as its 28th President. He lived in Cortlandt Manor for nearly thirty years with his wife Lorraine and their two sons.

2) Firefighter Raymond Cauxx
Died on April 19, 1963 at a vehicle fire. He was a member of the MVFA Fire Police. He was a television repairman who lived on Locust Avenue with his wife who was a school teacher for what was the Shrub Oak School District which became the Lakeland School District.

3) Firefighter/President Donald Ambler
Died on March 24, 1955 while responding to a structure fire on Locust Avenue. Being the 13th President of the Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association at the time of his death, he was very active in the department. He was an insurance agent who was very popular in Shrub Oak neighborhood in which he lived.