Saturday, August 27, 2011 Cornwall-on-Hudson firefighters were kept busy with Hurricane Irene which brought historic flooding to the village and a record number of fire calls for the fire dept. Rain began to fall early Saturday as the outer bands of Irene began to hit and by late Saturday night and early Sunday morning Irene was in Cornwall-on-Hudson's back yard with all her fury. Massive flooding began to occur on Mountain Rd around 10am Sunday morning with many residents being evacuated by Fire Dept members. That was the start of a very busy 24 hours. From Saturday 9pm to Monday 1am there were a record 107 calls. All 107 were answered by a dedicated crew that volunteered to stay at the firehouse for nearly 28 hours! This is how the calls were broken down... 95 pump outs, 3 medical calls, 2 wires down, 1 electrical fire, 1 automatic alarm, 1 tree on house and 4 rescue calls with 16 residents from Mountain Rd and 12 from Deer Hill Rd being evacuated. This totaled 772 man hours! A job well done to the members of Storm King Engine!