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A Stratford Drive home erupted with flames on Monday morning. Firefighters from East Meadow and surrounding communities extinguished the blaze in 40 minutes.

East Meadow firefighters arrived at a Stratford Drive home thick with acrid smoke on the morning of April 27. Soon after, the house erupted in flames. more

By David Weingrad | 4/28/15

East Meadow Fire Department’s original members of Company 1, in 1931, the earliest photo of the company in possession of the EMFD. Photo courtesy of Courtesy of John O’ Brien, Sr.

85 years of protecting East Meadow

April 3 marked the 85th anniversary of the formation of the East Meadow Fire Department, when members of Company 1 — today’s Hook & Ladder Co. 1 — first assembled. Its first chief was Edward Alsheimer, who served from 1930 to 1931. more

By David Weingrad | 4/22/15

East Meadow Fire Department volunteers extinguished a fire that decimated a garage and shed in a Bright Avenue backyard on Wednesday, shortly before 5 p.m. Photo courtesy of John O Brien Sr.

Fire decimates garage, shed on Bright Avenue

A fire decimated a shed and a garage in the backyard of a Bright Avenue home in the early evening on Wednesday. more

By David Weingrad | 4/16/15

The fire, in a Merrick Avenue strip mall, was nearly out by the time EMFD got there on Jan. 31.

EMFD responds to small basement fire

The East Meadow Fire Department responded to a fire in the basement of stores located in a strip mall on Merrick Avenue, just south of Front Street on the street’s eastern side, on Jan. 31. more

By David Weingrad | 2/11/15

firefighters battled flames in frigid weather inside a Bryant Street home on Jan. 8.

EMFD fights ice and fire

Jan. 8 brought about a battle of the elements for the East Meadow Fire Department. On a numbingly cold day, the department received a dispatch call reporting a house fire on Bryant Street, shortly before 3 p.m. more

By David Weingrad | 1/14/15

Pasquale Aiello, 81, was a 39-year veteran of the East Meadow Fire Department.

Pasquale Aiello, beloved firefigher

Pasquale Aiello, 81, an East Meadow firefighter for 39 years, beloved by his fellow volunteers and family, died on Jan. 7 when a car he was driving swerved off the Northern State Parkway and struck a tree, police said. more

By David Weingrad | 1/14/15

Longtime EMFD volunteer killed in car accident

Pasquale Aiello, 81, who volunteered with the East Meadow Fire Deprtment for more than 30 years, died early Wednesday morning when a car he was driving swerved off the Northern State Parkway, police said. more

1/7/15

The accident, on eastbound Hempstead Turnpike, resulted in one driver being hospitalized with a head injury.

One injured in two-car collision

A two-car collision on Hempstead Turnpike last Saturday afternoon left one person hospitalized with a head injury, according to the East Meadow Fire Department. more

By David Weingrad | 1/7/15

Michael Finkelman is seeking his third five-year term to the East Meadow Fire District’s board of fire commissioners.

Finkelman running uncontested

Michael Finkelman, the chairman of the board of fire commissioners for the East Meadow Fire District, is running uncontested for re-election on Dec. 9. more

By David Weingrad | 12/3/14

Luke Rosenthal, 8, a Meadowbrook Elementary School third grader, was the first child ever presented with the Town of Hempstead’s Distinguished Service Pin for his heroic response to helping his neighbor, Grace Muller, in October. He’s pictured with his brothers Alex and Jake, third and fourth from left, Supervisor Kate Murray, mother Margaret, and from far right, Muller, and his father Jeff.

Meadowbrook student honored for heroics

When 8-year-old Luke Rosenthal saw his neighbor in distress, he did not hesitate. Rather, he reacted just how his father, an East Meadow firefighter, would have. more

By David Weingrad | 12/3/14

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