The firefighters from Bayville Fire Company No. 1 held their annual Open House and Fire Prevention Day on Oct. 21. Dozens of residents dropped by to enjoy food, music, family games, fire truck rides …
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11/24/23
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Fire Prevention Month may have come and gone, but let’s take a moment to reflect on the dedicated efforts fire departments across the country, and right here at home, took to educate the public …
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By Juan Lasso
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11/17/23
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It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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By Michael Hinman
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9/18/23
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For nearly 100 years, the Sea Cliff’s Fire Department served and protected the community from its historic firehouse in the heart of the village. And now, after several years of renovations and …
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8/13/23
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As the Independence Day festivities went on, the Valley Stream Volunteer Fire Department fire crew were on the move answering not only to automatic fire alarms and ambulance calls, but a spate …
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By Juan Lasso
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7/16/23
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The Valley Stream Volunteer Fire Department provided onsite support to the Nassau County Police Department with a helicopter landing at Firemen’s Field on June 19. The helicopter was airlifting …
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By Juan Lasso
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7/9/23
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The Valley Stream Fire Department applauded their own Jason Field of Engine 4 for graduating from the FDNY Emergency Medical Services Academy on June 21. Field is taking after his distinguished late …
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By Juan Lasso
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7/9/23
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Each Fourth of July, thousands of people — often children and teens — are injured while using fireworks. And while they are illegal in New York, few people understand fireworks’ dangers and …
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7/2/23
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Jody Ratner knows all about the amount of time and dedication that people put in to be an active member of their fire departments, and that’s why each year she helps present the Finkelman Family …
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By Mallory Wilson
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7/2/23
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Pagers and cell phones of East Meadow firefighters and medical technicians blared roughly ten minutes before 1 a.m. on June 23 to respond to a report of a house fire on Dillon Avenue.
Within three …
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7/2/23
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