New ambulance for Island Park Fire Department

Posted Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:00 am

Former chief and current Captain Fran Eye, left, and Chief Anthony D’Esposito broke a champagne bottle to officially welcome the department’s new ambulance last Sunday, as Lieutenant Margaret Rodriguez looked on.

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The new ambulance in Island park has state-of-the-art features, such as salt-resistant aluminum.

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Former Captain Kathryn Silliman, Crew members Alan Greenfield, Susan Pererson and Maryanne Baldino sold T-shirts and raffles as fundraisers for the Rescue Company at the “wet down ceremony” in Island Park.

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Chief Anthony D’Esposito welcomed everyone to the ceremony for the new ambulance at IPFD.

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The Island Park Fire Department held a traditional ”wet down” ceremony for its new ambulance on Sunday. Village, town and county officials participated in the happy event.

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