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Wildfire and Incident ManagementPrescribed Fire Academy

The Central Pine Barrens JointPlanning and Policy Commission inconjunction with its Wildfire TaskForce held its first ever Spring NewYork Wildfire and Incident Man-agement Prescribed Fire Academyon April 8 through April 15, 2013.

During this run, the academyoffered two introduction to wildlandfirefighting courses, one prescribedignitions operations course as wellas a fire effects course which fo-cuses on ecological issues and wild-land and prescribed fires.

As at past academies, the acad-emy staff also developed a trainingprogram specifically geared towarddeveloping incident managementteams and had them run the Acad-emy during its tenure.

Since the academy was formedin 1998, it has offered approxi-mately 350 courses and has trainedover 6,000 local and national emer-

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Planning and Policy Commission’sWildfire Task Force conducted theacademy along with a consortium offederal, state and county agenciesincluding: (Federal)- BrookhavenNational Laboratory, Bureau ofLand Management, National ParkService, U.S.D.A. Forest Service,United States Fish and WildlifeService; (State) - Central Pine Bar-rens Wildfire Task Force, Massa-chusetts Department ofConservation and Recreation, NewJersey Forest Fire Service, NewYork State Department of Environ-mental Conservation, New YorkState Emergency Management Of-fice, New York State Office of Fire

Prevention and Control; (Countyand Other Organizations)-NassauCounty Incident ManagementTeam, Suffolk County Departmentof Fire, Rescue, and EmergencyServices, Suffolk County Depart-ment of Parks, Recreation, and Con-servation, Suffolk County IncidentManagement Team, Fire Depart-ment of New York City (FDNY)and the Colorado Wildland Fire andIncident Management Academy.

The next academy will run fromOctober 25 through November 3,2013 and will offer the basic wild-land firefighting course as well asmany other wildland firefightingand incident management trainingopportunities.

The basic wildland firefightingcourse is free to Nassau and SuffolkCounty volunteer firefighters.

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Firefighters monitor a prescribed fire set on New York State Department of Environmental Propertynear Ridge, NY as part of an Ignitions Operations course.

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Firefighters with assistance from a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fireengine monitor a prescribed fire set on New York State Department of Environmental Property nearRidge, NY as part of an Ignitions Operations course.

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Melville, NY - On May 3, 2013, the Melville Fire Departmentresponded to a two car accident on Route 110. The driver ofone of the cars was transported to the hospital by MelvilleFire Rescue.

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On April 19 at 5:38 a.m., the Elmont Volunteer Fire Depart-ment was alerted to respond to a house fire on Oliver Avenuein North Valley Stream. Assistant Chief Robert Schriefer ad-vised units of smoking showing from an attached garage ofa two story home. EFD firefighters under the command ofChief Angelo Chilelli were able to gain quick control of thefire and prevented it from extending into the dwelling. Elmontwas assisted by Valley Stream. There were no reported in-juries. Chief Chilelli requested that the Nassau County FireMarshal's office respond to the scene to determine the causeand origin of the fire.

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On March 12th, the Deer Park Fire Department was activatedfor an MVA with heavy rescue at West 2nd Street and CentralAvenue at approximately 7:00 p.m. 1-4-30 was in charge as 1-4-6 and 1-4-14 operated to remove the driver’s door to ac-cess the patient for EMS. One patient was transported toGood Samaritan Hospital by 1-4-3 for evaluation.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored UniondaleFire Department Firefighter/EMS Jessica Ebony Ellerbe for herleadership skills.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored WoodmereFire Department members Assistant Chief Leonard Cherson wholost his home and still continued on during the storm to rescue 90of his neighbors and Ex-Chief Clarence Ike Jr. for over 58 years ofdedicated service.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano presented an awardto Floral Park Firefighter George Schlichter (5th left) for his sixtyyears of dedicated service to Nassau County.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored Sea CliffEx-Chief Michael Hallquest for his leadership skills.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored SouthFarmingdale Treasurer and Firefighter Olinto Parenti for Fifty yearsof dedicated service.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored StewartManor Captain George Somerset for his extraordinary leadershipskills.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored SyossetFire Department Ex Captain James Thomas for 65 years of dedi-cated service.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored ManhassetLakeville Fire Department Firefighter Richard Covers for fifty yearsof dedicated service.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored MineolaFire Department Ex-Chief and Warden Louis Santosus, Jr. for fiftyyears of dedicated service.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored North Mas-sapequa Fire Department Ex-Captain Joseph Pesale Sr. who hasheld the highest percentage of calls responded to for the pasteight years.

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On April 25, 2013, the Deer Park Fire Department responded to a reported car into the build-ing at the thrift store on Bay Shore Road. The car struck the building, but only shattered theglass. The female driver refused medical attention to 1-4-3 and luckily no pedestrians or civil-ians were hurt inside the store. 1-4-6 handled securing the car and broken glass. All units op-erated under 1-4-33.

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On Tuesday, April 16th, the Hicksville Fire Department was toned out for a signal 10 strucuturefire at 12 Murray Road with a cross street of South Broadway at appromently 6:50 p.m. Uponarrival, Chief of Department 01 was 22 at the scene and advised of smoke showing. He advisedof a basement fire in a two story private dwelling. Chief Moskos called for backup, includingLevittown and Jericho. Firefighters had the fire under control within 20 minutes. Two lineswere streched in the operation. There was one resident aided with smoke inhalation and burns,who was transported to a local medical center.

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Melville, NY - On April 27,2013, there was a drill at the United States Post Office processingplant in Melville. A call came in to the Melville Fire Department that that a machine at the planthad detected anthrax in the mail (remember, this is a drill) at which time the Melville Fire De-partment was the first to respond. Chief Michael Carrieri established a command post and a fullcompliment of fire and rescue personnel from the Melville Fire Department arrived. 1st Assis-tant Chief Michael McKeefrey set up decon command. There were many agencies that re-sponded and the drill was in full operation.

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Response to Terrorism, RevisitedFollowing the April 15 explo-

sion that took place at the BostonMarathon killing three and injur-ing more than 150 innocent peo-ple, we are once again remindedthat terrorism continues to be areal threat.

Be ithome grownterrorists orfrom foreignlands, thethreat re-mains thesame as theyattempt tostrike fearinto thehearts andminds of theAmerican people.

Fear is another word for ter-rorism and fear is what must beovercome.

The American people mustcontinue to carry out their dailyactivities as they normally would,but they must also be alert andvigilant to changes around them.

Terrorism is designed to createpanic and fear and meant to drawpublic attention; wherein the ter-rorist strikes or makes threats,then disappears, to reappear whoknows where and when.

Determination and strong willcan aid a free people in overcom-ing the terrorist threat and keepingus safe, but along with that, we asa country, and our emergency re-sponders, must be prepared.

We as first responders mustbe prepared for and respond to ac-tual acts of terrorism.

If there should be any form ofterrorist attack in your communitythe fire and emergency serviceswill be in the forefront of the re-sponse, and you must be capableof protecting yourself in order toprotect others.

That requires training of alldepartment members in responseto weapons of mass destruction

(WMD); including nuclear, bio-logical, and chemical (NBC)weapons and explosive devices.

In light of the Boston attack, itis important for first responders toreview, revise, and or establishpolicies and guidelines that willprotect responding members andthe public from acts of terrorism.

Firefighters and EMS person-nel must know how to react, pre-cautions to observe and follow,what is expected of them at thescene of an incident and what theyshould and should not do.

Since the terrorist incidents inBoston, there has been the usualincrease in the number of reportsof suspicious or abandoned pack-ages on buses, trains, stations andterminals, office buildings, and onpublic thoroughfares.

The public once again hasgone on the alert and heeded themessage “If you see something,say something!”

Included also are mailings ofpackages to government officialsand others containing possiblechemical agents.

All these incidents require aresponse that normally falls underpolice jurisdiction as crime sceneswith fire and EMS personnel re-sponding to assist the police agen-cies.

What is a suspicious package?What is an explosive device?What does a bomb look like?

Maybe it is time to review orretake the FEMA Emergency Re-sponse to Terrorism Course athttp://www.usfa.fema.gov/down-loads/pdf/publications/ert-ja.pdf

What is your policy when re-sponding to a reported bomb orexplosive device? Don’t haveone? Get one!

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The potential for a secondarydevice occurrence must bestressed in training and all first re-sponders must always be alert tothat possibility, note there was asecondary device used at theBoston Marathon on April 15.

Strategy and tactics requireapproaching the scene of any sus-pected incident with caution andbeing prepared for any form ofchemical or explosive release.

The use of protective clothingand equipment including SCBA,being alert for outward warningsigns that may indicate the type ofdanger present such as wherevapor clouds, mist, and unknownliquids exist should trigger warn-ings.

Should they be present, do notenter the area and withdraw to asafe position. The proper place-ment and staging of apparatus atthe scene perimeter rather than atthe front door, down the block oreven around the corner is safer.

Maintain scene safety and co-ordination using the NIMS andICS, stay vigilant to your sur-roundings and what is going onwhile having an escape route inmind. All are important to yoursafety.

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Till next time, Stay Safe andGod Bless!

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored Great NeckVigilant Engine and Hook and Ladder Company’s Trustee LudomirCzynski for his dedicated service to the Great Neck community.)

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored HicksvilleFire Captain Elizabeth Flahaven for twenty years of dedicatedservice.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored HicksvilleEx-Chief Owen W. Magee for fifty years of dedicated service.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored LongBeach Fire Chief Richard Corbett for extraordinary leadershipskills during Superstorm Sandy.

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Massapequa Fire Departmentholds MVA drill

For a second time, the Massape-qua Fire Department has simulated aDWI MVA for the junior and seniorclasses of the Massapequa HighSchool.

This drill was done just prior toprom season to hopefully educate thestudents about the dangers of drink-ing and driving.

The drill, supervised by First As-sistant Chief Gerard Keuchler, hadtwo vehicles which were involved inan accident.

Both vehicles were occupied bystudents out for prom night.

The driver of one of the vehicleswas found to be DWI by respondingpolice.

Massapequa firefighters andEMS personnel worked to removethe victims from the two vehicles andtwo of the students had fatal injuries.

All of the people playing the vic-tims were actual students at the highschool.

In the end, parents of one of the

dead students arrived at the sceneand were told by police that theirchild had died.

To finish off the drill NassauCounty Homicide Detective GaryFerrucci told students about his joband how he does not want to go toparents and tell them their child hasdied.

In attendance for the drill wasNassau County Executive EdMangano, who spoke to the studentsbefore the drill started.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored Elmont Ex-Chief Michael Capoziello who initiated a quarterly newsletter andchairs the historical committee for the Elmont Fire Department.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored FreeportEx-Chief David Baer who led the Department through SuperstormSandy which ravaged Freeport.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored Glen CoveFirefighter George Wansor for sixty two years of dedicated service.

KATIE GRILLI-ROBLES

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano honored Great NeckAlert Fire Company’s Ex Second Assistant Chief Michael Gerrerofor his 14 years of service and congratulated him on becoming amember of the New York Fire Department.

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Fire Commissioners Chairman Thomas Collins (center) presents plaque for 100 years of service toChief Ryan King (pictures l-r:Commissioner Keith Kostuk, Second Assistant Chief Mark Yaka-boski,First Assistant Chief, William Weick, Chief Ryan King, Chairman Thomas Collins, and Com-missioners Randy Crennan, Harry Pomasanoff, and Paul Massey

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Eastport Fire Department celebrates100 years of service

Eastport firefighters turned outin force to celebrate 100 years ofservice to the communities of East-port, Speonk and Remsenburg onApril 6, 2013.

Firefighters paraded into thedining hall, led by an honor guardand accompanied by a bagpiper anddrummer.

Following an introduction ofhonored guests, awards were pre-sented.

70 years of service wasawarded to Edward Vicik, 60 yearsof service was awarded to Walter H.Pomasanoff, 50 years of servicewent to Milton Raynor and MichaelGoss, 25 years of service wasawarded to John O’Shea and 15Years of Service was awarded toChris Bernth.

The top ten responders for 2012were Thomas Collins, EdwardSchneyer, Michael Tortorice,Joseph Tortorice, Chester Massey,William P Glover Francis Mazura,Roy Yeager, Nelson Torres andPhillip Tortorice.

The 2012 Firefighter of theYear was Matthew Stevens.

The recipient of the LawrenceGoldstein High Point Award wasThomas Collins.

Brookhaven Town SupervisorEd Romaine, together with repre-sentatives from other area govern-ment offices, were on hand topresent certificates of recognition to

all of the honorees.In addition, the Eastport Board

of Fire Commissioners presented aplaque to the chief’s commemorat-ing 100 years of service. Firefight-ers and their families were treatedto a slide/video presentation of pic-tures and clips from many of thememorable events of the last 100years. The evening concluded withmusic and dancing.

The department is planningtheir official Centennial Celebrationon September 24th, 2013, startingwith a parade at 4:00 p.m. afterwhich everyone is invited to jointhe members for food music andfun on the fire department grounds.

-FRANCIS MAZURA


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WARREN HORST

West Sayville Fire Departmentawarded fire prevention grant

With tight financial budgets,every little bit counts for munici-palities; even when it’s your localfire department. The WestSayville-Oakdale Fire Districtand the West Sayville Fire De-partment were fortunate to re-cently get some help in thatregard when they were awarded

On March 24, 2013 at 12:04 p.m., the Babylon Fire Department operated at a working structurefire at 44 Robert Street. 1-2-30 was in charge of the operation and no injuries were reported.The Town of Babylon Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause.

Fire in BabylonSEAN COSGROVE

fire prevention grants in theamount of $2,600 as part of thecompany’s annual effort to helplocal organizations more effec-tively prevent fire in their commu-nities.

Gladly accepting the check onbehalf of the fire department wasChief Robert Doucet along withmembers of the Board of FireCommissioners and Fire DistrictManager Deborah Themann, au-thor of the application which re-ceived favorable consideration. Inturning over the much appreciatedfunds, Mr. Velapoldi explainedthat FM Global annually awardsfire prevention grants to fire serv-ice agencies all over the globe. Lo-cally, West Sayville joins a numberof other New York metropolitanarea organizations that have bene-fited from the company’s unendingefforts to prevent unwanted fires.

Chief Doucet and Commis-sioner Gary A. Schaum both ex-pressed the gratitude of theirrespective groups for the generousfinancial support. Doucet thenstated “These funds will be put togood use in bolstering our fire pre-vention programs, especially at ourlocal elementary schools, throughthe purchase of materials to com-pliment the safety message webring to them. We also intend touse a portion of the grant to pur-chase battery powered residentialsmoke detectors so when we re-spond to an emergency in a homewhere there are no smoke detec-tors–even if there is no fire-we canprovide the resident with a brandnew unit. This way we have theopportunity to im-prove upon thelife safety of those living therewhile they benefit from the earlydetection and warning a smoke de-tector will bring to their home.We’ll do the same in those in-stances when we encounter inop-erative smoke detectors in adwelling.”

“The experience of the fire-fighters who deliver our fire pre-vention programs to elementaryschool age children has shown thekids all look forward to receivingthe ever-popular plastic fire helmetat the end of the lesson, said FireDistrict Manager Themann.

- WARREN HORST


West Sayville Fire Department rededicates war memorialFor just short of six and one-

half decades the War Memorial sit-ting in front of the headquartersstation of the West Sayville Fire De-partment has served in silent tributeto those young men of WestSayville, who had made the ultimatesacrifice in defense of our countryduring World Wars I and II.

Each year since 1949, thesebrave souls are remembered on Me-morial Day for their role in defend-ing peace and freedom throughoutthe world on our behalf. In the morerecent past, the roll call has been ex-panded beyond the names memori-alized on the bronze plaque toinclude all known residents of theWest Sayville-Oakdale Fire District,who had perished in service to ourcountry. The War Memorial was theproduct of a grassroots effort inWest Sayville, which began as acommunity project and ultimatelywas turned over to the fire depart-ment to complete. Generous contri-butions from the local citizenrycombined with the fire district’sconsent to use a small plot of landin front of its firehouse led to theculmination of the project.

The centerpiece of the resultingpark was a large native boulderfrom Long Island’s north shoreadorned with a bronze plaque thatbore the inscription, “Dedicated bythe People of West Sayville inHonor of Those Who Served TheirCountry in World Wars I and II andin Memory of the Men Who Sacri-ficed Their Lives.”

Listed below that are the namesof John Barkenbush, the sole loss inWorld War I, and Clarence Bein-tema, Clinton Kwaak, Herbert

Kwaak and Eugene Paglia, all at-tributed to World War II.

Over the past year the WestSayville Fire Department and theWest Sayville-Oakdale Fire Districthave worked hand in hand to en-hance the War Memorial so as to re-flect the conflicts the United Stateshas been engaged in which were notcontemplated at the time of its orig-inal dedication on May 30, 1949;namely the Civil War, Vietnam andIraq.

Fortunately, there were noknown losses during the KoreanWar. Additionally, the scope of res-idency has been expanded to in-clude any address within the firedistrict at the time of entering intomilitary service.

As a result of these efforts, theWar Memorial will be compli-mented by two simple but elegantBarre Granite stones, one each at theoutside lower edge of the originalstone, which will be etched with thenames of all of the known war deadfrom Oakdale and West Sayville.

Each stone will measure aboutthirty inches wide, fourteen inchesdeep and sixteen inches high andfeature a smooth oblique face inwhich the etchings will be made.The left one will bear the in-scrip-tion, “To Honor the Memory ofThose Residents of the Communi-ties Served by the West SayvilleFire Department Who Left Home inDefense of Our Nation Never to Re-turn”, at the top followed by thoselocal residents lost in the Civil War,

World War I and World War II. Added to the honor roll are the

names of John H. Snedecor underthe Civil War and Wesley W.Schmidt for World War II, both res-idents of Oakdale.

The right granite piece will con-tinue the list with the names of WestSayville resident James P. McGrathand Francis V. Todarello of Oak-dale, each a casualty of the VietnamConflict,and Matthew E. Bayliswho gave his life while serving inIraq.

Space will be left for futurelocal service personnel, who mayregretfully lose their lives in serviceto their country. The lower edge ofthis stone will be etched with theclosing phrase of, “RededicatedMemorial Day 2013 to Reflect theUltimate Sacrifice Made in the Un-ending Effort to Protect and Pre-serve Freedom Throughout theWorld.”

As indicated along the loweredge of the right hand stone, the WarMemorial, in its new configuration,will be rededicated on MemorialDay, May 27, 2013. Fire ChiefRobert Doucet will incorporate theceremony into the annual MemorialDay program of the West SayvilleFire Department. As always, localresidents and community organiza-tions, especially those representingour nation’s military veterans, areinvited to join with the fire depart-ment at the headquarters building onMain Street at Cherry Avenue inWest Sayville to remember the sac-rifices made by these local heroes.

- WARREN HORST



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