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Overturn with entrapment

5th annual medical training class Community Ambulance Company hosted a medical training class in Cherry Grove on August 25. All New York State certified Emergency Medical Technicians must attend a series of classes to maintain their certification. Community Ambulance Company has hosted a CME class on Fire Island for the past five years. “This CME is the most popular” said ExChief Jamie Atkinson of Community Ambulance Company. “EMS

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personnel can enjoy an evening on Fire Island while refreshing their knowledge of life-saving techniques.” This year, over 90 students enrolled from all over Long Island. “We had guests come all the way from Shelter Island,” said Chris Gonzales, Chief of Community Ambulance Company. “EMS providers

look forward to this class each year,” he added. Timothy Dackow, the Trauma Injury Prevention Outreach Coordinator with NSLIJ Southside Hospital, instructed a two hour lecture on “Chest Trauma.” “We chose this topic because we tend to see a higher number of injuries during the Summer and Fall recreational months,” said Timothy Dackow.

On July 26, 2014, at 1:45 p.m., the Bohemia Fire Department was activated for an MVA near Sunrise Highway at Locust Ave. Upon arrival, Chief Andersen and 2nd Assistant Chief Haynes found three vehicles involved, one was an overturned SUV with the driver pinned. Bohemia Rescue 8, Truck 4, Engine 1 and fire police responded. The driver of the overturned SUV was extricated from the car using the HURST tool. Two patients were transported to the hospital via Community Ambulance.

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On August 26, 2014, a woman driving a white sedan lost control of her vehicle. She apparently jumped the curb, drove through the bushes and crossed Bellmore Avenue. The vehicle then hit two cars, pushing one of those vehicles as well as her vehicle into the 7-11 parking lot. Both drivers were entrapped in their vehicles. Two ESU units arrived at the scene and extricated both drivers using four tools at the same time. Both drivers were transported to a local hospital by Bellmore and Nassau County Police Ambulance. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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West Hempstead responds to kitchen fire West Hempstead, Nassau County, NY. On August 11, 2014, the West Hempstead Fire Department was alerted for an automatic alarm at 275 Woodfield Avenue. The chief arrived and transmitted the Signal 98 for smoke showing in a residence. Elmont Fire Department responded with their FAST as well as Lakeview with an engine to the scene. Hempstead responded with a second truck and Uniondale with an ambulance. The fire was quickly knocked down and local officials are investigating the cause. No injuries were reported to civilians or firefighters at the scene.

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CPR training unit donated to Smithtown Fire Department Understanding the importance of having trained firefighters and EMS personnel respond to CPR calls, Steve Cannata, President and CEO of Smithtown Toyota with the cooperation of the Greater New York Automotive Dealers Association donated a $5,000 state of the art CPR training manikin to the Smithtown Fire Department on July 29th. Accepting the donation on behalf of the Smithtown Fire Department were Ambulance Company 2nd Lieutenant John Byrne, 3rd Assistant Chief Kevin Fitzpatrick, Ambulance Company Captain Tricia Higgins, Steve Cannata, Ambulance Company 1st Lieutenant Jeff Schwarz and Rescue Company 9 1st Lieutenant Mike Clarke.

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Flooding on Long Island West Babylon, NY. On August 11, 2014, the West Babylon Fire Department was called to a flooding condition under an overpass bridge. Under the command of 1st Asst. Chief Monzi, they found five cars in the waters and it seemed that all drivers except one had escaped. Heavy Rescue Truck 1-5-15 got into action to rescue an elderly woman, who was trapped in her vehicle. Captain John Manzi and Firefighter Dan Douling made the rescue and the women was rescued without harm.

Cold Spring Harbor Fire Department receives AFGP Award JSK Inc., (The Grant-Guys) is proud to announce a $179,000 FEMA AFGP award for the purchase of SCBA’s. The application was prepared in December of 2013 under the Assistance to Fireﬁghter Grant Program. “It is anticipated that Cold Spring Harbor FD will be able to purchase as many as 28 SCBA units to include face-pieces, unit, and two bottles” said Tom Devaney, Director of Operations at JSK. Cold Spring Harbor has been

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Car fire for Melville Melville, NY. On August 16, 2014, the Melville Fire Department received a call for a car that was on fire at the Shell Gas Station on Route 110 and Old Country Road. Upon arrival, firefighters found a auto fully involved. Under the command of 2nd Asst Chief Paul Mahler, the fire was quickly knocked down.

North Merrick Fire Department honored as Nassau County EMS Agency of the Year The North Merrick Fire Department (NMFD) has been honored and awarded the prestigious EMS Agency of the Year by the Nassau County Regional Medical Advisory Council (REMAC). REMAC is empowered New York State Legislature for coordinating emergency medical response within all of Nassau County. NMFD was selected amongst 73 volunteer fire departments and nine volunteer, county and proprietary ambulance services that provide EMS service to Nassau County. The North Merrick Fire Department (NMFD), formed in 1928, is an all-volunteer agency currently comprised of 75 members that answering all the fire, EMS and emergency calls for the residents of North Merrick. Since inception, the NMFD has always taken a proactive approach in providing EMS services to its residents. Presently, we are one of a few county providers that serve its residents as the primary EMS response agency; having over 40% of membership certified as New York State

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EMS technicians. We provide all levels of pre-hospital care up to and including the highest paramedic level. The NMFD has always provided excellent EMS care to the residents of our town. All of our department chiefs are required to be NYS EMT's and maintain this certiﬁcation through their tenure, a statement that can't be made by many departments in this cou nty or throughout New York State We have a very active community preparedness program through our training partnership with Merrick’s Robbie Levine Foundation. This partnership has enabled us to better prepare our community and the surrounding areas communities to handle cardiac related EMS emergencies. To date, the department, through the Robbie Levine Foundation, has trained over a 1000 residents in CPR therefore potentially increasing car-

diac arrest survivability. We are consistently called upon to educate our county residents. The NMFD strives to be a model volunteer agency through our in-house training programs, public outreach CPR programs while not losing any focus on maintaining our number one priority of providing top quality patient care. We have always actively participated in every New York State pre-hospital EMS program with the full support of our system medical director, Dr. Jay Yelon. The chiefs, ofﬁcers and members of the NMFD are very proud being honored as Nassau County’s EMS Agency of the Year and wish to thank all residents for their continual support. A special thanks to all our membership for their dedication and commitment. This is the second time the department has received this award, which will be ofﬁcially presented in October at the Nassau County REMAC annual awards - NORTH MeRRiCk FiRe DePARTMeNT

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Vehicle versus house in Watermill The Southampton Fire Department was called out to a motor vehicle accident at 10:49 a.m. on Wednesday, September 3rd. It was reported as a vehicle into the building with occupants trapped. Upon arrival, it was determined that a male subject inside the residence was able to free himself from the wreckage and safely get out. The two subjects in the vehicle

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safely got out with assistance from emergency personnel. One subject was transported by Southampton Volunteer Ambulance and two subjects were transported by Southampton Village Ambulance. Mutual aid was requested from

North Sea Fire Department heavy rescue. Chief Billy Rosko from North Sea Fire Department was on scene. Head of Pond Road was shut down for two hours until PSEG could respond. Southampton Fire Chief Dennis Roy was in charge of the scene.

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Unusual fire for Westbury Westbury, Nassau County, NY. On July 18, 2014, the Westbury Fire Department responded to a working payloader fire on Grand Boulevard in Westbury. Crews arrived to find a fully involved fire that required three engine companies and mutual aid from East Meadow Fire Department. The cause of the fire is under investigation by local officials.

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MVA with injuries in Southampton Southampton Village volunteer Ambulance was requested and responded to a two car accident at CR 39 and David Whites Lane on August 10th. The Southampton Fire Department heavy rescue squad was requested to help extricate a trapped patient in one of the vehicles. All three ambulances were used

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from the Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance to transport the four patients to Southampton Hospital. Two other patients were evaluated on scene and refused medical attention.

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West Sayville Flying Dutchmen capture second title of season When you consider the average time for a blink of the eye ranges from one-tenth to four-tenths of a second according to the Harvard Database of Useful Biological Num-bers, the one-hundredth JUMP TO FILE # of a second differ- 080414115 ence the Flying Dutchmen Drill Team of the West Sayville Fire Department experienced in three separate contests seems incompre-hensible. But happen it did in the Motor Hook & Ladder Class B, Motor Hose Class C and Motor Hose Class B events at the 28th Annual Invitation Tournament hosted by the Riverhead Fire Department on July 19.

In each instance, this slimmest of margins nudged them out of first place finishes. In the end, the three lost points did not hamper an otherwise good day when West Sayville bested its twelve competitors with two first place finishes and four second place efforts, three of those being the result of the hundredth of a second difference, to claim first place overall in the drill with twenty-six points. The Piston Knockers of North Lindenhurst ended up second, four and one-half points behind the Flying Dutchmen, while the seventeen points of the Islip Wolves put them third overall on the leader board. The East Islip Guzzlers and Central Islip Hoboes rounded out the top five with thirteen and one-half and twelve points respectively. The Flying Dutchmen earned

their points at the Riverhead Drill with ﬁrst place runs in C Ladder (8.86 seconds) and Buckets (20.99 seconds) and second place ﬁnishes in the Three Man Ladder (6.34 seconds), B Ladder (5.21 seconds), C Hose (12.82 se-conds) and B Hose (7.89 seconds) contests. The 2014 Flying Dutchmen Drill Team is coached by Frank R. Miller, Sr., Robert Marra and G. Scott Schrader and comprised of Captain Michael Marra, Lieutenant Chad Leigh-Manuell, Kristy Banks, Patrick Garrett, Michael Heerbrandt, Ryan Huguenin, Casey Johnson, Frank R. Miller, Jr., Allen Newhouse, Robert Noonan, Richard Quenzer, Joseph Quenzer, Douglas Quenzer, Gary A. Schaum, Daniel Tenney and Ryan Tenney. - WARREN HORST

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Community Ambulance Company hosted a medical training class in Cherry Grove on August 25, 2014.

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Moving truck versus pole On August 18, 2014, the Bohemia Fire Department was activated for wires down at 729 Greenbrier. Upon arrival, Chief Andersen found that a moving truck had taken down wires police arrived to secure the scene. Electricity was shut down to two units. There were no injuries.

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