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BOBMCCORMICK NEWBURGH, NY - The Orange Lake Fire Department responded to a reported garage fire at 78 Delaware Road on March 26th. The first engine arrived to find heavy fire coming out of the garage area. A second-alarm was immediately called by Orange Lake Command, bringing in the Winona Lake, Newburgh, Cronomer Valley and Coldenham Fire Departments to the scene. -

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Garage Fire Spreads, Destroys Home on Delaware Rd. in Newburgh NEWBURGH, NY - The Or ange Lake Fire Department re sponded to a reported garage fire at 78 Delaware Road on March 26th. The first engine arrived to find heavy fire coming out of the garage area. A second-alarm was immediately called by Orange Lake Command, bringing in the Winona Lake, N e w b u r g h , Cronomer Valley and Coldenham Fire Departments to the scene. The fast-moving flames spread to the entire house as firefighters began to use hand lines and set up ground Ladders in the rear of the residence. Firefighters on scene confirmed that everyone inside the home got out safely. Central Hudson was called in for a power cut. Deputy Fire Coor dinators 36-12 and 36-4 were at the scene along with the Town of New burgh Fire Inspector, Town of New burgh EMS, and Town of Newburgh Police. Good-Will Fire Department stood by at Winona Lake's headquarters before moving to the scene. - BOB MCCORMICK BOB MCCOBMICK

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LYONS, NY - At 1:07 A.M. on March 5th, the Lyons Fire Dis trict along with its volunteers were dispatched to 77 Broad Street in the Town of Lyons (Box 27) for a reported fire in a multi family structure. Upon arrival, heavy fire was showing from the #3 side first and second floors. Crews were not ini tially allowed inside due to water supply issues (frozen hydrant). After a water supply was estab lished, crews attempted an aggres sive interior attack but efforts were hampered due to burnt out stairs. Crews were eventually pulled out of the structure due to deteriorating conditions. After a defensive attack oper ation took place, crews were al lowed back into the structure and the fire was declared under con trol after the one-and-a-half hour

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Georgia: John Clay Gaddy, 48 Rank: Firefighter/Paramedic Incident Date: August 12,2021 Death Date: September 2,2021 Fire Department: Forest Park Fire and Emergency Services Initial Summary: While on duty, Fire fighter/Paramedic John Clay Gaddy con tracted COVID-19 while at the fire station. He passed away from the virus on Thursday, Sept. 2,2021. Firefighter/Paramedic Gaddy was posthumously promoted to Deputy Fire Marshal. Mississippi: Marshal Hilley, 53 Rank: District Chief Incident Date: August 11, 2021 Death Date: September 1,2021 Fire Department: Gulfport Fire Department Initial Summary: While on-duty, District Chief Marshal Hilley contracted COVID-19 while at the fire station. He passed away from the virus on Wednesday, Sept. 1,2021. Florida: Randall “Randy” Burnham, 53 Rank: Chief Incident Date: July 30, 2021 Death Date: September 5,2021 Fire Department: Fake City Fire Department Initial Summary: While on duty, Chief Randall “Randy” Burnham contracted COVID-19 at the fire station. He passed away from the virus on Sunday, Sept. 5,

2021. Arizona: Miguel Angulo, 42 Rank: Firefighter/Paramedic Incident Date: July 22, 2021 Death Date: September 6,2021 Fire Department: Phoenix Fire Department Initial Summary: On July 22,2021, Fire fighter/Paramedic Miguel Angulo responded to an EMS call with a patient with a known case o f COVID-19. He subsequently con tracted the virus and passed away on Mon day, Sept. 6,2021. Idaho: Jon Delvalle, 63 Rank: Chief Incident Date: August 15,2021 Death Date: September 14,2021 Fire Department: Garden Valley Fire Protection District Initial Summary: On Aug. 15, 2021, while on duty, Chief Jon Delvalle was exposed to a patient who was COVID-19 positive. He subsequently contracted the vims and passed away on Sept. 14, 2021. North Carolina: Jeffrey C. Hager, 46 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: August 16,2021 Death Date: September 10,2021 Fire Department: Huntersville Fire

Department Initial Summary: On Aug. 16, 2021, Fire fighter Jeffrey Hager contracted the COVID19 vims while on duty. He passed away from complications o f COVID-19 on Sept. 10,

Initial Summary: Deputy Fire Chief Carl Frederick Kleinman contracted COVID-19 while responding to numerous emergency response calls. He passed away from the vims on Wednesday, September 15,2021.

2021. North Carolina: Joshua Dylan Megill, 21 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: August 27, 2 0 2 d ^ Death Date: September 9,2021 Fire Department: Perrytown Volunteer Fire Department Initial Summary: Firefighter Joshua Megill contracted COVID-19 while on duty and passed away from complications due to the vims on Sept. 9,2021. Colorado: Jeffrey J. Billingsley, 42 Rank: Technician Incident Date: September 20,2021 Death Date: September 20,2021 Fire Department: Denver Fire Department Initial Summary: On Sept. 20,2021, at ap proximately 3:30 p.m., Technician Jeffrey Billingsley suffered an apparent cardiac ar rest while on duty. He was taken by ambu lance to the hospital for treatment by emergency room staff, but he did not regain consciousness and was pronounced deceased at approximately 4:00 p.m. Arkansas: Scott Chassells, 48 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: August 6,2021 Death Date: September 18,2021 Fire Department: North Little Rock Fire Department Initial Summary: Lieutenant Scott Chas sells responded to several medical incidents during which he encountered COVID-19 positive patients and patients with COVID19-like symptoms. Chassells subsequently contracted the vims and started showing symptoms on Aug. 15, 2021. He passed away from complications due to the vims on Sept. 18,2021. Ohio: Frank D. Duff, Jr., 66 Rank: Firefighter/Paramedic Incident Date: August 12, 2021 Death Date: September 19, 2021 Fire Department: Columbus Division o f Fire Initial Summary:While on-duty, Fire fighter/Paramedic Frank D. Duff, Jr., con tracted COVID-19. He passed away from the vims on September 19, 2021. Ohio: Carl Frederick KMnman, 55 Rank: Deputy Fire Chief Incident Date: August 23, 2021 Death Date: September 15, 2021 Fire Department: South Point Volunteer Fire Department

Texas: Robert Liguez, 52 Rank: Driver/Operator Incident Date: August 16, 2021 Death Date: September 17, 2021 Fire Department: Alice Fire Department Initial Summary: Driver/Operator Robert Liguez contracted COVID-19 while re sponding to numerous EMS calls. Many of the patients he assisted tested positive for the vims. He passed away on Friday, September 17,2021. Ohio: Randy Miner, 57 Rank: Fire Chief Incident Date: September 12, 2021 Death Date: September 26, 2021 Fire Department: Mary Ann Township Fire Department Initial Summary: On Sunday, September 12, 2021, Fire Chief Randy Miner responded to an EMS call with a patient with a known case o f COVID-19. He subsequently con tracted the vims and passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Florida: David Hackett, 44 Rank: Driver/Engineer Incident Date: July 30, 2021 Death Date: September 25, 2021 Fire Department: Hernando County Fire and Emergency Services Initial Summary: While on duty, Driver/Engineer David Hackett contracted COVID-19 at the fire station. He passed away from the vims on Saturday, Sept. 25,

2021. Kentucky: Joseph “Joey” Wright, 39 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: September 14, 2021 Death Date: September 24, 2021 Fire Department: Nichols Fire Protection District Initial Summary: On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, Firefighter Joseph “Joey” Wright par ticipated in strenuous mandatory ladder training with the Nichols Fire Protection District. After the training was completed, he continued to work at the department assist ing with the CAD system. He then left and went to work where the onset of chest pains and dizziness occurred. He was sent to an immediate care center where they evaluated him and transported him by ambulance to the hospital. He remained in the Intensive Care Unit for 10 days before passing away on Friday, Sept. 24,2021, from numerous heart attacks.

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Neighbors Save Woman from Second-Alarm Fire in North Greenbush NORTH GREENBUSH, NY Neighbors rescued a woman from a second-alarm house fire in North Greenbush Sunday evening, March 20th. Emergency crews were dis patched just after 5:30 RM. for a struc ture fire with reports of entrapment at 30 Brinker Dr. South. First arriving units found a single-family dwelling fully en gulfed in flames, ac cording to a report from the North Greenbush Police Department. “It was quickly determined that the sole occupant had been pulled from the residence by neighbors as 911 was being called,” according to the police report. “The 84-year-old victim was transported to Albany Medical Center and was listed in critical condition at the time of this release.” Rensselaer County Sheriff’s pa trols escorted the ambulance to the hospital. It has since been released that the victim was transported from Albany Medical Center to a bum center in Syracuse. “North Greenbush fire units made a good stop,” said Assistant Chief Dan Sheehan of the Defreestville Fire Department. Shee han says gusty winds fed the fire prior to their arrival. "This area of the town is known for low hydrant pressure,” he said. “We overcame it and it was re solved.” The North Greenbush Emergency Services operated as a well-oiled machine and got the fire knocked down in approximately 40 minutes. The neighbors were praised for rescuing the woman from the burn ing home. "They entered the house with no equipment and faced incredible smoke and heat, yet they were able to find her and get her out of the house where she could be tended to by EMS," said Chief David M. Keevem in the police report. "We don’t condone people putting them selves at risk unnecessarily, but this is one of those situations where time was of the essence and it resulted in giving this woman a chance to sur vive." Defreestville, Wynantskill, East Greenbush, Clinton Heights, Best Luther, West Sand Lake and Poestenkill fire companies were on scene or on standby. The cause of the fire is under in vestigation by the Rensselaer County Cause and Origin Investiga tion Team and North Greenbush Po lice, however, the fire appears to be accidental, police said. The neighbors that rescued the woman suffered no injuries, and there were no injuries reported from any firefighters on scene.

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Neighbors rescued a woman from a 2nd alarm fire at her home in North Greenbush, 3/20/22.

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Crane Malfunction Kills Construction Worker in Newburgh NEWBURGH, NY - Town of Newburgh Police, along with Town of Newburgh EMS and Winona Lake Fire Department, responded to the Newburgh Towne Center on Route 300 around 3:00 P.M. on March 17th for a construction worker reportedly trapped in a piece of equipment. According to a press release from the Town of Newburgh Police Depart ment, the victim, 36-year-old Lungo Oleg from Brooklyn, NY, was pinned in a knuckle boom that was being used to offload steel beams from a truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police notified the medical examiner's office and building department to respond to the scene. The inci dent is under investigation at this time.

TAPPAN, NY - Firefighters made quick work of a kitchen fire on Thursday night, March 3rd, pre venting a blaze that could have de stroyed a historic building. Shortly before 10:30 P.M., the Tappan FD was dispatched to 32 Old Tappan Rd. at the Tappan Re formed Church-Manse Bam for an activated fire alarm. Within min utes, Tappan Chief 21-1 arrived on scene and reported smoke showing from the rear of the building and

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within 15 minutes, however crews continued to ventilate and check for further extension. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. The building housed a daycare, church hall, and catering kitchen. Mutual aid from Piermont, Orgenburg and Pearl River assisted on scene, and cover was provided by the Northvale, NJ FD. - CHRIS TOMPKINS

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Calves Rescued from Barn Fire on Garfield Road in Poestenkil POESTENKIFF, NY - On March 8th at 4:43 A.M., the Poestenkill Fire Department along with Mohawk Ambulance were dispatched for a reported barn fire with animals trapped in side at 79 Garfield Road. The dis patcher notified all units that the farmer was attempting to get the animals out. While en route, Poestenkill Car 1 was notified that the first arriving state police unit con firmed a working barn fire with heavy fire showing from the road way, and immediately requested additional resources and man power to the scene from the Wynantskill and Eagle Mills Fire Departments. Poestenkill Car 1 arrived on scene and immediately transmit ted the Signal 30, requesting the Mountain View, Averill Park, and Center Brunswick Fire Depart ments to the scene with tankers and manpower. The chief estab lished a command post at the end of the driveway while the assis tant chief established operations command on his arrival. As the first arriving engine began deploying multiple hand lines to the front of the barn, fire fighters noticed that the main bam that was on fire was adjacent to the calves barn that had caught fire. With a heavy fire condition traveling across the roof of the barn and endangering the lives of numerous calves, firefighters made the decision to begin an ag gressive interior attack to knock down the heavy fire and drive it back out of the barn. Quick thinking state police officers and sheriffs deputies formed a plan to move the trapped calves to a bam over 150feet away. With fire still traveling across some of the beams and heavy winds feeding the fire on

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the other side of the barn, firefight ers, sheriffs deputies, state police, and the farmers made the decision to move the calves right away and began to corral them out of the barn. Making a ring to direct the animals down the other side of the bam, they were able to escape the fire. With the calves now out of the way, firefighters continued to make an aggressive interior attack, knocking down the heavy fire con ditions. Wynantskill FD firefight ers arrived on scene on the other side of the barn and began to knock down the remaining portion of the heavy fire condition. Addi tional units and firefighters from the mutual aid companies began to arrive on scene and a full tanker relay was established. Crews had the fire under control within about 20 minutes of the original dispatch and began conducting overhaul of the scene shortly after. Fire Investigators arrived on scene and began to conduct a in vestigation into what caused the fire. One building that housed ma chinery and a truck was com pletely destroyed. The barn that housed the calves was severely damaged. All of the calves were able to make it out safely without injury. No injuries to any of the firefighters or civilians were re ported. Just a few weeks prior, mem bers of the Poestenkill FD received specialized training on how to han dle cattle and other large farm an imals during an emergency. This training proved to be vital during the barn fire. - JEFFREY BELSCHWINDER

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Structure Fire Goes to Second-Alarm in City of Newburgh NEWBURGH, NY - The Newburgh Fire Department responded to a reported house fire at 449 First Street on March 14th. On arrival, smoke was seen coming from the basement area and Command requested a second-alarm sounded. Mutual Aid re sponded from the Air National Guard with one engine and West Point with one ladder. City of Newburgh Police blocked off First Street while crews worked. Crews attacked the fire with hand lines and also extended a ladder and used the noz zle to water down the second floor. Central Hudson was called for a power cut. Mobile Life ALS was also at the scene. The fire is currently under investigation.

Car Bursts Into Flames Following Head-On Crash in East Berne EAST BERNE, NY - No in juries were reported after a car burst into flames following a head-on collision in East Berne on Saturday, January 22nd. The call went out around 5:45 RM. for a head-on collision with reported entrapment at the inter section of Delaware Turnpike and Elelderberg Trail. Berne/East Berne Fire, Elelderberg Ambu lance, Albany County Paramedics, Albany County Sheriffs and New York State Police responded to the call. While units were en route, it was then reported that one of the vehicles was now on fire. With the report of entrapment in a vehicle and now the report of a vehicle on fire, responders scrambled to get to the scene as soon as possible. Arriving police units were able to confirm that the vehicle was on fire, however, the driver was able to get themselves out of the vehicle prior to their ar rival. Chief Scott Duncan of East Berne Fire was the first arriving

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fire unit on the scene. “I pulled up to one car fully-involved and one pickup with heavy damage,” Dun can said. “Luckily, both drivers were out of the vehicles before we got here.” Duncan says the pickup truck was heading westbound up the hill when the car was coming into the intersection from Elelderberg Trail and didn’t stop, colliding with the pickup. There was only one occu pant in the car and two occupants in the pickup truck, Duncan said. Tie says the passenger in the pickup was the person reported to be trapped, but they were able to get out on their own. The driver of the car was able to get out just in time before the car caught on fire. The BMW provided some challenges for firefighters during the incident. Crews had to flow a substantial amount of water due to the presence of magnesium in the

vehicle. Water began to run down the hill and was freezing in the roadway, sending in salt trucks to the scene. In addition, due to the low profile of the car, firefighters had a difficult time extinguishing the flames underneath the vehicle. Firefighters used battery-oper ated extrication spreaders to lift the car and then placed cribbing underneath to hold the vehicle up. “Under the passenger side rear seat, there must’ve been a fuel line or something that we couldn’t get to good enough to get it extin guished,” Duncan said. “We did have to raise the car up and pop the door so we could get to the rocker panel and fog some foam in there.” The road was blocked off at the intersection until both vehicles were towed from the scene. All patients were evaluated on scene by EMS and refused additional medical attention.

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SUV Fire Extinguished on 1-81 During Rush Hour in Five Mile Point KIRKWOOD, NY - During the peak of Friday afternoon rush hour on March 18th, the Five Mile Point Fire Department was dispatched to the area of Interstate 81 South at the exit 3 off-ramp for a re ported vehicle lire. A short time later. Chief 59A ar rived and reported a fully involved Chevy Trailblazer on the right shoulder at the top of the exit 3 off ramp. Squad 59 arrived next and stretched a line to extinguish the fire. While Squad 59s crew went to work. Engine 59-2 arrived and pro vided a block in the right lane and exit ramp. Engine 59-1 would later arrive to supplement water to Squad 59. The driver of the vehicle ad vised that he was driving on the highway when he began having me chanical issues and pulled over just before the entire underside of his vehicle burst into flames. The fire is not believed to be suspicious. In all, the Five Mile Point FD responded with the squad and both engines with a total of 12 personnel and operated on scene for one hour and 11 minutes. Also assisting on scene were New York State Police, Broome County Sheriffs Depart ment and New York State DOT. Due to the timing of the incident traffic was slowed in the area and backed up on Interstate 81. - NICHOLAS GRISWOLD

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DWI Possible Cause of Three-Car MVA in Newburgh NEWBURGH, NY - The Newburgh FD, along with City of New burgh Police and Mobile Life ALS, responded to a three-ve hicle MVA on Concord Street, February 25th. A van went off of Broadway onto Concord Street and struck two parked ve hicles. Police impounded the van while firefighters checked the vehicles for hazards and assisted Central Hudson. The driver of the van was transported to Montefiore-St. Luke's Hospital. Police Officers assisted Mobile Life and followed the subject to the hospital for suspicion of DWI. Central Hud son was on scene checking pole damage.

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The State of...Things 2022 EMS ISSUE CHELLE CORDERO Last month when I asked folks in NYS EMS for their recommen dations on how our system and our state could be improved for both EMS providers and the public, I re ceived a very candid response, " I hope your publication is planning to add 300+ pages to that issue... to provide a full range of informa tion." In response, I decided to con tinue the theme of "flow COVID has affected us," in this month's ar ticle. Considering the loss of lives, jobs, family time, schooling, and general interactions between neighbors that our country experi enced the past two-plus years, there really is NO going back, but YES, we can go forward as NYS Gover nor Kathy Elochul has encouraged. "New York is due for a comeback the likes of which this country has never seen. Together, we will lead that comeback. We will control the virus, and not let it control us. To confront this pandemic and prepare for the future, we will support the men and women who have been on the frontlines from the very begin ning..." Hochul speaks of rebuilding our healthcare economy. Her plans include investing in healthcare and supporting wages for workers, re lieving financial burdens for healthcare students, retaining the existing healthcare workforce, and creating an office of Healthcare Workforce Innovation. Allegedly this office will use input from health and direct care providers, educational organizations, labor unions, and other stakeholders to better coordinate statewide health strategies. Overall, these seem like good positions, but the frontline health care workers, notably our Emer gency Medical Service providers, need firm commitments. EMS providers have consistently worked for low wages beginning at just $36,000 annually, they need better pay - admittedly NYC is one of the highest places to live in the state but one survey estimates a family

of four requires an income of more than $100,000 annually. And will Emergency Medical Service Providers who go to school for higher education also receive the benefit Hochul mentioned for healthcare workers, or is that just for nursing students? In the past two years, there have been serious staff shortages at EMS agencies across the country. Hun dreds of first responders got sick with COVID with some deaths and long-term disabilities. Other providers were burnt out from han dling multiple times their normal calls. In New York City alone, on one April day in 2020, FDNY-EMS handled almost 6000 calls, many times their normal volume. Even the rigs and equipment suffered from the high volume of calls. One subur ban company still has more than half of its fleet "in the shop" for needed repairs and parts. Emotional stress has added to a growing staff shortage as well. In addition to transporting patients to hospitals, leaving crying families be hind to say their goodbyes before transport, our first responders were faced with horrible decisions as well. At one point, medics and EMTs were told not to resuscitate in the held due to possibly spreading the infections; this directive was re scinded quickly since it was not in compliance with NYS protocols. Some crews were then told not to transport patients who could not be revived in the held due to over crowded hospital ERs —instead, they were told to hand the "patient" over to local police adding more stress as families condemned what they felt was abandoning their loved ones. Currently (March 2022) there is a bill being presented to state law makers that would classify NYS EMS as “Essential Services”. If this bill is passed, our EMS providers would receive better health services for themselves as well as better pen sions, benehts that could attract more applicants to the job. This bill would also make municipalities re sponsible for emergency ambulance services guaranteeing a standard of care, funding, and providing longoverdue recognition of our EMS he roes.

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FEURA BUSH, NY - Crews were called to 244 Delaware Turnpike around 1:45 P.M. on Friday, March 18th for a car that crashed into a tree. Onesquethaw Fire, Onesquethaw EMS, Albany County Sheriff's Ambulance, Albany County Paramedics and Albany County Sheriffs responded to the scene. The road was reduced to one lane while crews were on scene. The driver of the car was treated by EMS.

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Second-Alarm Quickly Knocked Down by Watervliet Firefighters WATERVLIET, NY - On March 6th at 5:58 P.M., the Watervliet FD along with mutual aid from the Green Island FD, Watervliet Ar senal FD and the city of Albany's FD were dispatched for a reported structure lire in the area of Second Avenue and Second Street. The dis patcher was receiving multiple calls for a building on lire. Thick, heavy black smoke could be seen as lire units were responding down Broadway to the scene and the engine company en route imme diately declared a working structure lire and began the recall process. Multiple lire apparatus quickly arrived on scene and firelighters de clared a Signal 30 for a working structure fire and transmitted a sec ond-alarm. Heavy fire was imping ing on multiple structures, including an auto body shop and a multi-fam ily occupancy building. Firefighters immediately took up positions be-

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hind Schuyler Autobody with an en gine company and began to deploy multiple hand lines while the City of Watervliet FD’s Tmck Company and Watervliet Arsenal's Tele-squirt set up on Second Street. With the building fully involved, firefighters had numerous exposure issues on several sides of the struc ture, with the siding on one of the buildings starting to catch fire and an other building with fire traveling near the roof area. Multiple small explo sions occurred from inside the main fire building. Crews deployed several hand lines down the gangway and fire fighters from both truck companies immediately began master stream op erations to stop the spread of the fire to the other exposure buildings. With

the two truck companies operating two master streams, putting over 750GPM of water onto the fire, the fire was quickly brought under control. A hand line was used to quickly cool the siding on one of the houses that was in close proximity of the main fire building. Firefighters on scene used another hand line to conduct overhaul on the main fire building. Crews were able to bring the fire under control in less than 20 minutes and then began conducting extensive overhaul of the building, checking for extension in both of the exposure buildings. The main fire building was completely destroyed and the owner lost several pieces of equipment. The two exposure buildings suffered moderate damage from the initial fire. The Watervliet Police Department is working to determine the cause of the fire. No injuries have been reported. - JEFFREY BELSCHWINDER

Local Fire Departments Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Albany ALBANY, NY - Several area fire departments took part on Saturday, March 19th in the annual St. Patrick's Day pa rade. A snowstorm forced organizers to move the parade from March 12th to the 19th, but that didn't deter firefight ers who joined with community groups, bagpipe bands, and step dancers in celebrating all things Irish. Partici pating departments included Albany, Watervliet, Menands, Guilderland, Shaker Road-Loudonville, Westmere, McKownville, Midway, and West Sand Lake. Pic tured is the Albany FD marching in the parade.

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Heavily Involved Garage Fire Extends to House on C roll Road in P ittstow n PITTSTOWN, NY - On Feb ruary 28th at 1:04 A.M., the Pittstown FD with mutual aid from the Raymertown FD, Johnsonville FD, Mountain View FD for the FAST, and Pittstown Am bulance were dispatched to 137 Croll Road for a reported struc ture fire. The caller reported that their neighbor's house was on fire. Pittstown Car 1 quickly ar rived on scene and had a well-in volved attached garage fire with extension into the house and im mediately transmitted the Signal 30 and requested the secondalarm. The Brunswick No. 1 Fire Co., Center Brunswick Fire Co., Hoosic Valley FD, Buskirk FD, Hoosick FD, Melrose FD for the second FAST team, Rensselaer County Fire Investigators, and County Coordinators were dis patched to the scene. Engine 25-1 arrived on scene, dropped their large diameter hose at the end of the driveway and im mediately made their way up the

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MASTIC, NY - On Sunday, March 6th at about 9:35 A.M., Suffolk County's 9-1-1 center received a report of a structure fire on Mastic Rd., between Patchogue Ave. and Moriches Ave. The Mastic FD, which was conducting a drill at their headquarters, was quickly activated by Fire-Com. Mastic FD Chief of Department Rudy Sunderman and Assistant Chief Gene Martucci arrived on scene to find heavy smoke showing from a single-story home. -

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Driver Seriously Injured After Hitting Truck in Medford MEDFORD, NY - On Friday, March 11th at approximately 3:41 P.M., the Medford Fire Depart ment and Medford Ambulance Co. were toned out for a motor vehicle accident in the Target parking lot at 2975 Horseblock Road. While respond J ump to f iie # ing, Medford units D32B221DD were notified by fire-com that CPR wm was in progress. Firefighters quickly arrived on scene, continued CPR and loaded the pa tient onto a backboard and into the ambulance. Medford fire fighters went to work putting speedy dry down on fluid that leaked on the ground while Med ford Ambulance transported the patient to a nearby hospital. The scene was handed over to Suffolk County Police 6th Squad Detectives to determine the cause of the accident. According to po lice, the driver was transported to Fong Island Community Flospital in East Patchogue with serious in juries. - CONNOR JACOBS CONNOR JACOBS

Car Roasts in M a stic Beach Hero Shop Parking Lot MASTIC BEACH, NY - On Monday, March 7th just after 5:30 P.M., the Mastic Beach FD was ac tivated for a report of a vehicle fire at TJ Hero, located at 328 Mastic Rd. Assistant Chief JeffMcGown (5-1331) was the first to respond to the scene, followed by Safety Officer Carlo Grover (5-13-23) and Assistant Chief Fuis Grego (5-1332) . Fire-Corn ad vised that they were receiving calls for a car on fire in the parking lot of the hero shop. On arrival. Assistant Chief McGown advised Fire-Corn to re activate his department for a work ing car fire. Engine 5-13-8 arrived on scene and the crew began to stretch lines and put them into op eration. They were joined a short time later by crews from Rescue 513-4 and Engine 5-13-3. Firefight ers made an aggressive attack on the vehicle fire and were able to quickly knock it down. Fire Police assisted with traffic control during the incident. No injuries were re ported, and all units were back in service within about 45 minutes. - JOHN WALTHERS JOHN WALTHERS- SUFFOLK FIRE PHOTOS

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Brookhaven FD Chiefs and Officers for 2022: Captain Hudson Darrow, 1st Asst. Chief Anthony Verni, Chief of Dept. Dan Dipinto, 2nd Asst. Chief Giuseppe Loiacono, and Headquarters Lt. Brian Lamonica, Jr. (not pictured): Station 1 Lt. John Hodge, Jr.

Brookhaven FD Holds In s ta lla tio n o f O fficers WADING RIVER, NY - On Saturday, March 19th, the Brookhaven FD hosted its annual installation dinner at the Inn at East Wind in Wading River. This year's dinner commemo rated the department's 99th year of dedicated service to the people of the Hamlet of Brookhaven. The ceremony began with the salute to the colors by the full department. After Master of Ceremonies Com missioner Michael Verni welcomed all the honored guests, which in cluded politicians, chiefs and offi cers of neighboring departments, the installation of officers was con ducted. The following officers took their oaths: Chief of DepartmentDan DiPinto; 1st Assistant ChiefAnthony Verni; 2nd Assistant Chief-Giuseppe Loiacono; Captain-Hudson Darrow; Headquarters Lt.-Brian Lamonica, Jr. John Hodge, Jr. was also elected Station 1 Lt. The department's fire police

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officers and driver/assistant drivers were also installed to their posi tions. Members were honored for years of service ranging from 20 all the way up to an astounding 60 years. Awards were handed out for various items by both the depart ment as well as groups like FASNY and the Suffolk County Volunteer Firefighters Association. The big award of the evening was the Mur ray Fink Chiefs Awards which were handed out to Captain Hudson Dar row and Firefighter Dan Sicilian. After the awards were handed out the members were dismissed to enjoy the rest of the festivities of the night. Congratulations to all the incoming chiefs and officers, as well as the honorees.

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Crews Battle House Fire in Manorville MANORVILLE, NY - At ap proximately 12:11 P.M. on Sun day, March 13th, the Manorville Fire Department and Manorville Ambulance Co. were toned out for a reported structure fire at 15 PondWay in the Heather Woods apartment complex. Chief Rosario (5-16-32) was first on scene and radioed back to fire-com asking to reactivate his department for a Working Fire (13-35), and for the mutuals to be started. Chief Danowski (5-16-

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30), who was 2nd due, took com mand and radioed to Engine 7 (516-7) which was first due to stretch lines to the fire building. Tanker 9 (5-16-9) arrived 2nd due, hooked up to the hydrant and supplied Engine 7 with water. Center Moriches Engine 1 (5-4-1) arrived, quickly grabbed the RIT tools and stood by. The Mastic FD

was requested to stand by at the Manorville's headquarters. Truck 6 (5-16-6) and Engine 2 (5-16-2) arrived on scene and sent addi tional manpower up to assist with overhaul. All units cleared from the fire and were back in service by 2:58 P.M. The scene was handed over to the Brookhaven Town Fire Mar shal for investigation. - CONNOR JACOBS

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Two Children Evaluated fo r Smoke Inhalation from Kitchen Fire in M astic MASTIC, NY - On Sunday, March 6th at about 9:35 A.M., Suffolk County's 9-1-1 center re ceived a report of a structure fire on Mastic Rd., between Patchogue Ave. and Moriches Ave. The Mas tic FD, which was conducting a drill at their headquarters, was quickly activated by Fire-Com. Mastic FD Chief of Department Rudy Sunderman and Assistant Chief Gene Martucci arrived on scene to find heavy smoke show ing from a single-story home. Chief Sunderman confirmed

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Center Moriches FD was also called in to assist. According to fire officials. Mastic Ambulance was on scene for EMS assistance. Two children were reportedly taken to the hos pital to be evaluated due to smoke inhalation. No firefighters were injured. The scene would later be turned over to the Suffolk County Police Arson Squad and Brookhaven Fire Marshal for an investigation. - JOHN WALTHERS

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One Person Transported from MVA in Brookhaven BROOKHAVEN, NY - At ap proximately 6:32 P.M. on Mon day, February 28 th, the Brookhaven FD South Country Ambulance Co. were activated for a reported motor vehicle accident with a car fire at the intersection of Horseblock Road and Montauk Highway. 1st Assistant Chief Anthony Verni (5-3-31) was first on scene and found a two-car MVA with negative car fire. Rescue 3 (5-3-3) was the first arriving rescue truck and was ordered by Chief Verni to stop short of the scene and send the crew up with brooms, speedy

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Fully Involved Car Fire on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley SHIRLEY, NY - On Saturday, February 25th at about 5:09 P.M., the Mastic Beach FD was acti vated for a report of a vehicle fire on the William Floyd Parkway near Palmetto Dr. On arrival. Assistant Chiefs Jeff McGown (5-13-31) and Luis Grego (5-13-32) found an in volved auto and requested that county reactivate the department. Unit 5-13-8 was requested to re spond in first due. On arrival the crew stretched out a line and were joined by Engine 5-13-3's crew who stretched a booster line. Fire crews went to work put-

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3M ^ ting water on the fire as Mastic Beach FD Fire Police assisted SCPD 7th Precinct units with shutting down the southbound lanes of William Floyd at Havenwood Dr. Crews were able to quickly knock down the fire, how ever remained on scene cleaning up for an extended period. No in juries were reported. - JOHN WALTHERS

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Multiple Trailers on Catch Fire in Mastic MASTIC, NY - On Friday, February 25th at approximately 2:00 P.M., the Mastic FD was ac tivated for reported trailers on fire on the Sunrise Service Road, be tween Stuyvesant Ave. and Barnes Drive. Chief Rudy Sunderman (5-1230) was first on the road and was advised by fire-com that there was already two calls on the fire. On arrival. Chief Sunderman had fire showing from a storage trailer and smoke pouring out of another and radioed back to fire-com asking

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for additional engines from Manorville FD and Center Moriches FD. Chief Sunderman ordered the first due engine (5-12-1) to hit the hydrant, lay into the dirt road and pull one attack when on scene. Firefighters quickly went to work and stopped the fire from spread ing to other nearby storage trail ers. Crews from the Manorville

and Center Moriches Fire Depart ments assisted with putting the fire out and conducting overhaul. The fire was brought under control within 30 minutes of acti vation. A Suffolk County Fire Marshal was requested to respond to the scene, which was then handed off to the Suffolk County Police Arson Squad. All units were back in service shortly after. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. - CONNOR JACOBS

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A GOD OF EMPTY PROMISES Chaplain’s Corner Pastor Fernando Villicana

I recently came across this story, it was told by “Dear Abby” in a response to someone’s ques tion. A young man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from high school. It was the cus tom in that affluent neighborhood for the parents to give the gradu ate an automobile. "Bill’ and his father had spent months looking at cars, and the week before grad uation, they found the perfect car. On the eve of his graduation, his father handed him a gift wrapped Bible. Bill was so angry that he threw the Bible down and stormed out of the house. He and his father never saw each other again. It was the news of his father’s death that brought Bill home again. As he sat one night going through his father’s possessions that he was to inherit, he come across the Bible his father had given him. He brushed away the dust and opened it to find a cashier’s check, dated the day of his grad uation - in the exact amount of the

car they had chosen together. As I thought about this story, I couldn’t help but wonder how many people in this world have done the same thing to God. Liter ally tossed aside a wonderful promise, because they didn’t un derstand it, or they didn’t believe that it was possible. In our world, we are taught that; “if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.” So many of us have been taken in by “empty promises,” that we are leery of anything or anyone that tells us we can have something for nothing. We say: “The world simply doesn’t work that way.” But, you know what - God does - God never made a promise that was too good to be true. The truth of the matter is, the world is full of empty promises. We watch TV, and the advertise ments tell us that we can be happy, sexy, rich, or famous, if we only purchase a certain product. It doesn’t take long before we have been fooled enough to know that the world’s promises are full of emptiness. But, God is different. Instead of promises full of empti ness, on Easter, he gave us empti ness that is full of promise Pastor Fernando Villicana Fire Department Chaplain

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Man Injured A fte r F alling Into M oynihan Train Hall M oat NEW YORK, NY - At 1:57 RM. on March 15th, a male at tempted to climb down the wall to the moat of the Moynihan Train Hall, the west side of the West 31st Street Mid-Block entrance, and fell into the moat, sustaining injuries. At 2:02 P.M., the Amtrak Po lice received a walk up notifica tion for an injured person outside the West 31st Street Mid-Block entrance. The New York City Fire Department also received a notifi cation at that time for a “person in

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m 3 a hole” at the same location and initiated a confined space re sponse. FDNY Ladder Company 24 accessed the victim via portable ladder. The patient was initially treated by Engine Company 1, packaged by Ladder 24 and re moved from the moat with the as sistance of Rescue Company 1 and Ladder 21 via a window through

the interior of the building. The victim was treated by FDNY EMS Paramedics and transported to Bellevue Hospital. NYPD ESU, Moynihan Secu rity personnel and the undersigned were at the scene. The Amtrak Po lice Department conducted the in cident investigation. There was no impact on train or station opera tions. Battalion Chief Heuser, FDNY Battalion 7, was the Inci dent Commander. - GARY HEARN

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Truck Knocks Down Telephone Poles in Staten Island STATEN ISLAND, NY - On March 14th, two utility poles were knocked down by a passing truck in the Eltingville section of Staten Island. There were no injuries reported. Engine 167 and Ladder 87 were on the scene. GARY HEARN

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