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Quite a busy week for the East Farmingdale FD and their mutual aid departments. Heavy fire in a vacant house, heavy fire in a waste transfer station, then a contents fire in a commercial building. Full albums from each scene on my website (link in bio).

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On the evening of 1/27/24, the Bethpage Fire Department was alerted for an unknown substance leaking from a compressor at the Town of Oyster Bay ice rink on Stewart Ave. This call grew to a full scale hazmat incident. Multiple resources from across Nassau County converged on the scene and the substance was determined to be anhydrous ammonia.

Hazmat teams from Nassau County Fire Marshals, Nassau County Police and the Hicksville Fire department, as well as numerous other FD’s, and the Office of Emergency Management also responded to the scene.

Hazmat technicians donned isolation suits and entered the building, stopped the leak, and worked to ventilate the large structure. Once they exited, members were decontaminated. Occupants of the facility were checked out by paramedics and there were no reported injuries. All units were under the command of BFD Chief of Department DeBobes Jr (Car 1).



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I’ll get to posting some of these eventually, but here’s the link to my pics from tonight’s second alarm commercial fire in Hicksville

Hicksville 2nd Alarm BF - Frank Rd - 2/1/24 - Drop the Dime Photography This gallery hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here.

Just before 10am this morning, Nassau County Fire Communications received multiple calls for a house fire in vicinity of Westbury Ave and Glen Cove Rd in Carle Place. Arriving units found fire in a detached garage to the rear of a house on Westbury Ave. A signal 10 (working fire) was transmitted, bringing in mutual aid to the scene and to standby for CPFD. The fire was quickly knocked down and overhaul conducted. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Nassau County Fire Marshals Office.

Additional photos can be found on my website (link in bio)

On the afternoon of 9/7, the Plainview FD was alerted for an auto accident with reported overturn and ejection. NCPD arrived on scene and requested a forthwith response for a confirmed ejection with serious trauma.

NCPD Aviation Bureau landed at the scene and transported the patient to NUMC in critical condition.

Witnesses stated that the minibus, which had no passengers, was attempting to make a u-turn when it was struck by the jeep. The jeep then rolled multiple times, ejecting the unrestrained driver.

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At 08:59 this morning, the Syosset Fire Department was alerted for a high angle rescue at 66 Stillwell Lane in Woodbury. The roof of a building under construction collapsed, trapping one worker and injuring a second. The injured worker was extricated and transported by SFD to a local hospital. The pinned worker was pronounced deceased on scene by a Nassau County Police Medic.

Due to the nature of the incident, Bethpage FD’s Technical Rescue Team was mutual aided to the scene.

Agencies on scene included Syosset FD, Bethpage FD, Oyster Bay Cove PD, Nassau County PD, NCPD Emergency Ambulance Bureau, NCPD Emergency Service Unit, Nassau County Fire Marshals, Town of Oyster Bay Public Safety, and TOB Buildings Dept.

The scene was turned over to the NCPD Second Squad

Late Friday night, the Syosset Fire Department responded to a reported MVA with overturn on the Northern State Parkway. Upon arrival, Medic 5896 advised dispatch that there were 3 occupants trapped in the car, which was on its side.

One of the occupants was able to self extricate with the medic’s assistance, and the crew of Squad 588 was able to quickly extricate the other two upon their arrival (which was the new rig’s first pin job).

All three occupants were transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Other agencies on scene include Plainview FD, NYSP, NCPD, NCPD EAB, and NCPD ESU.

On Monday April 10th, the Plainview Fire Dept operated on scene of a stubborn trash compactor fire. After working to remove the trash by hand for a while, Chief Cohen (9503) called for a heavy wrecker to respond and lift the compactor to have gravity help their operation.

In addition to hand lines, firefighters used both a piercing nozzle and a ground monitor to put water onto the fire that would simply not go out.

Other agencies, such as Nassau County OEM, were requested to the scene to determine what “outside the box” resources would be available to help extinguish the fire.



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The Plainview Fire Department responded to 2 fully involved vehicle fires yesterday.

The first was on Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road, which extended to brush. They were assisted by the Melville FD for this one.

The second was on Route 135 Southbound south of the NSP, which also extended to brush. They were assisted by the Syosset FD at this call. Neither incident had any injuries.



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Yesterday afternoon, the North Lindenhurst Fire Dept, East Farmingdale Fire Co, and Republic Airport ARFF were activated for a reported plane crash. Multiple calls were received for different locations, but the plane was located in the vicinity of N Wellwood Ave and 5th St in North Lindenhurst.

The plane burst into flames on impact and black smoke could be seen billowing from the scene.

There were 3 souls on board the small aircraft. 1 person was pronounced deceased on scene, while the others were airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital by SCPD Aviation with critical injuries. Nobody on the ground was injured.

The cause of the crash is currently under investigation by multiple agencies, but it is reported that the pilot declared a mayday for smoke in the cockpit prior to the crash and was trying to make it back to Republic Airport, which was nearby.

Additional photos can be found at this link: https://dropthedime.smugmug.com/Emergency-Scenes/Suffolk-County/1st-Division/1-11-0-North-Lindenhurst-FD/North-Lindenhurst-Plane-Crash-N-5th-St-3-5-23



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Monday afternoon into evening, East Farmingdale firefighters, along with multiple mutual aid companies, battled an intense fire in a 1 story commercial building.

Multiple ladders and ground monitors were put into service to extinguish the fire, which sparked back up again that night.

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Tuesday afternoon, the Syosset Fire Department was alerted for a reported garbage truck at the Town of Oyster Bay yard on Miller Pl. Upon arrival, there were 3 fully involved CNG garbage trucks.

3 hand lines were stretched to extinguish the bulk of the fire, then 2 ground monitors were put into place to wet down the contents in the rear of the trucks.

Mutual aid was provided by Hicksville and Jericho to the scene, and by East Norwich, Oyster Bay, and Plainview for standby units.

My video from Roslyn

Firefighters Battle Massive 3-Alarm Blaze In Long Island Medical Office ROSLYN, NY - A large fire broke out inside a Roslyn medical office on Saturday night prompting 37 fire departments to respond and battle the blaze.Just befor...

Last night, fire departments from across Nassau County operated on scene of a multi alarm building fire on Northern Boulevard in Roslyn. There was fire throughout a 3 story office building with collapses.

Multiple ladders and ground monitors were placed into operation to extinguish the fire, which took hours to bring under control.



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Yesterday was a busy day for Syosset FD. 2 bad accidents in the span of 8 hours.

At 13:48, they were alerted for a reported overturn into a pole at S Oyster Bay Rd and Hicks Ave. Responding units were advised that there were now multiple calls reporting a patient trapped.

Units arrived and confirmed that the occupant was heavily pinned inside. The van was on its side wedged between a utility pole and a fence, creating a difficult situation for the firefighters.

Mutual aid was requested from Hicksville and Bethpage FD’s for their heavy rescues, but were returned before arriving.

The patient was transported by ground to a local trauma center with unknown injuries.

Then, at 21:51, SFD was alerted to a reported overturn with pin at 142 Cold Spring Rd. Responding units were initially unable to find the accident, but quickly located the vehicle on its side up against a house off the roadway. The vehicle left the roadway, and went airborne at least 10 feet in the air, before landing next to the house. Amazingly, both occupants were uninjured and able to self extricate prior to FD arrival.

One year ago today, I woke up to the sound of screaming over the radio. Something about a bridge collapse. This was a scene of a much different proportion than I had ever been to. A large bridge over a ravine in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park had completely collapsed!

Amazingly, there were only a few minor injuries. An off duty Pittsburgh paramedic heard the call unfold on his radio while driving into work and heard that they were having trouble evacuating one of the patients. He then drove his pickup down into the ravine and loaded the patient on a backboard into the bed of his truck, along with another patient in the cab, and brought them up to waiting ambulances.

Over the 13 hours I was on scene, it was incredible to see the vast amount of resources that responded. These resources spanned from the city to the federal level!

At the end of the day, an amazing job was done by every single one of the responders. Special resources, such as MCI and technical rescue units, were called to the scene immediately, then USAR crews to check for additional patients under the rubble. Everyone worked well together as one team with one goal.



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