The Huntingtonian | Archive | Police/Fire/EMS

South Huntington Man Partially Severs Hand in Saw Accident

September 10, 2017 3:05 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Community First Aid Squad, Huntington Manor Fire Department and Suffolk Police teamed up to assist a 40-year-man whose hand was partially severed while operating a power saw on Saturday morning, September 9, 2017, at about 9:45 a.m., at a home on Floral Avenue in South Huntington.
The victim was using the miniature circular saw to trim a […]

Bicyclist Critically Injured – Route 110 and Broadway, Huntington Station

September 7, 2017 8:32 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that critically injured a bicyclist in Huntington Station.
Naeem Iqbal was driving a 2007 Honda Accord westbound on Broadway and crossing Route 110 when he struck a bicyclist that was riding in the center of southbound Route 110 at approximately 7:55 p.m.
The bicyclist, Miguel […]

Huntington To Rename Park for Fallen Firefighter

September 6, 2017 9:14 pm Comments Off

Eight years to the day he died, a ceremony will be held to rename Depot Road Park after Richard Wm. Holst, honorary chief and longtime chaplain of the Huntington Manor Fire Department.
On Sept. 9, 2009, Richard Holst, 60, saw smoke coming from a bagel shop in a shopping center near where he lived. Mr. Holst […]

Three Injured in Melville Crash And California Man Charged with DWI

September 4, 2017 12:07 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department and Suffolk Police responded to a two-car crash on Old Country Road near Meadowdale Drive on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 at about 8:35 p.m. Two adults and one teenager sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Plainview hospital by the Melville Rescue Squad.
Upon Police investigation at the scene Assistant Police […]

East Northport Fire Department 9/11 Memorial Service

September 3, 2017 1:56 pm Comments Off

The East Northport Fire Department will be hosting their annual 9/11 Memorial Service on Monday, September 11, 2017, at Fire Headquarters located at Larkfield Road and Ninth Avenue. The East Northport Fire Department has vowed to “Never Forget” that tragic day, and invites the community and neighboring fire departments to join with them to remember those innocent […]

Melville Fire Department Hosts 9/11 Remembrance

September 3, 2017 1:53 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department invites the community to join us for our 9/11 Memorial Service on September 11, 2017 at 8 p.m. at Station # 3, on Old Country Road and New York Avenue. The candlelight remembrance takes place around a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center that stands on a memorial plaza at the […]

Hector Gavilla for Suffolk County Says “Suffolk Red-Light Camera Program Steals Over $30,000,000 Per Year From Tax-Payers”

August 31, 2017 8:16 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Red-light Camera Program is unconstitutional and ineffective. By the county’s own admission, rear-end collisions have increased 30%. In total, the program has fined Suffolk residents more than $30,000,000, with an average of 30-40% of these fees going not to the county, but Maryland-based Xerox, the vendor whom records and processes all fees […]

Melville Fire Department Assists at East Farmingdale Acid Spill

August 31, 2017 6:19 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department was requested to assist the East Farmingdale Fire Department with a Hazardous Materials incident on Smith Street, Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 6:35 p.m. East Farmingdale firefighters were out battling a working house fire on Walnut Avenue East during the incident. Melville firefighters arrived to find that a vehicle had run over a five-gallon […]

Letter from the Chief: Hurricane Harvey Donations

August 30, 2017 6:20 pm Comments Off

Dear Friends and Neighbors,
By now we’ve all heard about the devastation that Hurricane Harvey has brought to Texas and the surrounding areas. Not so long ago, we were the ones in need of assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy; lets pay it forward! Community member George Schwertl has rented trucks to be driven to […]

Melville Firefighter in the Right Place at the Right Time

August 28, 2017 5:42 pm Comments Off

Melville volunteer firefighter and EMT Isaac Vargas was in the right place at the right time when a woman’s hair and blouse caught fire from a Sterno food heater at a Pool Club on Westbourne Lane on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at about 6:30 p.m. Vargas quickly sprung into action and rolled the victim onto the […]