The Huntingtonian | Archive | Police/Fire/EMS

RAIA: ASSEMBLY PASSES VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER BILL

June 21, 2017 4:41 pm Comments Off

Today, the New York State Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 711-B, which will expand medical coverage for volunteers to cover diagnoses of cancer in relation to the duties they perform as firefighters. Passage of the NYS Volunteer Firefighters Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefits Act will grant volunteer firefighters a disability benefit package to help assist in […]

Motorcyclist Seriously Injured At Broadway & Aster St., Greenlawn

June 21, 2017 4:35 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist last night June 20, 2017.
James Neary was operating a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Broadway when he struck a 2011 Hyundai, driven by Daniel Stebbins at approximately 10:35 p.m. Stebbins was travelling northbound on Broadway attempting to make […]

Wanted for Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument Fake Twenties

June 21, 2017 4:31 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person who used counterfeit currency at a Huntington Station store in April, 2017.
On April 24, 2017 at approximately 2:30 p.m., a man used twelve counterfeit $20 bills to purchase clothing at Lord & Taylor […]

HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY FIRST AID SQUAD CONDUCTS “ACTIVE SHOOTER’ DRILL AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL

June 21, 2017 4:07 pm Comments Off

At approximately 9:15 AM on Saturday morning June 17, 2017 the Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) received a “call “ that there was an active shooter at St. Anthony’s High School with an unknown number of gunshot victims. Two ambulances were immediately dispatched to the school. The first crew arrived at the school at […]

Huntingtonian Male Found Floating in the Long Island Sound

June 20, 2017 9:41 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 41-year-old Commack man whose body was discovered in the Long Island Sound this Monday, afternoon June 19, 2017 at approximately 2:00 p.m
Someone on board the Park City, a Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company ferry, spotted a body floating in […]

Melville Fire Department Responds to Northern State Crash

June 19, 2017 4:33 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident on the westbound Northern State Parkway, west of Round Swamp Road on June 15, 2017 at about 6:25 a.m. One of the cars involved lost control and crashed off the road into a wooded area. Firefighters arrived to find a pregnant woman in the dirt […]

Tree Falls on Car in Dix Hills

June 19, 2017 4:11 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to an accident after a large tree fell onto a car traveling on Deer Park Road near Royal Lane on June 14 at about 6:20 p.m. Dix Hills firefighters and Suffolk Police Emergency Services cut the tree away from the car so the driver could be safely removed. The driver […]

Car Crashes into East Northport Gas Station

June 19, 2017 4:03 pm Comments Off

The East Northport Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a car that crashed into the gas pumps at the Metro Mart Gas Station on Route 25A east of Laurel Road on Friday, June 16, 2017 at about 4:05 p.m. The driver was able to self extricate from the overturned car and was transported to […]

Melville Fire Department Responds to Northern State Car Fire

June 15, 2017 12:41 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department was dispatched for a car fire on the Northern State Parkway in the eastbound lanes between exits 40 and 41 (Route 110 and Wolf Hill Road) on Wednesday, June 14, at about 6:55 p.m. Firefighters responded with an engine and heavy rescue truck, and extinguished a working fire in a Volkswagen. The […]

Fire at Apex Rehab Center

June 15, 2017 12:04 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to a fire at the Apex Rehabilitation Center on Birchwood Drive in South Huntington on Wednesday morning, June 14, 2017 at about 7 a.m. The fire occurred in the attic on one of the facility’s buildings, and was quickly extinguished by firefighters. Huntington Manor firefighters were assisted by the Dix […]