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Empire Company to host fire drill, parade

Empire Hose Company No. 3 Inc. of the Merrick Fire Department will host the Nassau County Firemen’s Parade & Drill, along with a carnival from Newton Shows, in July. more

6/7/10

Car slams into State Farm office

Merrick Fire Department volunteers responded to a car crash at 10 Merrick Ave and Broadcast Plaza, in front of the State Farm office, on Monday. The Honda ran up on the sidewalk and smashed into the building. Fire department workers quickly disabled the car battery as a safety precaution. No injuries were reported. A second car suffered minor damage. more

5/13/10

The immediate family of the late Ronnie Gies was on hand for the dedication of a new baseball scoreboard at Calhoun in honor of the Sept. 11 hero, including Gies’s son Bobby, wife, Carol, and sons Tommy and Ronnie.

Calhoun Sports Boosters honor Sept. 11 hero

Under sunny skies, the Calhoun Sports Boosters Association dedicated the scoreboard at Calhoun’s baseball field this week in honor of the late Ronnie Gies, a Merrick Fire Department chief who was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. more

Scott Brinton | 4/30/10

Town of Hempstead workers clear a fallen tree with chain saws at Loines and Hewlett avenues in Merrick after the 'superstorm.'

Bellmore-Merrick takes stock after the 'superstorm'

When torrential rain and near-hurricane-force winds swept across Long Island on March 13, leaving destruction in their wake, Merrick appeared to be the hardest hit of the four communities that comprise the Bellmore-Merrick area. more

Scott Brinton | 3/25/10

Members of the Merrick Fire Department assist victims of the overturned car.

Four escape overturned car, thanks to Merrick F.D.

Four young people escaped serious injury and possible death when the car they were riding in lost control and skidded a considerable distance, overturned and slammed into a tree on the Meadowbrook Parkway just north of Babylon Turnpike on Friday, Jan. 22. The four were trapped inside until members of the Merrick Fire Department and State Police were able to remove them through one of the car doors. more

1/25/10

Merrick Fire Dep't installs officers

The Merrick Fire Dept. installed its new chiefs at its 86th annual Installation Dinner on Jan. 23 at the Chateau Briand restaurant. The chiefs were sworn in by New York State David McDonough. During the ceremonies, citations and awards were presented to other members of the department for their accomplishments in 2009. Above are, from left, Second Assistant Chief Thomas J. Fernandez Jr., Department Chief Christopher Simmons and First Assistant Chief Frank Vanderlofske III. more

1/25/10

Buzz Fine, a member of the Merrick Fire Department, slices off the bottom of an evergreen on Saturday at Empire Hose Company No. 3's annual Christmas tree and wreath sale, a fundraiser for the Merrick Fire Department.

Fire company holding tree sale

Temperatures might have dipped into the 20s and 30s on Saturday, with the threat of a blizzard, but that didn't stop members of the Merrick Fire Department's Empire Hose Company No. 3 from holding their 13th annual Christmas tree fundraiser, with funds raised benefiting the Merrick F.D. more

Scott Brinton | 12/11/09

A series of suspicious fires at Calhoun High have brought fire and police officials to the school in recent weeks.

Calhoun fires 'suspicious'

A recent string of fires at Calhoun High School in North Merrick has prompted an arson investigation, officials say. According to Vincent McManus, division supervisor at the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office, there have been six suspicious fires at the school since Nov. 19, three of which the North Merrick Fire Department responded to. more

Sari Zeidler | 12/10/09

North Bellmore and Bellmore firefighters, with two other departments, battled the blaze at the landmark eatery starting about 1 a.m. on Monday morning.

Arson caused landmark Bellmore restaurant blaze, investigators say

Arson is the cause of a roaring fire that gutted the former landmark Bellmore restaurant, Smithville Café, early Monday morning, police and fire investigators say. more

Nancy Hiler | 11/30/09

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