It was just before 9am on Sunday when Suffolk County 911 received a call for a male clinging to an overturned kayak in the Moriches Bay off Pattersquash Island in Mastic Beach.
The Mastic Beach Fire Department and other departments from the Marine Incident Response team were immediately dispatched to respond.
While water rescue teams were getting into their cold-water rescue suits, additional information ... (Full Story & Photos)
2022 will go down as the busiest year to date for the Volunteer Firefighters and EMS providers of the Center Moriches Fire Department.
Last year, the Center Moriches Fire Department responded to 2,117 emergency calls, an average of almost 6 calls per day.
These calls included structure fires, motor vehicle accidents, water rescues, carbon monoxide alarms, as well as traumatic injuries and other ... (Full Story & Photos)
The Christmas spirit was alive and well Sunday morning in Center Moriches as the Center Moriches Fire Department's annual Santa Run traveled throughout the streets.
With a "Ho, Ho, Ho" Santa made his way around town on top of the fire truck with its sirens blazing and lights flashing. Firefighters helped by handing out candy canes to children bundled up and waiting to see the Jolly Old St Nick.
At the Annual Membership Meeting of the Center Moriches Fire Department elections were held for the department officers for the year 2023.
Phil Masterson, Chief of the Department Brian Deedy, 1st Assistant Chief William Schilling, 2nd Assistant Chief Justin Avolio, Department Secretary John Bearese, Department Treasurer William Mullane, Department Financial Secretary Julio Casiano, Sergeant-at-Arms John ... (Full Story & Photos)
At 2:14pm Center Moriches Fire Department was requested to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Moriches Middle Island Road and Meadowood Ln at the entrance to the Tall Oaks Apartment Complex in Moriches.
While responding to the scene emergency personnel were updated the accident involved 2 school buses, a medical transport ambulette as well as multiple other vehicles.
