This weekend seven members of the Center Moriches Fire Departments Water Rescue Team traveled to the Bayport Fire Department for a two-day ice rescue training class. The training was led by Lifeguard Systems a recognized leader in water and flood water rescue training.
The first day of training was classroom based. Firefighters learned about the effects of hypothermia, reviewed ropes and knots and ... (Full Story & Photos)
For members of the Center Moriches Fire Department, water rescue training never ends.
Even though we are in the winter season, duck hunters and other winter fisherman are always out on the bay. Residents also take to the Ice in our local ponds to ice skate and take part in other winter activities.
This time of the year our training fucuses on cold water / ice rescue training.
Just before 10pm on Wednesday Suffolk County 911 received multiple calls for a house fire on Railroad Ave between Wading River Road and Sunrise Highway.
Upon arrival, firefighters were met with heavy fire coming from the rear of the house. While firefighters went to work to extinguish the fire, additional resources were requested from the East Moriches FD, Mastic FD, Manorville FD and Eastport Fire ... (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 of Center Moriches.
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.
For the second time in just 20 days a tractor trailer struck the LIRR overpass and overturned onto Montauk Highway.
It was just before midnight when the Center Moriches Fire Department was dispatched to the accident on Montauk Highway just west of Wilcox Avenue at the Long Island Railroad overpass.
First responders arrived to find a tractor on its side in the roadway. The truck which was heading ... (Full Story & Photos)
