Long Island Fire Wire

INSIDE THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE: NEWS, INCIDENTS AND EVENTS ACROSS THE ISLAND

ABOUT lONG ISLAND FIRE WIRE

News, History, Events & Incidents across Long Island. This page is not associated with any department in an official capacity. All members views are their own & do not reflect the County of Suffolk or Nassau as organization(s)/department(s).

“I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a firefighter.The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the firefighter has to do believe that his is a noble calling."

-Chief Edward F. Croker, FDNY circa 1910

+

Daily Mobile App Users

+

Facebook Followers

+

Instagram Followers

+

Twitter Followers

Latest News

What The Community Should Know About Volunteer Firefighters

December 7, 2022

Being that volunteer firefighting is embedded in the history of Long Island, the members of the community are well aware of what we do, and who we are. Some may be proud of us, and others may think we’re a cult. Either way, when they call for us, we’re going to come help. The one…

Recruiting Firefighters on Long Island

November 29, 2022

Long Island is a unique place when it comes to fire and EMS. If you were to take all of the apparatus on the island, it has more units than FDNY and Los Angeles combined. The other part of that is that it’s almost entirely protected by volunteers. Going back to the early days of…