It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Ex-Captain Thomas Holdener, Emergency Co. Freeport FD, brother of Ex-Chief Richard Holdener.

He will be reposing at Hungerford & Clark 110 Pine St. Freeport NY Tuesday 2 to 4, 7 to 9.

Firematic Service Tuesday 8pm, mass Wednesday 9:30 am Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Freeport

To All 2nd Battalion Chiefs and Commissioners

There will be an important meeting with the VEEB Board on Monday, April 30 - 7:30PM at Freeport Fire Headquarters to discuss the current state of the Fire and EMS Academies. Please make sure each Department has representation at this meeting.

The Arthur Kuss Award Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 31 from 7PM to 11PM at the Sands Atlantic Beach - $50 per person.

If you are interested in tickets, contact either of the following:

Chief Mark Stuparich
Freeport FD
516-859-2263
stup213@msn.com

Chief Richard Corbett
Long Beach FD
516-510-1881
rccorbet@optonline.net

The Island Park Fire Department and the Point Lookout, Lido Fire Department have announced a charity football game to be played on Sunday January 29, 2012 at the James M. Shuart Stadium located at Hofstra University. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Fra...ncis X. Pendi Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center. We urge you to bring your friends, family, and neighbors... to an enjoyable event for a great cause.

Suggested donation for entry: $5.00 (all proceeds to the Nassau County Firefighters Museum)

We are also looking for departments from the entire county to particpate in our color guard for game day. If interested, please contact:

Chief Anthony D'Esposito, Island Park FD - 516-695-3646 (chiefdesposito.ipfd@gmail.com)

Chief Steve Ruscio, Island Park FD - 516-477-3781

Chief Brian Guerin, Point Lookout, Lido FD - 516-521-3990

Bill Bennett - 516-216-2028

For more information, visit the Facebook event page here!

Firefighter Robert Wiedmann Jr., FDNY - Rescue 2, was critically injured on Monday, December 19, 2011 while operating at Box 920 in Crown Heights Brooklyn.  Rob was injured doing the job he loves, being a firefighter and helping other people.  Now Rob needs our help!  He is in the Cornell Burn Center facing a long and difficult road to recovery.  That road to recovery includes many surgeries and Rob will need blood available for each one.  Rob was always available to answer a call for help, whether as a FDNY Firefighter, a former Captain of Hose Company Three of the Baldwin Fire Department or as a Firefighter in Engine One of the Islip Fire Department.  Now we are asking you to help him!

There will be a GENERAL BLOOD DRIVE in ROB WIEDMANN’s NAME on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Baldwin Fire Headquarters.  The hours are 10 am to 8 pm.  Baldwin Fire Headquarters is located at 2386 Grand Ave. Baldwin, NY 11510.  All blood types will be collected at this blood drive, including O Negative.

Currently, Rob’s  Directed  Donation  Bank of O Negative blood is at his current need level.  All O Negative donors who have not yet donated should donate at the General Blood Drive on Friday, December 30, 2011.

Monetary Donations are also being accepted through the FDNY Rescue 2 Mayday Fund. Visit their website, www.fdnyrescue2.org.

Checks can be made payable to RESCUE COMPANY 2 FDNY and sent to:

Rescue Company 2, FDNY
PO Box 95
Sayville, NY 11782

Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated!

2nd Battalion Parade 2011

It is with deep regret the Chiefs Office of the Baldwin Fire Department and the Officers and Members of Hose Company One announce the Line of Duty Death of Ex-Captain Michael Esposito, a 21 year member of the Baldwin Fire Department.

FUNERAL DETAILS:

Michael will be in repose at Fullerton's Funeral Home, 769 Merrick Road, Baldwin on Saturday May 21st from 7-9PM and Sunday May 22nd 2-4PM.

He will be in repose at St. Christopher's RC Church Sunday evening, May 22nd from 7-9PM. Countywide Memorial Service will be Sunday, May 22nd at 8PM, St. Christopher's Church.

Funeral mass will be Monday, May 23rd - 9:45AM at St. Christopher's Church with internment to follow at Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, NY.

CDC Finds Annual Estimated Cost of U.S. Crash-Related Deaths is $41 Billion

More than half of all costs are in 10 states

Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of this cost ($20.4 billion) was in 10 states, the report says.

CDC's data analysis found that the 10 states with the highest medical and work loss costs were California ($4.16 billion), Texas ($3.50 billion), Florida ($3.16 billion), Georgia ($1.55 billion), Pennsylvania ($1.52 billion), North Carolina ($1.50 billion), New York ($1.33 billion), Illinois ($1.32 billion), Ohio ($1.23 billion), and Tennessee ($1.15 billion).

Emmitsburg, MD – The United States Fire Administration (USFA) is pleased to partner with the International Association of Arson Investigators; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; USAonWatch; National Association of State Fire Marshals; National Volunteer Fire Council; and the Insurance Committee for Arson Control to announce the theme for the 2011 Arson Awareness Week: Working Together to Extinguish Serial Arson. USFA and its partners will use the week of May 1st to the 7th to focus public attention on the value of a collaborative effort with law enforcement, fire and emergency service departments, and the community to battle serial arsonists.

EMMITSBURG, MD — The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced today there were 85 onduty firefighter fatalities in the United States as a result of incidents that occurred in 2010, a 6 percent decrease from the 90 fatalities reported for 2009. The 85 fatalities were spread across 31 states. Illinois experienced the highest number of fatalities (9). In addition to Illinois, only New York (8), Ohio (8), Pennsylvania (7), and Kansas (5) had 5 or more firefighter fatalities.

It is with deep regret, the Chiefs Office of the Long Beach Fire Department announces the passing of Firefighter Billy Quick.

He will be reposing at Macken's Mortuary, 3930 Long Beach Road, Island Park on Thursday, January 20th and Friday, January 21st from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Firematic Services will be held on Friday at 8PM in Class A Uniform.

Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday 9:30AM at St. Ignatius Church in Long Beach, burial to follow at St. Charles Cemetary in Farmingdale.

It is with deep regret the Chiefs Office of the Long Beach Fire Department announces the untimely passing of Ex-Chief Garrett J Rooney, Chief of Department from 1975 to 1981 and Past Chairman of the Second Battalion.

He will be reposing at Macken's Mortuary 3930 Long Beach Road, Island Park on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Firematic Services will be held on Wednesday at 8PM in Class A Uniform.

Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday 9:45AM at St. Ignatius Church in Long Beach, burial to follow at Pinelawn Cemetary in Farmingdale.

Night Closures of Loop Parkway Draw Bridge Begin Tuesday, December 7, 2010 in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County

The Loop Parkway Draw Bridge will be closed to motorists at night, beginning Tuesday, December 7, 2010 and continuing each night through Friday, December 10, 2010 in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County. These weekday night closures between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. are needed to complete repairs to the drawbridge which started last spring. These final repairs will help assure the continued, safe operation of the 75 year-old Loop Parkway Draw Bridge. Local emergency service providers, officials and area schools have been notified of the night time closures. Motorists are being warned in advance of the closures via electronic roadway signs. Long Creek access will remain open to mariners.

Tuition reimbursement for the SAFER Grant is due by 5PM today, October 15, 2010.

SAFER Grant Deadline FAX

Additional information can be found on the NC Office of Emergency Management WEBSITE.

The SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grant is now available to applicants.

Nassau County families and seniors depend on our volunteers who respond to fire, rescue, and emergency medical services.

In response to this need for volunteers, Nassau County has developed the Volunteer Scholarship Program as an incentive for people to serve in the volunteer emergency services.

The scholarship program was developed as a way to recruit and retain volunteers in response to a need identified by our county’s volunteer fire departments and fire department EMS providers.

Developed by the Office of Emergency Management and Federally funded, this innovative program is available for full time and part time students entering Nassau Community College. Volunteers under the scholarship program will be eligible to have tuition paid while maintaining their membership as an
active member in good standing in one of Nassau County’s volunteer fire companies or fire department EMS providers. There is no limitation as to the academic program the recruit can enter at the Nassau Community College campus.

For more information and how to apply for this grant - go to the
Nassau County Office of Emergency Management's homepage.

As we near the 9th anniversary of 9/11, we pause to reflect on the lives that have been lost and extend our thoughts and prayers to their families.

We have set up a page to honor our brothers that were lost.

9-11 Tribute Page

Feel free to leave a message here or share your story.

“Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend–even a friend whose name it never knew. “

- President George W. Bush, December 11, 2001

The next annual meeting of the Second Battalion Out to Lunch Bunch will be held in Baltimore on Friday, July 23rd at J. Paul's Harbor Place, 301 Light Street, in the Inner Harbor. at 1 PM. All members of the Second Battalion are invited. As in the past, this will be a stag event. Please note the change of location this year and when you arrive, ask for the Long Beach FD Second Battalion Luncheon.  We will be in a private room in the back.

The menu for the day will be choice of Grilled Chicken Salad ( grilled chopped chicken breast tossed with lettuce, tomatoes, calamata olives, onions, cucumbers, feta cheese, and tossed Dijon vinaigrette ), a Crab Cake sandwich ( comes with lettuce, tomato and cherry pepper remoulade) or a J. Paul's Burger ( with or without cheese, add bacon, mushroom or onions). All meals come with seasoned fries and cole slaw, and dessert of Key Lime Pie. Lunch includes soda, tap water, tea, and coffee. As in the past, other beverages are available but at an extra cost to each table. Lunch is $20 per person and again please bring extra for the tip. This year I promised the restaurant we would have 50 people there but they told me they are able to accommodate up to 70 comfortably, I just have to let them know ahead of time. PLEASE, let me know how many people you will have attend when the date gets closer.

Any questions, please feel free to contact Mike Ornauer.

There will be a meeting on Sunday morning April 18, 2010 starting at 10am at the Island Park Fire Department Headquarters.

All Department Chiefs, Delegates, Committee Chairpersons are asked to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to help get information out to and back from the Departments. 

The meetings will be held on the Sunday before the third Tuesday of off month of regular meetings.

The By-Laws of the 2nd Battalion are being retyped and will be added to this webpage. We believe we have all the changes.  Please forward any that you may be aware of to Ex-Chief Doug Wiedmann at dwiedmann@gmail.com Thank you.