Heaters can be dangerous if not used correctly. Eighty percent (80%) of all fire deaths occur in the home and heating equipment is a leading cause of home fires during the cool and cold weather months of the year. It trails only cooking equipment in home fires year-round. As we have the first extreme cold weather predictions of the winter season, the Smithtown Fire Department wants to remind everyone to heat your homes with care by following these safety tips!
A serious one vehicle MVA was toned out to the Smithtown Fire Department at 11:23:35 AM, on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7 Route 25A and Summerset Drive across from Avalon Garden.
Responding to the alarm were Chief’s 4-2-33 (Third Assistant Chief Sisino), 4-2-31 (First Assistant Chief Duffy) and 4-2-30 (Chief of Department Duckham), Engine 4-2-5, Engine 4-2-1, Rescue 4-2-9 and Ambulance 4-2-62.
Upon arrival Chief Sisino witnessed a vehicle that struck a tree, caught fire and had one victim entrapped. Suffolk County Police were on the scene first and began battling the fire with extinguishers.
Jeff Bressler, Public Information Officer for the Smithtown Fire Department commended PD’s early response, “The Smithtown Fire Department commends PD for their swift response to the fire until we arrived. Without protective gear they took immediate action to protect the trapped driver.”
Arriving on the scene the Smithtown FD quickly went into action extinguishing the fire quickly so they could begin the extrication of the entrapped driver.
“I am proud of the swift and professional way our firefighter extinguished the blaze and immediately commenced with the extrication process. We initially removed the passenger door to get to the injured driver. In order to remove him we had to take out the rear seat of the vehicle. The operation was preformed seamlessly.”
Once removed the drive was airlifted by Suffolk PD aviation. The helicopter took the unidentified driver to the Stony Brook University Medical Center for treatment.
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An early morning motor vehicle accident MVA/Heavy Rescue) was toned out to the Smithtown Fire Department at 07:02:20 am at Brooksite Drive and Route 347.
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