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The
Brentwood
Fire Department is located in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. The Department is in Suffolk
County Fire-Rescue's 3rd Fire Division.
The
Department has an area of approximately 24 square miles covering
Brentwood, North Bay Shore, Edgewood and Baywood. It has a wide variety of
structures including; single and multiple family dwellings, Suffolk
Community College, C.W. Post, Pilgrim State Psychiatric Facility which has
25 to 30 non fire proof buildings with many converted into private
businesses, 20 Brentwood Public School buildings, many taxpayers and
commercial structures, several garden apartment complexes and the St.
Josephs Complex.
Brentwood
Fire Department also covers three major roadways. The Long Island Expressway, the
Islands major thoroughfare for commercial and commuter traffic, the
Southern State Parkway and the Sagtikos Parkway.
The
Brentwood Fire Department responds to fire calls only and does not handle
EMS. The Department responds to an average of 1,600 runs each year.
Brentwood Ambulance, which is responsible for emergency medical care, handles an average of 7,000 EMS runs each year.
The
Department is under the command of Chief John J. Carney, the 39th Chief
of the Department. Brentwood FD operates out of 5 houses with 11 engines,
1 - 95' tower ladder, 1 - 100' aerial, a heavy rescue unit, 1 brush unit
and a mobile command unit. In 1998, the Department celebrated its 100th
year of service to the people of Brentwood.
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