Eastport Fire Department

Last year, during the beginning of the COVID 19 outbreak, Eastport Fire Department took to the streets of our Fire District to bring the Easter Bunny to our friends and neighbors. The outpouring of support and joy was equal to our annual Santa Run. On Saturday April 3rd at 9:30am we will continue this new tradition with our second annual Easter Bunny Run. ... As with our Santa Tracker, we will be giving real time Tracker info on our Eastport FD Facebook page. Due to the ongoing COVID stop the spread initiative, the Easter Bunny will only be able to wave again. We hope to see you all and bring a smile in these trying times.

Thank You all for making this years Easter Bunny run a huge success.

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As. A reminder, The Easter Bunny will make rounds throughout the Eastport Fire District beginning tomorrow morning at 9:30am. He will begin on the north side of the district and make our way throughout returning back to EFD. As with our Santa run Track our progress on our Facebook page.

The Eastport FD chiefs, officers and members wish to introduce our newest firefighter. Congratulates to F/F Joseph Tortorice and wife Samantha on the birth of the daughter Amelia Estelle, 7 lbs 20 inches on 3/31/21. Congratulations to new grandfather F/F Phil Tortorice and Past Chief/uncle Mike Tortorice. ... Mom, and baby resting comfortably. Congratulations

Last evening at 4:40pm, at the beginning of the snow storm, Eastport FD responded to a report of a multi car motor vehicle accident on Old Country road between Tuttle ave and Union ave. The road was shut down for over an hour for the safety of the rescue personnel including Southampton town PD and Westhampton Ambulance crews until the operators involved could be tended to and the vehicles could be moved off the road. Many of our friends and neighbors travel this road and were diverted down union ave. or Tuttle ave. Eastport Fire Fighter John Cappabianca was featured on the cover of this mornings Newsday Paper placing road flares to direct traffic south on Tuttle ave. at the scene of the accident.

As a reminder please keep the hydrants clear.

Eastport Fire Dept Santa Run Sunday DEC 20th from 9am-12pm. We will be live updating locations as Santa travels through the Fire District so you can follow Santa and his Elves. So follow us on our Facebook page for Santa’s up to the minute locations and areas they are heading to. ... Also you can listen for the sirens to hear Santa’s fire trucks approaching.

https://shop.spreadshirt.com/efdsupporters Looking for great Eastport FD apparel to sent as gifts this year? We have your style color and designs all here. Each year our community comes together and supports their local heroes.... With the postponement of our many community outreach gatherings, Eastport FD has created a new clothing apparel line. From onesies to hoodies we have you covered. The best part is, YOU get to customize the entire purchase. Colors, sizes, tee shirt to sweatshirt. You are in control. No more "Sorry we ran out of that size or color". Best of all, payment is online and all apparel ships directly to your destination. So tell your friends and family. Shop for your Eastport FD apparel online and support your local heroes!

ELECTION UPDATE Congratulations to Commissioner Elect and Ex-Chief Ed Schneyer on a successful bid to succeed 35 year Fire Commissioner and Ex-Chief Randy Crennan on the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Eastport Fire District. We are proud of you Chief and are looking forward to what you will do in 2021.... The count was 179 to 60, with 5 voided votes 244 members of our Fire Department community came out tonight and made their voices heard. This is the largest vote count in Eastport FD history! Thank you again to all of our friends, family and community members for showing how much you care about YOUR local fire fighters. A tremendous thanks to Commissioner Randy Crennan for his tireless service to the district and department, you sir have left some gigantic shoes to fill...

Eastport FD was honored to take place in the drive by parade for a very important member of our community Keith Caputo. Keith, is a dedicated member of our community doing all he can to help our neighbors in need. His dedication and endurance is seen throughout the year helping our community members. Happy 40th birthday Keith from the Eastport Fire Department.

Good Monday morning everyone. I have received many inquiries about the EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT'S "FAMOUS BUFFET BREAKFASTS" that we have held in November and D...ecember, each year, since we started this FUNDRASING EVENT in 2005. We originally held this fundraising event to raise funds for our Brother and Sister firefighters in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi,. Their fire department was devastated by hurricane Katrina. After raising over $30,000.00 for them, they were up and running to provide fire/rescue services for their community. We continued the Breakfasts since then, and a percentage of the profits have been donated to various food banks, Firefighters cancer support, Veteran causes, Keith C;aputo's Helping Makes U Happy, and animal rescue groups. Unfortunately, due to the current Covid 19 pandemic, this years fundraisers have been cancelled. Over the years, like our famous annual Barbecue, these events have become a big community get together, and we love this! We are planning to hold food drives to support our local food banks. As all of us know, the current pandemic has placed a burden on us. We, as PROUD AMERICANS, will get through this. As our annual fund drive is now going on, please consider making a donation. If you have already made a donation, WE THANK YOU!!!!! Keep an eye out for our FOOD DRIVES dates. We appreciate your support. See more

Our name implies we are a Fire Department. Our members prove we are so much more. Our Mission statement is to serve and protect the people of the Eastport Fire District and surrounding communities. We respond to alarms lights and sirens to get there fast and make difference. Today we responded lights and sirens BUT at a slower pace and for a different reason. Eastport Fire Department was invited to a very special birthday parade today. Ms. Grace Guerra, Daughter of Su...sie and Tom Guerra, celebrated her 14th birthday today. Gracie is an extraordinary young lady living in our community. Her wish was to have a birthday celebration with all her friends and neighbors. Many members of our community including members for our local emergency services neighbors including Eastport FD, Westhampton Beach FD, Quogue FD, East Quogue FD, Southampton Town PD, Westhampton Beach and Quogue village police Departments all were in attendance... In the end, ALL INVOLVED made a difference.

EFD held its quarterly meeting last night at the fire house. Due to COVID we did not hold our annual installation dinner this year. Chief of Department Mike Tortorice, First Assistant John Renkin and Second Assistant Joe Tortorice acknowledged our award winners and life time achieve the members at the meeting. First, we are going to honor the Top 10 Responders. These are the people a chief depends on most to answer the calls no matter what time of day or night. They ar...e the ones that are on the front lines day in and day out serving our community in its time of need. Ex-Chief Edward Schneyer Ex-Chief Ryan King Ex-Chief Thomas Collins Capt. John Dalen Capt. Louis Bancroft LT. Melissa Rankin LT. Terry Blackford FF Bud Mazura FF William P. Glover FF Mel Gordon The Lawrence Goldstein Memorial Award: Ex-Chief Thomas Collins 25 years of service: Ryan King Dave Schwack 50 years of Service: Rich McNeil Ex Chief Tom Collins Probationary Firefighter of the year 2019: Fire fighter Joseph Dalen This young member joined the department early in 2019, He quickly became a fixture at the fire house, signing up for all activities, events, standbys and attending almost every drill. He was, and continues to be a fire fighter that the Chiefs office and officers ranks rely on day and day out. Fire fighter of the Year 2019: This year two Fire fighters went above and beyond the call of duty. Firefighter William Graham and 2nd Asst. Chief Joe Tortorice. Here are there heroic events: On the morning of June 15th, while playing pickle ball in Riverhead, a commotion broke out on an adjacent court, FF William Graham responded over to help, and realized a man who was playing pickle ball went into cardiac arrest on the court. CPR was quickly administered... the AED was retrieved. FF Graham then helped shock the victim 3 times, ultimately restoring his pulse. The quick actions of FF Graham and the crew that assisted are the reason that the victim made a full recovery In the early Morning hours of November 3rd 2019, while working in Brooklyn, 2nd Asst chief Joe Tortorice was retrieving equipment from his work truck. Suddenly a frantic mother ran out of a brownstone screaming that her baby was not breathing. 2nd Assistant Chief Tortorice found a lifeless infant baby not breathing with a bluish complexion. Joe began CPR immediately on the infant. Shortly after the administration of CPR the baby begin to cry. FDNY Paramedics then took over the care of the baby. As per the paramedics, the If not for the actions of 2nd Assistant Chief Tortorice The baby would have faced certain death. Junior FF of the year 2019: Probationary FF Ariel Yeager

October is Fire prevention Month. Annually, fire departments use this month to teach fire safety to the students of our local schools. This year is very different. Fire safety is an every day event not just a few educational minutes in the month of October. Here are a few fire safety tips as the cold weather approaches. Please check and change the batteries in your smoke and CO detectors if they still require batteries. Newer detectors have a ten year sealed battery. Whe...n you change the batteries, check the date of manufacture. If the unit is over ten years old, consider replacing it which could prevent false alarms. Just because the CO unit is plugged into the wall the batteries still loose the charge over time. Check your flue in the fire place before you light the first fire. This may be closed. This could allow dangerous gases and smoke to fill the house if you light the fire place. Interesting fun fact in fire fighting history: Smokey the Bear A small young bear cub was displaced during a wild fire in the Capitan, New Mexico Wild fire of 1950. 30 fire fighters went to rescue this cub when they were overcome by the fire. The fire fighters hunkered down and the flames passed over their position. After an hour had passed the searched for the cub and found him badly burned but alive. The cub was taken to Sante fe for treatment. The U.S. followed the cubs progress through the united press stories. The name smokey was given to the cub. Smokey Bear became the figure of wildfire prevention. The Slogan we all grew up on " Only you can Prevent Forest fires" He became a national hero living out his days in the Washington Zoo. Smokey Bear passed away on 1976. His legend lives on today through wild fire prevention programs and commercials. As a reminder, Eastport Fire Department is always looking for a few good neighbors who are interested in joining the brave men and woman keeping our neighborhoods safe. Please contact Eastport FD or go to our web page Eastportfd.org and fill out an application.

Proud to stand with our brothers and sisters of the Flanders Northampton Volunteer Ambulance to welcome home Ex-Chief George Worthington and his wife Mary tonight!

Tonight Ex Chief of Flanders ambulance, George Worthington, his wife Mary and Father returned home escorted by members from numerous fire, police and ambulance departments, members of the Blur and Red Knights along with multiple agencies met the ferry at orient point and drove him back to Flanders Ambulance Headquarters. Final services will be held at a future date.

Last week, along with many local county and emergency service leaders, The Eastport Fire Department had the privilege to show our support to Ex-Chief and former Director of Emergency Preparedness/OEM for Suffolk County Edward Schneyer. Ed retired after a stellar 35 year career of selfless service and sacrifice to the residents of Suffolk County. Ed held various positions within the county during his tenure each growing with responsibility. As an Ex-Chief, Ed continues to b...e a Valued and essential component of our department, and the same is to be said for his service to the county. The Chiefs, Officers and Members would like to wish Ex-Chief Edward Schneyer a very happy and healthy retirement from Suffolk County FRES, Thank you for your service to the residents of Suffolk County, and we look forward to your continued service at the Eastport FD.

On this solemn of days, please join the Eastport FIre Department while we take some time to remember our fallen brothers, sister, friends, and family who’s lives were lost in an instant and continue to be lost due this tragic moment in time.