First Fire Island-Wide for2023

The East Brentwood Fire Department was alerted fora house fire on Fulton Street about 0010 on January 1, 2023. Chief of Department Vasquez and First Assistant Chief Figueroa were on scene almost immediately as the fire was located just down the street from East Brentwood headquarters. Chief Vasquez transmitted a working fire forfire in the rearof a singlestory home. Quint 3-3-3 stretched the initial line into the house. Brentwood Ladder3-2-8 began venting and searches. The fire was brought undercontrol within an hourwith one occupant suffering burns. The person had reentered the home priorto the fire departments’arrival and was burned trying to retrieve a pet. That person was taken by ambulance to a local hospital fortreatment. Additional mutual aid came from Islip Terrace and East Islip. The cause of the fire was underinvestigation. This was the first fire island-wide for2023.

- Fire News photos by Paul Mazza