| ANNUAL 2008 GCVFD GOLF OUTING - REGISTRATION STARTS MAY 1, 2008 written by SJB, 04.27.2008 |
 | The City of Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department's Annual Golf Outing will be held on Monday August 4, 2008 starting at 9:00AM for a fun filled day at the golf course. Registration will begin on May 1, 2008. Tee Sponsors will also be solicited starting May 1, 2008. All forms are ...more |
| RASH OF BRUSH FIRES IN GLEN COVE written by SJB, 04.24.2008 |
 | With then end of winter and April's showers for May's flowers, there is an abundance of dry vegetation around the City of Glen Cove. Due to the mix of dry vegetation and human causes, there have been a rash of brush fires in the City of Glen Cove. On Thursday April 24, 2008, around 6pm, there was ...more |
| GCVFD RESPONDS TO OVERTURN MVA TO ASSIST GCPD AND GCEMS written by SJB, 04.13.2008 |
 | On Sunday morning 4/13/2008, Glen Cove Fire Dispatcher #2 signed on the air with a Signal 8 on Forest & Walnut for an auto accident. Glen Cove EMS and Glen Cove PD were already on scene and called GCVFD to standby while the vehicle was being stabilized and turned back onto it's ...more |
| GCVFD RESPONDS MUTUAL AID TO LOCUST VALLEY THEN SIG 8 BRUSH FIRE IN WELWYN PRESERVE written by SJB, 03.29.2008 |
 | On Saturday evening March 29, 2008, Glen Cove Fire Dispatch toned out for a General Alarm Mutual Aid to Locust Valley for an automatic alarm. Locust Valley at the time was responding to a report of a house fire, LV Fire Dispatch called Glen Cove for mutual aid backup for the secondary alarm. ...more |
| GCVFD RESPONDS TO SIGNAL 8 BRUSH FIRE AT THE GLEN COVE HIGH SCHOOL written by SJB, 03.24.2008 |
 | On the night of Monday March, 24, 2008, Glen Cove Fire Dispatch toned out for a Signal 8 brush fire in Glen Cove High School on Dosoris Lane. Chiefs 5200, 5201 and 5202 responded along with 1st due Engine 525 and 2nd due Engine 524. The brush fire was put out with the two crews very ...more |
| GCVFD RESPONDS TO A SIGNAL 8 MVA ON TOWN PATH EXTENSION EARLY MORNING written by SJB, 03.22.2008 |
 | On a quiet early morning on March 22, 2008, Glen Cove Police Dispatch called Glen Cove Fire Dispatch for an overturned auto on Town Path Extension. Dispatcher No. 2 signed on the air for a signal 8 auto accident having already dispatched for responding Glen Cove Volunteer EMS units. 5201 and 5203 ...more |
| SIGNAL 9: ONE CAR AUTO ACCIDENT ON GLEN COVE AVE BY THE SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE written by R. LEFTWICH, 03.09.2008 |
 | The Glen Cove Fire Department was dispatched to respond to an auto accident car into a pole on Glen Cove Ave by the School for Language. Signal 14 arrived at the scene and requested the Fire Department for the hurst tool to extricate the female driver that was trapped in the car. Heavy Rescue 522 ...more |
| GCVFD ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF 58 YEAR ACTIVE MEMBER JAMES MERRICK written by SJB, 03.08.2008 |
 | It is with deep regret that the City of Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department announces the passing of 58 year active member of Pacific Engine & Hose Company #1, James Merrick. James Merrick, lovingly known as "Leopold", was an historian and comedian of sorts, always telling stories to ...more |
| SIGNAL 9: TWO CAR MVA ON FOREST AVE written by SJB, 02.13.2008 |
 | On Wednesday evening, February 13, 2008, at approximately 9:57pm, Glen Cove Fire Dispatch Operator No.2 signed on the air with a Signal 9 Auto Accident Request for the Hurst Tool on Forest Avenue, in front of Payless Shoe store. Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad responded ...more |
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