01/01/2025
With 2024 coming to a close with 6 working fires islandwide in the last 3 hours of the year, the final working fire total is in. A huge thank you again to Zone2photo and our numerous sources for helping keep track of all of these fires between both Nassau and Suffolk. You can keep track of 2025’s working fires on both my website (link below) and his. As customary tradition on January 1st, below is an overview of the 2024 Working Fire statistics for both Nassau & Suffolk Counties. For full details of all the working fire in 2024 by department and battalion/division, please visit my website, https://www.overtheedgephotography.com/WorkingFires/2024.
Total Working Fires:
Nassau County - 257 (+15 from 2023)
Suffolk County - 282 (-25 from 2023)
Long Island Total - 539 (-10 from 2023)
Top 5 Departments for Working Fires (Nassau County):
1(T). Elmont Fire Department - 19
1(T). Hempstead Volunteer Fire Dept - 19
3(T). Freeport Fire Department - 14
3(T). Hicksville Fire Department - 14
5. City of Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department - 13
Top 5 Departments for Working Fires (Suffolk County):
1. Brentwood Fire Department, - 12
2. Ronkonkoma Fire Department - 10
3(T). Smithtown Fire Department - 8
3(T). East Farmingdale Volunteer Fire Company Inc. - 8
5(T). Huntington Manor Fire Department - 6
5(T). Riverhead Fire Department - 6
5(T). Commack Fire Department - 6
5(T). Centereach Fire Department - 6
In 2024, the first working fire on the Island and in Suffolk County at approximately 3:29pm on New Years Day for the Smithtown Fire Department while the first working fire in Nassau County went to the East Meadow Fire Department on January 6th at 12:55am.
The last working fire on the Island and in Suffolk County was went to the Coram Fire Department at approximately 11:40pm on New Years Eve while the last working fire for Nassau County went to the Hicksville Fire Department at 11:24pm.
To keep up to date on 2025’s fires, please visit my new link:
https://www.overtheedgephotography.com/WorkingFires/2025
I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year. Thank you for your support in 2024 and I look forward to seeing you on the fireground in 2025.
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