Great River Fire Department
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The Great River Fire Department is a volunteer fire department
, located in Great River
, NY on Long Island
in Suffolk County
. GRFD is part of the Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services system with call numbers 3-9-0. The department headquarters is located on River Road in front of Timber Point County Park, east of the entrance to Heckscher State Park
.
Volunteer fire department
See also the Firefighter article and its respective sections regarding VFDs in other countries.A volunteer fire department is a fire department composed of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.The first organized force of...
, located in Great River
Great River, New York
Great River is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The name derives from "Connetquot", an Algonquian word for "great river". It was formerly known as Youngsport and was once home to many aristocratic families...
, NY on Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
in Suffolk County
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
. GRFD is part of the Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services system with call numbers 3-9-0. The department headquarters is located on River Road in front of Timber Point County Park, east of the entrance to Heckscher State Park
Heckscher State Park
Heckscher State Park is a park on the shore of the Great South Bay at East Islip in Suffolk County, New York, USA. The park was that was once the 19th century estates of George C. Taylor and J. Neal Plum. Islip's founder, William Nicoll, originally built his estate on this property...
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