Suffolk County Fire Academy Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

02.14.2026 Featured Story

Joining a group that always has your back: Fire Department mentors show the way for recruits

Before Maximilian Pelletier, then 20, joined the Shelter Island Fire Department in November 2013, he had witnessed and quickly responded to a fire on his own, and was asked...

07.06.2024 Featured Story

Suffolk Closeup: Lithium batteries need regulation

The Suffolk County Legislature this month unanimously passed a measure “to add a certification requirement to the sale of lithium-ion storage batteries for electric-assist bicycles and other powered mobility...

07.29.2023 Featured Story

Choir Sunday July 30 at Union Chapel: All invited to lend their voices

Union Chapel will be alive with the sound of music for Choir Sunday, July 30, at 10:30 a.m. Singers of all ages, regardless of skill or experience, are invited...

02.27.2023 Featured Story

Deadly crash sparks firefighter safety concerns: Lithium car batteries pose multiple problems

Volunteer fire departments are facing a new kind of challenge: burgeoning electric vehicle technologies. First responders faced this challenge the night of Feb. 24 in East Marion when two...

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Joining a group that always has your back: Fire Department mentors show the way for recruits

Suffolk Closeup: Lithium batteries need regulation

Choir Sunday July 30 at Union Chapel: All invited to lend their voices

Deadly crash sparks firefighter safety concerns: Lithium car batteries pose multiple problems