ENGINE & HOSE COMPANY 3
Originally known as Hose Company No.1 it was one of the first companies formed when the Department was reorganized from “Central Islip Hook & Ladder & Chemical Company 1” to the “Central Islip Fire Department”. Over the years the number of members in the company fluctuated but eventually settled on 25 members not including Senior Active members with 20 or more years of service.
Before Captains ran the companies in the Central Islip Fire Department Foremen’s were in charge of the company and the members. The first “Forman” of the Hose Company was Thomas Cordingley in 1929, and the first “Captain” of the company was William Klinke Sr. in 1947. In 1947 with the rise in population due to the end of World War Two the members of the department decided it was time to expand the department and create a new engine company. It was then decided that Hose Company No.1 would be reorganized and Engine and Hose Company No. 3 was established.
Charter members of the Engine and Hose Company Three were: John Brewer, Joseph Brewer, Rudolph Bruch, William Bothwell, Harold Cordingley, Michael Czerkas, Bernard Dean, James Grimes Sr., Robert Groth, Georg Howarth, Hooper Howarth, Albert Herr, Bryan Hynes, William Klinke Sr., Kenneth McConnell Sr., Frank McCourt, Edmund Miller Sr., Reginald Miller, Thomas Moffett, Charles Mulligan, Steve Patcella, William Reinhardt, Lyod Rhoda, William Schork, Eugene Schultz, and Gordon Smith.
Engine and Hose Co. #3 is assigned to the headquarters at 97 Carleton Ave. and has been responding out of the Central Islip Fire Department headquarters since 1937. Currently Engine and Hose Company Three still has a full roster of 25 men and over 10 Senior Active members. Always having a fully staffed company and a large amount of Senior Active members is a tribute to the dedication and commitment of the members to the Central Islip Fire Department and the community of Central Islip.
Apparatus for Engine and Hose Co #3
1929: Pierce Arrow Hose Wagon
1932: Willys Hose Car
1930: Maxim Pumper
1954: FWD Pumper
1965: Maxim Pumper
1983: Pierce Arrow Pumper
2000: Pierce Quantum Pumper
2009: Pierce Velocity Pumper
Engine & Hose Company No. 3 Past Chiefs:
Lynn Dickson
J. Arthur Mulligan
William Shork
Robert Groth
William Klinke Sr.
John Ferguson
James T. McDonough Sr.
Richard Johnson Sr.
Earl F. Phillips Sr.
Joseph P. Correira
Richard Johnson Jr.
Thomas D'Arcangelo
Edward Freudenberg
Robert McGee Jr.
Patrick C. Murphy
Fifty Year Members & Past Chiefs:
Earl F. Phillips Sr.
Fifty Year Members
Albert "Stretch" Talor
Harold Cordingley
Honorary Chiefs:
Martin McDonough - 50 years
Father John P. Halpin
Charles A. Murphy - 50 years
Frank Marshal Sr. - 50 years
James M. Grimes - 50 years
Past Formen’s/Captains of Hose Company No. 1
1929-1930
1936-1938
1938-1940
1941-1942
1943-1944
1945-1946
Thomas Cordingley
Harold Corginley
Robert Groth
William Schork
Thomas Moffett
George Davison
1931-1939
1938
1940-1941
1942-1943
1944-1945
1946-1947
Lynn Dickson
Harold Beckendorf
George Howarth
Joseph McDonough
Thomas Roland
William Reinhard
Past Captains Engine & Hose Co. #3
1947-1950
1951-1953
1955-1957
1958-1960
1962-1964
1966-1969
1971-1973
1976-1978
1979-1980
1982-1984
1986-1988
1990-1992
1994-1996
1998-2000
2002-2004
2006-2008
2009-2011
2013-2015
2017-2019
William Klinke Sr.
Reginald Miller
Patrick A. Murphy
Martin McDonough
James McDonough Sr.
Raymond O’Connell Sr.
Martin McDonough
Earl F. Phillips Jr.
Herman Hugo
Joseph P. Correira
Stephen P. Murphy
Thomas D’Arcangelo
Barry Uihlein
James Savastano
Philip Goglas
Robert McGee
Patrick C. Murphy
Robert Kuehn
Jason Correira
1950-1951
1953-1955
1957-1958
1960-1962
1964-1966
1969-1971
1973-1976
1978-1979
1980-1982
1984-1986
1988-1990
1992-1994
1996-1998
2000-2002
2004-2006
2008-2009
2011-2013
2015-2017
2019-2021
Rudolph Bruch
Kenneth McConnell Sr.
Edmund Miller Sr.
Eugene Brewer
Edward Ende Sr.
Theodore Carpluck
Richard Johnson Sr.
Charles A. Murphy
Edward Phillips
Richard Johnson Jr.
Kenneth McConnell Jr.
Joseph Verline
Edward Irizarry
Edward M. Freudenberg
James Dobbs
James Fitzpatrick
Christopher Murphy
Jeffrey Kempf
Robert Kuehn