FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICE COMPANY 1
The Patrol Company was an original Company formed within the Department when the ‘Central Islip Hook & Ladder & Chemical Engine Company #1’ was disbanded and reorganized as the ‘Central Islip Fire Department’ on May 6, 1929. The number of members assigned to the original Patrol Company is unknown. Membership now consists of 25 members, not including Senior Active members with 20 or more years of service.
Unlike the other Companies who were led by their Foreman and Assistant Foreman, the Patrol Company elected William McCrone (who was also a former Foreman of the ‘Central Islip Fire Company’ from 1915 to 1922) as Chief and Fred Herman as Assistant Chief. These titles apparently did not remain this way for very long and the Officers of the Patrol were then referred to as Foreman and Assistant Foreman as did the other original Companies. (Part of the reason for this seems to be because the Foremen of the Department had their titles changed to Chief and Assistant Chiefs in 1930, and this would obviously create confusion). It is unclear who served as additional Foremen for the first few years of the Company’s existence. The title of Foreman and Assistant Foreman was changed to that of Captain and Lieutenants for all Companies as of the December 4, 1933 Department Meeting. The Company changed its’ name in 1950 and again in 1979.
The original Patrol Company was assigned to the Truck House on East Suffolk Avenue. With the completion of the new Fire House in 1937, the Company was moved to this location, and finally was assigned to the new Headquarters building in 1991.
Past Apparatus of F.E.S Co.#1
1921 Ford ‘Runabout’ (no photo exists)
1933 Chevrolet Patrol Truck
1947 Dodge Patrol Truck
1968 Maxim Rescue Truck
1985 ‘Emergency One’ (Ford Cab) Heavy Rescue
2000 Pierce Quantum Heavy Rescue
2020 Rosenbauer Tower Ladder
Fire Emergency Services Company No. 1 Past Chiefs:
William McCrone
Al Giza
Walter Schmidt
Eugene Ritter
Thomas P. Walsh
Laurence Birsner
Christopher Portelli
Fifty Year Members & Past Chiefs:
Thomas P. Walsh Jr.
Past Captains of the Patrol Company (1934 – 1950)
1934 – 1938
1938 – 1939
1939 – 1941
1941 – 1942
1942 – 1944
1944 – 1946
1946 – 1947
1947 – 1949
1949 – 1950
Cornelius Gannon
Al Giza
Joseph Doelger
John Bothwell
Steve Elliffe
Al Lumpe
Peter Doelger
Walter Schimdt
Joseph Knappe
Past Captains of Fire Police Company #1 (1950 – 1979)
1950 – 1951
1951 – 1953
1953 – 1954
4/54 - 9/54
9/54 - 1956
1956 – 1957
4/57 - 7/57
7/57 - 1959
1959 – 1961
1961 – 1963
1963 – 1964
1964 – 1966
1966 – 1967
1967 – 1969
1969 – 1970
1970 – 1972
1972 – 1973
1973 – 1976
1976 – 1978
1978 – 1979
Joseph Knappe
Eugene Ritter
Frank Basso
Robert P. Miller
Louis Muir
Samuel Maltese
Henry Sabol
John Ferguson
Richard Hilder
Dominick Testa
Robert Specht
Joseph Siele
James Flannery
Edward Clark
Timothy Cassidy
Thomas P. Walsh, Jr.
Charles Torio
Edward Clark
Donald Fedock
Edward Radziski
Past Captains of Fire Emergency Service Company #1
1979 – 1980
1980 – 1982
1982 – 1984
1984 – 1986
1986 – 1988
1988 – 1990
1990 – 1992
1992 – 1993
1993 – 1994
1994 – 1996
1996 – 1998
1998 – 2000
2000 – 2003
2003 – 2004
2004 – 2006
2006 – 2007
2007 – 2008
2008 – 2009
2009 – 2011
2011 – 2013
2013 - 2015
2015 - 2017
2017 - 2018
2018 - 2021
Edward Radziski
Frank Storz
Patrick Robertson
Thomas Poulin
Joseph DelHoyo
Alvin VanWart
Laurence D. Birsner
William McDonough
Laurence D. Birsner
Thomas Correira
Steve Delamar
Laurence D. Birsner
Jimmy Brown
Steve Delamar
Larry Parada
Michael Smith
Larry Parada
Louis Wilson
Christopher Portelli
David Verbeek
Christopher Portelli
Vincent Plotino
Andres Gallego
Miguel Barba