COMPANY #3
"No Fire Too Difficult, No Rescue Too Great"
25 Prospect Street
Great Neck, NY 11021
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Company #3 is one of two Manhasset-Lakeville fire companies with Hurst "Jaws of Life" rescue systems and responds to all motor vehicle accidents as well as vehicle fires on the Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway.
Company #3’s current apparatus includes Engine 8734, Engine 8735, and Rescue 8730. Rescue 8730 is a specialty piece of apparatus and responds to all motor vehicle accidents with entrapment, working fires, technical rescues and hazardous material incidents throughout the entire district.
Company #3’s firehouse is also the home of the Manhasset-Lakeville Ambulance Unit and all of its apparatus.
OFFICERS
Captain Jesse Madden
1st Lieutenant Kyle Warshavsky
2nd Lieutenant Emmanuel Henry
President William Mazurkiewicz
Vice President Kyle Warshavsky
Secretary Michael Bernatovich
Treasurer Cheuk Chan
Sergeant-at-Arms Schuyler Gordon
Financial Secretary Yaw Amankwa-Anto
History of Company #3
When growth in the community dictated expansion of the Fire Department, the Hill and Valley FD was disbanded and the M-LFD was born. It was decided to put a firehouse on Prospect St. in the Village of Thomaston, so Company Three was established and is still located there today. The original quarters was a simple corrugated tin shed which housed a hand-drawn reel with 500 feet of hose. A new firehouse, constructed in 1929, was remodeled and enlarged in 1955. In 1988, the present quarters was built on the same site. Despite the modern look, a tribute to the past adorns the front of quarters. Back in 1912, a large iron ring outside a blacksmith shop on Northern Blvd. was struck with a hammer to alert members to respond. That ring is proudly displayed at Company 3.
The first apparatus in Company 3 was a Ford purchased from the Douglaston Fire Company in 1917. A truck with flood lights was bought in 1933. The first rescue rig came in 1957. Today’s fleet is state of the art. Rescue 8730, is a 2019 KME Resuce Pumper. 8734 is a 2024 KME Pumper and 8735 is a 2000 KME pumper. These apparatus get quite a workout; Co. 3 responds on a regular basis with every company except Co. 1 as well as going on mutual aid and FAST Unit responses.
At Company 3 we are proud of our service to the community and of our family traditions. Names such as Hicks, McCrindle, Comesky, Bernatovich, Fagan and Brown have been on the roster for generations. Ex-Chief Neil Hicks celebrated 50 years of membership in 2012. His brother Preston is an Ex-Captain and Preston Jr. is a former member as well. The Hicks family boasts over thirty members of the Department over the last century.
Company 3 presently has nine active 25+year members. In addition, Rodolfo Barranco is a former Commissioner and Department President. Neil Hicks, Pat McGrath and Kyle Dugger are Ex-Chiefs; Konata Ragin previously served as Department Secretary and is presently serving as Department Sergeant-at-Arms, and Peter Bernatovich served as Department Assistant Treasurer.
The members of Company 3 take pride in our heritage and service to the district. We will never fail to meet our responsibility to those we serve. We are proud of our progress and look forward to continued service to the community.
