A big crowd turned out for Riverhead Fire Department’s open house today at the department’s Roanoke Avenue headquarters.
Kids of all ages enjoyed watching firefighters demonstrate how to extinguish a grease fire and oven fire (rule no. 1 deprive it of oxygen – also, don’t put water on a grease fire) and how firefighters use the “jaws of life” to extricate people trapped in vehicles following crashes. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Fire destroyed a mobile home in the Riverwoods community on Riverleigh Avenue in Riverside this afternoon.

One of the occupants of the home was transported by Flanders-Northampton Ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation.

The home next door sustained damage from the heat of the fire.
The home at unit 40 on Pond Road in Riverwoods was fully engulfed when Riverhead ... (Full Story & Photos)

Riverhead Fire Dept was dispatched to a MVA on route 105 south of union ave. Chief Corwin was 1st on scene and found that a passenger on the overturned vehicle was still inside. The victim was removed through the sun roof. 2 victims were transported to PBMC by Riverhead ambulance. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Riverhead firefighters doused a fire on a farm north of Sound Avenue this afternoon, where numerous rolls of baled straw caught fire.
It was spontaneous combustion, Riverhead Fire Department spokesperson William Sanok said. The bales heated up and had just enough moisture in them to catch fire, Sanok said.
Moisture in baled hay or straw causes chemical reactions that produce flammable gas, which when ... (Full Story & Photos)

Riverhead was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on East main street between Roanoke ave. and East ave. Arriving units found a vehicle on its driver side . The driver was going down main street and hit a parked car and flipped over on to the driver side. Riverhead Fire dept. and Riverhead volunteer ambulance removed the driver. Riverhead Ambulance transport to PBMC.... (Full Story & Photos)