The room was full of Smithtown and Huntington’s bravest, Saturday night, as Fire Police members and guests attended the 45th Installation Dinner of the Huntington Township Fire Police Association. The evening of award presentations was held at the Smithtown Fire Department, to honor the installation of officers. Smithtown Fire Department members received two extraordinary honors.
The Fire Police of the Year Award was presented to Gary Ruggiero. The current member of the Executive Board is a former Fire Police Captain, Company 7 Captain and a past Association President. The second honor of the evening went to the Smithtown Fire Department for Fire Police Squad of the Year.
Smithtown FD member Doug Kronenberg was installed as President of the Association for his second term. Smithton FD members and Past President; Rich Kondenar, Gary Ruggiero and Giovani “Cheech” Chiarelli were installed on the Executive Board.
About the Fire Police Association
The Fire Police Association is comprised of 16 Fire Police Units from departments in both the Towns of Smithtown and Huntington. All active members of the Smithtown Fire Police are duly sworn New York State Peace Officers when working at a scene. Fire Police squads provide their respective departments with traffic control at motor vehicle accidents, crowd and vehicle control and evidence preservation at alarm scenes, mutual aid for other neighboring departments, as well as working special details for large scale events and firematic funerals