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Riverhead hosts annual fire department drill competition

By Vera Chinese

BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO
Cutchogue Fire Department “Panthers” in the Motor H&L Class
“B” drill. Their time was 7.49.

Pouring rain didn’t damper the spirits of about 20 Suffolk County Fire Departments who sent members of their respective drill teams to Riverhead Saturday, where they competed in a slew of firefighter time trial events.
Though the teams had to take a few breaks to wait as the rain passed, members still competed in hose, ladder and truck races as well as a bucket brigade
Riverhead is hosting the Suffolk County Drill and Parade Team Captain’s Association annual parade and drill competition in celebration of its own drill team, the Ironmen’s, 75th anniversary.
“It’s a huge adrenaline rush,” said Riverhead firefighter Brian Densieski of the competition. “You know, just trying to get the best time you can.”
He added that Riverhead broke its own personal record in the motor pump run.
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Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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