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Nassau County is located on Long Island, NY and is comprised of nine battalions made up of seventy-two fire departments. All of the departments consist of highly trained volunteers with a few departments having some paid membership.
In July of 1985 members of the Lynbrook, NY Fire Department decided that a county-wide Emerald Society was long overdue. They held a membership drive at the Nassau County Parade and Drill, held in Levittown, NY and the society was established.
Firefighter Paul Newman of the Levittown Fire Department, also a piper with the world renowned New York City Police Department Pipes & Drums, was charged with forming a pipe band. He would become the bands first Pipe Major. In October of 1985 the first meeting was held at Levittown Fire Department headquarters. The band was originally known as "Fir Na Tine" which means "men of fire" in Gaelic. Fir Na Tine made it's official debut in 1989 at the dedication of the Fallen Firefighter's Memorial in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, NY.
The band performed at such events as the Garden City, NY and the New York City St. Patrick's Day parades as well as the ceremony honoring the heroes of the Avianca plane crash. Alas, the band did not last and played together in 1994 for the last time.
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