Flanders Fire Department

Southampton Town fire marshals are investigating the cause of a fast-moving blaze that destroyed a vacant home on Flanders Boulevard in Flanders last night.

The Flanders Fire Department conducted its annual memorial service this morning at Fireman’s Memorial Park, where volunteer firefighters turned out in class A dress uniform to pay their respects to fallen war heroes and deceased members of the department.

A forgotten pot left cooking on a stove in an unoccupied Flanders Road home drew Flanders firefighters to the scene on the report of a possible structure fire.

A walk through the woods with Flanders Fire Chief Joe Pettit Tuesday afternoon got County Legislator Jay Schneiderman all fired up.

The county and state should clear and maintain fire lanes on publicly owned preserved land in the pine barrens, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman...

A petition at Change.org asks Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to clear the fire lanes in Flanders pine barrens, to allow firefighters access to fight wildfires on the 11,000 acres of publicly owned preserved land.

When tragedy strikes in the Flanders pine barrens, grim-faced politicians will posture in front of TV cameras and create more special commissions to study the problem — but in fact, they are the problem. Opinion column by Denise Civiletti

Firefighters on the ground battling the April 11 Flanders brush fire are angry about county executive's remarks that what they need is 'training' and by pine barrens commission's reluctance to clear fire lanes, remove dead trees over concern for wildlife habitat.

County and state officials Monday announced plans for a permanent brush fire training course in Yaphank. But Flanders Fire Chief Joe Pettit said, "Our problem is not lack of training or lack of experience. It’s the condition of the forest.”

Fire chiefs angry with government land stewards over condition of preserved land. Video shows struggles of volunteer firefighters battling a wildfire in Flanders Saturday, where dead, downed trees on the county-owned preserve damaged three brush trucks, one of which had to be towed out of the woods.