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57-557: As of September 2022, the New York Naval Militia has about 2,800 members, more than 95 percent of whom are also members of the U.S. Navy Reserve , U.S. Marine Corps Reserve , or U.S. Coast Guard Reserve . The New York Naval Militia was organized as a Provisional Naval Battalion in 1889 and was formally mustered into State service as the First Battalion, Naval Reserve Artillery, on 23 June 1891. One year later

114-494: A misdemeanor offense. Employers in the state of New York are required under New York law to grant a leave of absence to employees who are also members of the NYNM whenever these employees are activated to take part in drill, training, or an emergency mission. Employers are then required to reinstate these employees to their previous positions of employment when they return from their deployment. Fire Island Fire Island

171-624: A change in New York law in 1998 which also allowed up to 5 percent of the New York Naval Militia to be qualified volunteers who were not reservists. In 2001, the state created the New York State Military Emergency Boat Service (MEBS) in an attempt to strengthen homeland security efforts, and a fleet of high-speed, all-aluminum patrol boats was built for this unit. After the September 11 attacks ,

228-625: A deed in 1789. Historian Richard Bayles suggests that the name derives from a misinterpretation or corruption of the Dutch word vijf ("five"), or in another version vier ("four"), referring to the number of islands near the Fire Island inlet, a view echoed by Robert Caro , who suggests in The Power Broker that the island was named to reflect four inlets that have since disappeared. At times histories have referred to it in

285-625: A miniaturized city. For year-round residents, there are schools, churches, shops and even a school bus service to the mainland of Long Island via an off-road modified school bus. The quiet villages on Fire Island provide solitude, while the larger towns provide a more social atmosphere with clubs, bars and open air dining. Two of these, Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove , are destinations for LGBT vacationers. The incorporated villages of Ocean Beach and Saltaire within Fire Island National Seashore are car-free during

342-815: A myth that the islands were occupied by "thirteen tribes" "neatly divided into thirteen tribal units, beginning with the Canarsie who lived in present-day Brooklyn and ending with the Montauk on the far eastern end of the island." But modern ethnographic research indicates that before the European invasion, Long Island and Fire Island were occupied by "indigenous groups [...] organized into village systems with varying levels of social complexity. They lived in small communities that were connected in an intricate web of kinship relations [...] there were probably no native peoples living in tribal systems on Long Island until after

399-492: A number of ferries , which run across the bay from Patchogue , Bay Shore , and Sayville , to more than 10 points on the island. The island is accessible by automobile near each end: via Robert Moses Causeway on its western end, and by William Floyd Parkway ( Suffolk County Road 46 ) near its eastern end. Motor vehicles are not permitted on the rest of the island, except for utility, construction and emergency access and with limited beach-driving permits in winter. Fire Island

456-704: A result of their contact with the English settlers." "An early example of [European] intervention into Native American political institutions is a 1664 agreement wherein the East Hampton and Southampton officials appointed a sunk squaw named Quashawam to govern both the Shinnecock and the Montauk." When New York's artistic bohème began frequenting Fire Island during the Jazz Age , Ocean Beach became

513-546: A very high percentage of normal days' pay, such as 75% or 80%. A furlough is a type of leave. There are many subcategories of paid leave, usually dependent on the reasons why the leave is being taken. Sick leave is normally compensated at 100% of pay, while other types of leave are often more restrictive, such as only compensating a certain percentage of normal pay, or as regards paid holidays , which in some countries are granted automatically by national governments, such as in most European Union countries, and in others, such as

570-435: Is 9.6 square miles (24.9 km ). Fire Island is part of Suffolk County . It lies within the towns of Babylon , Islip , and Brookhaven , containing two villages and several hamlets . All parts of the island not within village limits are part of the Fire Island census-designated place (CDP), which had a permanent population of 777 at the 2020 census , though that expands to thousands of residents and tourists during

627-522: Is how portions of the island look to be on fire from sea in autumn. Yet another version says it comes from the rash caused by poison ivy on the island. While the western portion of the island was referred to as Fire Island for many years, the eastern portion was referred to as Great South Beach until 1920, when widespread development caused the whole land mass to be called Fire Island. Indigenous Native Americans lived on Long Island and Fire Island for many centuries before Europeans arrived. There exists

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684-629: Is located at 40°39′35″ north, 73°5′23″ west ( 40°39′11″N 73°07′34″W  /  40.653°N 73.126°W  / 40.653; -73.126 ). According to the United States Census Bureau , it has a land area of 9.6 square miles (24.9 km ). In 1834, Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler , a Swiss-American surveyor , measured at Fire Island the first baseline of the Survey of the Coast , shortly before Louis Puissant declared to

741-665: Is the large center island of the outer barrier islands parallel to the South Shore of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York . Occasionally, the name is used to refer collectively to not only the central island, but also Long Beach Barrier Island , Jones Beach Island , and Westhampton Island , since the straits that separate these islands are ephemeral . In 2012, Hurricane Sandy once again divided Fire Island into two islands. Together, these two islands are about 31 miles (50 km) long and vary between 520 and 1,310 feet (160 and 400 m) wide. The land area of Fire Island

798-466: The COVID-19 pandemic . The mission of the New York Naval Militia is to provide a trained and equipped naval force to augment New York National Guard forces during Military Support to Civil Authority operations. The New York Naval Militia is organized into three regional commands: Southern Command, encompassing Long Island, New York City, Rockland and Westchester Counties; Northern Command, encompassing

855-654: The French Academy of Sciences in 1836 that Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre and Pierre Méchain had made errors in the meridian arc measurement , which had been used to determine the length of the metre. The island's physical attributes have changed over time, and continue to change. At one point it stretched more than 60 miles (97 km) from Jones Beach Island to Southampton . Around 1683, Fire Island Inlet broke through, separating it from Jones Beach Island. The Fire Island Inlet grew to 9 miles (14 km) in width before receding. The Fire Island Lighthouse

912-653: The Great Hurricane of 1938 devastated the island, the middle class moved to Saltaire, while the gay community settled in Cherry Grove. Both Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines were established gay enclaves by the 1950s, connected by a notorious cruising area nicknamed the Meat Rack. The party-filled culture of the pre- HIV/AIDS 1970s is portrayed in Andrew Holleran 's 1978 novel Dancer from

969-591: The Great South Bay to provide necessary assistance. Fire Island's corps of off-road-capable fire apparatus and the firefighters' training to use them effectively provide much-needed support in the event of a wildfire , as was illustrated in the Long Island Central Pine Barrens fires of 1995. Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, Southside Hospital, and Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center are located directly across

1026-617: The National Park Service is stationed at the Fire Island Light and Fire Island National Seashore . The United States Coast Guard has a base on Fire Island and provides aerial and nautical patrols to the Fire Island National Seashore as well as all beaches in the area. One of the oldest Coast Guard stations in America, Station No. 25 has been in uninterrupted operation since 1849. School districts that cover

1083-535: The Quiripi of western Connecticut. The information on the Shinnecock was too sparse for any determination [...] The most common pattern of indigenous life on Long Island prior to the intervention of the whites was the autonomous village linked by kinship to its neighbors." "Most of the 'tribal' names with which we are now familiar do not appear to have been recognized by either the first European observers or by

1140-555: The United States , are a matter of employment contracts or labor union agreements, as well as state or local law. The internationally acknowledged definition of paid leave, in international labour law as observed by the International Labour Organisation and others, is one that restricts itself only to pre-approved labour agreements in the workplace. In India, a Government service holder under

1197-445: The longshore drift of sand going from east to west and are blamed for erosion of the Fire Island beachfront. Between these major breaks there have been reports over the years of at least six inlets that broke through the island but have since disappeared. Except for the western 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7.2 km) of the island, the island is protected as part of Fire Island National Seashore . Robert Moses State Park , occupying

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1254-583: The 3rd, 1st or 5th precinct, or to one of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office jails. Small claims and property matters are usually handled by the individual village of case origin. It is common practice for police to write tickets then send unruly visitors off the island via water taxi , at the offender's expense. The Suffolk County Park Police and New York State Park Police patrol the Robert Moses State Park , while

1311-613: The 89th Army Band, New York Guard . MAJ Hedwig also composed the "New York Guard March", an adaption of "The Good Old N.Y.G." composed back in 1916 by MAJ Charles Clanton, dedicated to the New York Guard , another component along with the Naval Militia which form to make the New York Military Forces. In March 2020, members of the New York Naval Militia were activated to assist in New York's response to

1368-581: The Dance . The Botel (today the Grove Hotel) was gay-friendly and ran popular afternoon "tea dances" . Cherry Grove calls itself "America's First Gay and Lesbian Town". Fire Island has "an iconic gay scene" and the Grove Hotel is New York State's only hotel that prohibits those under 21 on the premises; this is legal because the hotel's entrance is through a bar. A 2009 beach renourishment program

1425-547: The Dutch and English remedied this situation by pressing cooperative local sachems to establish a more structured political base in their communities and to define their communities as "tribes" with specific boundaries [...] The Montauk, under the leadership of Wyandanch in the mid-seventeenth century, and the Matinnecock , under the sachems Suscaneman and Tackapousha , do appear to have developed rather tenuous coalitions as

1482-524: The European concept of property, had to be signed by identifiable owners with authority to sell and have specific boundaries on a map. The relatively amorphous leadership structure of the Long Island communities, the imprecise delineation of hunting ground boundaries, and their view of the land as a living entity to be used rather than owned made conventional European real estate deals nearly impossible to negotiate. The surviving primary records suggest that

1539-607: The Europeans arrived. [...] The communities appear to have been divided into two general culture areas that overlapped in the area known today as the Hempstead Plains [...]. The western groups spoke the Delaware - Munsee dialect of Algonquian and shared cultural characteristics such as the longhouse system of social organization with their brethren in what is now New Jersey and Delaware. The linguistic affiliation of

1596-585: The Fire Island National Seashore Jurisdiction, from west to east: Fire Island's population varies seasonally. There are few residents in winter months, with the population rising in the late spring to early fall. Housing is mostly stick-built bungalow -style with generous helpings of bamboo . Some are beachfront, built on the dunes of the Atlantic Ocean, while others are on boardwalks or concrete walks, like

1653-674: The Great South Bay from Fire Island in the Long Island hamlets of West Islip , Bay Shore , and the village of Patchogue , respectively. A heliport for medevac helicopter use is adjacent to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center. Specially equipped boats provided by the Suffolk County Police Department Marine Bureau docked at the various communities on Fire Island provide emergency transportation to individuals in need of dire medical care. In many cases, Long Island based ambulances will meet

1710-723: The Hudson Valley, Catskill and Adirondack Mountains region; and Western Command, encompassing the vast area of the state from Jamestown to the Saint Lawrence River. Since January 1, 1997, a current drilling federal Reservist who is an active member of the New York Naval Militia, in good standing, has been eligible to apply to receive tuition assistance, up to the cost of the State University of New York 's (SUNY) maximum in-state undergraduate tuition, at any college, university, or community-technical college in

1767-579: The New York Naval Militia was called to active duty to protect steam ship passengers during the 1892 cholera quarantine at Fire Island . After the sinking of USS Maine , the New York Naval Militia sent five divisions of its 1st Battalion to fight in the Spanish–American War . New York Naval Militiamen manned two auxiliary cruisers that fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba , and also conducted patrols of New York Harbor. The New York Naval Militia

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1824-488: The New York Naval Militia was called up to aid in recovery efforts. In recent years, the New York Naval Militia has mobilized in response to Hurricanes Irene (2011) and Sandy (2012), the significant Buffalo snowstorm of December 2014, and the Lake Ontario flooding of 2017 and 2019. "The New York Naval Militia March" is the official march of the New York Naval Militia. It was composed by Major Douglas F. Hedwig of

1881-741: The State of New York recognized and approved by the New York State Board of Regents or State University of New York through the Recruitment Incentive and Retention Program (RIRP). Businesses in New York are forbidden from adopting policies that discriminate against members of the New York Naval Militia during the hiring process or after a person has already been hired. Individuals who enforce such policies or in any way discriminate against New York Naval Militia employees in regards to their employment are guilty under New York law of

1938-467: The beach, and shaping the sand into an approved beach face and dune template in front of the communities of Corneille Estates, Davis Park, Dunewood, Fair Harbor, Fire Island Pines , Fire Island Summer Club, Lonelyville, Ocean Bay Park, Ocean Beach , Saltaire , and Seaview. Fire Islanders agreed to a significant property tax increase to help pay for the project, which was estimated to cost between $ 23 and $ 25 million ($ 6,020 per housing unit), including

1995-612: The boats once they cross the Bay (roughly 4.5 miles) and then drive individuals the short distance to one of the three hospitals. Also, one emergency access road connects Long Island (West Islip) to Fire Island (Kismet). However, the road ends there and does not extend the full length of the island into the other communities. The Suffolk County Police Department Marine Bureau is the primary law enforcement agency. Ocean Beach also has its own dedicated police department. Criminal proceedings are handled by Suffolk District Court, and arrestees go to

2052-538: The breach and let nature take its course, as it has been flushing out the Great South Bay and improving water quality. But residents of the bayfront communities noted increased flooding after the storm. This was later found to be the result of several nor'easters and unrelated to the breaches. As of 2018, the breach remained open. Officials have moved to close the other two breaches, which are on either side of Moriches Inlet —one in Cupsogue County Park and

2109-500: The cost of environmental monitoring, and was expected to add 1,400,000 cubic meters (1,800,000 cubic yards) of sand in front of the participating communities. The Towns of Brookhaven and Islip, in which the communities are located, issued bonds to pay for the project, backed by the new taxes levied by community Erosion Control Taxing Districts. The island was heavily damaged by the high tides associated with Hurricane Sandy in 2012, including three breaches around Smith Point County Park on

2166-569: The dune replenishment program with helping to spare the island. Fire Island lies on average 3.9 miles (6.2 km) off the South Shore of Long Island, but nearly touches it along the East End . It is separated from Long Island by the Great South Bay , which spans interconnected bays along Long Island: Patchogue Bay , Bellport Bay , Narrow Bay , and Moriches Bay . The island and its resort communities are accessible by boat, seaplane, and

2223-474: The eastern groups is less well understood [...] Goddard [...] concluded that the languages here are related to the southern New England Algonquian dialects, but he could only speculate on the nature of these relationships [...]. Working with a few brief vocabulary lists of Montauk and Unquachog , he suggested that the Montauk might be related to Mohegan-Pequot and the Unquachog might possibly be grouped with

2280-571: The island had numerous summer celebrity residents. Fire Island's unique location and constantly changing geography play a major role in the protection of its citizens. Although it is served by ten fire departments and two police departments, the seasonal residency and remote driving distance are a challenge to the public safety community. Because there are no roads on inhabited Fire Island, fire department vehicles are heavily modified four-wheel drive with suspension lifts , large diameter off-road tires and recovery equipment, which allow them to traverse

2337-533: The island include: Leave of absence The labour law concept of leave , specifically paid leave or, in some countries' long-form, a leave of absence , is an authorised prolonged absence from work, for any reason authorised by the workplace. When people "take leave" in this way, they are usually taking days off from their work that have been pre-approved by their employer in their contracts of employment . Labour laws normally mandate that these paid-leave days be compensated at either 100% of normal pay, or at

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2394-427: The locale's first gay village . Tensions between the gay (often famous) tourists and locals peaked when Antoine de Paris built an outhouse , complete with a revealing saloon door, on his land across the street from a Catholic church. Villagers arranged a provocation by sending a teenage boy to "seduce" one of Antoine's guests, and after catching the guest in flagrante , they burned down Antoine's property. After

2451-450: The original inhabitants until the process of land purchases began after the first settlements were established. We simply do not know what these people called themselves, but all the ethnographic data on North American Indian cultures suggest that they identified themselves in terms of lineage and clan membership. [...] The English and Dutch were frustrated by this lack of structure because it made land purchase so difficult. Deeds, according to

2508-513: The other in Smith Point County Park. Reports indicated that 80 percent of the homes, particularly those on the east end, were flooded, and 90 homes were completely destroyed. The storm also tore away about 75 feet of the dune coastline. But Fire Island was not hit as hard as other areas, with most of the 4,500 homes on the island surviving even if damaged, and significant home reconstruction has taken place. Officials credited

2565-420: The plural, as "Fire Islands", because of the inlet breaks. Other versions say the island derived its name from fires built on the sea's edge by Native Americans or by pirates to lure unsuspecting ships into the sandbars. Another version says that coastal guards, looking out for ships during WW2, lit fires as a signal when they ran out of supplies so that they could get more delivered from the mainland. Some say it

2622-406: The population. There were 138 households on Fire Island, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2679-590: The remaining western portion of the island, is one of the popular recreational destinations in the New York City area. The Fire Island Light stands just east of Robert Moses State Park. A memorial to TWA 800 , dedicated in June 2002, is on the eastern end, at Smith Point County Park , near where the airplane crashed at sea. Towns are listed below from west to east, communities within each town are listed alphabetically. The following are associated islands in

2736-483: The sometimes washed-out, loose sand. Until 1986, there was no ambulance service on Fire Island, prompting the village of Saltaire to form its rescue company, later followed by Ocean Beach, and then in the 2000s with Fair Harbor . Due to relatively close distances, fire departments on Fire Island are obliged to provide mutual aid to neighboring communities. Some coastal fire departments on Long Island have fully equipped marine rescue and fireboat units which can cross

2793-578: The sparsely populated eastern end of the island. The biggest breach, and politically the most difficult one to deal with because it is in a wilderness area, is at Old Inlet in the Otis Pike Wilderness Area just west of Smith Point County Park . Old Inlet is at the site of previous breaches (which have come and gone on their own) and was 108 feet (33 meters) wide after the storm on the south end and 1,171 feet (357 meters) on February 28, 2013. Officials have been debating whether to close

2850-530: The summer tourist season ( Memorial Day through Labor Day) and permit only pedestrian and bicycle traffic (during certain hours only in Ocean Beach). For off-season use, there are a limited number of driving permits for year-round residents and contractors. The hamlet of Davis Park allows no vehicles or bicycles year-round. In 1992 Diane Ketcham of The New York Times noted that due to the lack of retail, entertainment, and television options, especially in

2907-498: The summer. The neighborhoods of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines are known as gay-friendly tourist destinations. The origin of Fire Island's name is uncertain. It is believed its Native American name was Sictem Hackey ("Land of the Secatogues"). The Secatogues were a tribe in the area of the current town of Islip . It was part of what was also called the "Seal Islands". The name of Fire Island first appeared on

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2964-528: The winter, area children often felt bored and therefore felt excited to attend school. As of the 2000 United States Census , 491 people, 138 households, and 77 families resided on Fire Island. The population density was 52.82/mi (21.82/km ). There were 4,153 housing units, at an average density of 478.1/mi (184.6/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 96.77% White , 0.65% Asian , 0.32% Pacific Islander , 0.65% from other races , and 1.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.90% of

3021-461: Was $ 73,281, and the median income for a family was $ 83,672. Males had a median income of $ 46,875 versus $ 41,429 for females. The per capita income for Fire Island was $ 43,681. 0.0% of families and 3.1% of individuals were below the poverty line, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over. After the Manhattan theater community began staying on Fire Island during the 1920s,

3078-417: Was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.90. Fire Island's population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 33.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 133.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 143.6 males. The median income for a household on Fire Island

3135-548: Was activated during both World War I and World War II , as well as the Korean War . In 1996, the New York Naval Militia was called up after the crash of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island. In 1997, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the New York Naval Militia and the United States Coast Guard which allowed Coast Guard reservists to join the New York Naval Militia. This was formalized by

3192-468: Was built in 1858, right on the inlet, but Fire Island's western terminus at Democrat Point has steadily moved west so that the lighthouse today is 6 miles (10 km) from the inlet. Fire Island separated from Southampton in a 1931 Nor'easter when Moriches Inlet broke through. The inlet widened on September 21, 1938. Moriches Inlet and efforts by local communities east of Fire Island to protect their beachfront with jetties have led to an interruption in

3249-466: Was credited with saving the island from the full effects of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In the winter and spring of 2009, a beach renourishment project was undertaken on Fire Island, with the cooperation of the National Park Service , the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , the Towns of Brookhaven and Islip, and Fire Island residents. The program involved dredging sand from an offshore borrow area, pumping it onto

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