Posted at the request of the Bayville Fire Company - Admin

The Bayville Fire Company is this years host of the 5th Battalion Parade and Drill. The event brings together the 11 fire departments along Nassau's North Shore that make up the 5th Battalion of the Nassau County Fire Service. The days events will begin with the drill which is held at the track at Centre Island Beach. The drill will begin at 10:00AM on Saturday the 18th and should end around 2:00PM. The competition tests firefighters skills in ladder events, hose events and comes to a conclusion with the popular buckets brigade!

The evening events get started with the parade of the 11 departments through town. Each department is judged by appearance, number of members in line by judges that are stationed along the parade route. The parade will begin at School Street and proceed east to Centre Island Beach. At the conclusion of the parade entertainment will be provided by the band Flashback. This is the same band that performed at the recent Falcon Pride Summer Kick Off Concert.

The Grand Marshall for this years event was to be Past President Edward M. Minicozzi Sr. We are going to continue to honor Ed by including his family at the beginning of the parade in his memory.

The parade will step off at 7:00 and the Bayville Fire Company will be the lead department. Residents should expect road closures from School St. heading east to Centre Island Beach from 6:30PM until the parade concludes at around 8:00 or 8:30.

We look forward to hosting this event as we will be celebrating 89 years of service to our community. The next time we will host this event will be in 2022 as part of our 100th Anniversary celebration.

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