Nassau County Firefighters Pipes & Drums

• Americas First Volunteer Firefighter Pipe Band •
In July of 1985, members of the Lynbrook, NY Fire Department decided that a countywide 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 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.

In the early 1990s, the band membership dwindled and the band nearly fell apart. However, in 1996 new blood was infused into the band when Anthony Egan of the Long Beach Fire Department helped get the band back on its feet again. Tony would later become the band's first President. Currently, the band is proud to have two members who have been in the band since inception in 1985