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BETHPAGE
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Island Trees Plainedge
also serving
Seaford Old Bethpage Plainview
VOL. 32 NO. 48 April 26 - May 2,1988 20 CENTS PER COPY
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Nassau County fire departments
have been forced to suspend all key
training activities at the county's
Fire Training Academy due to
pockets of explosive methane gas
which have been discovered near
the training facility located in Old
Betfipage.
This order affects all of the
county's 71 village and city fire
departments and has been in effect
since January, although the suspension
has not yet been formally
announced. Concerns that a controlled
fire set for training purposes
might trigger an explosion of
the gas, prompted state and local
officials to take these precautionary
measures. •
Officials have stated that
although methane gas is highly
combustible, it is considered haf rri-less
when vented into the atmosphere,
thus it is felt that this gas
poses no immediate danger to residents,
the closest living approximately
one-quarter mile frohi the
facility.
The sixteen acre Fire Service
Academy is virtually the only site
where recruits can receive on-the-job
training before actually battling
a real fire. AUhough state law
requires only classroom training
for volunteer fire fighters, all
departments view the training center
as a vital part of their training,
and are concerned about the present
suspension.
The Academy is adjacent to the
Old Bethpage Landfill which
already has a system designed to
dissipate methane, which is quite
commonly found at such landfills
due to rotting garbage. The landfill,
however, has been designated
CTP
as one of New York's most dangerous
waste sites, and has been
classified as a federal Superfund
^ite, meaning it contains hazardous
wastes that will eventually be
cleaned up with public funds.
The methane was discovered
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late last year when maintenance
staff and Academy instructors
noticed something bubbling from
the ground, and complained of a
strong odor at the site. State and
local officials have not commented
as to the exact origin or intensity of
the gas but are presently conducting
investigations regarding the
landfill. They have stated that no
methane gas has been detected
outside of the landfill and that they
do not regard this problem as a
serious one.
Pictured above is the Nassau County Fire Service Academy which is located in Old Bethpage. Behind the
l^acre training facility is the Old Bethpage landfill, where the discovery of methane gas, necessitated the
temporary closing of the Academy.
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_1988-04-26 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Betpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. Date 2009 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Bethpage Public Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the Public Domain and Digital Rights are held by Bethpage Public. Library. |
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