Former Montauk Fire Chief Prepping Hamlet for Future Disasters

An effort to better prepare Montauk for future storms is underway as members of the fire department are securing support to improve the hamlet's emergency shelters.

According to the East Hampton Star, former Chief Peter Joyce is leading the charge to raise funding – through grant applications as well as private donations – for a $300,000 generator which would be used at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center, the only one of three emergency shelters in Montauk that does not currently have a generator.

The article states that Joyce – fireman for over 30 years – recently sprung into action after Montauk was nearly left an island all of its own during Superstorm Sandy. With no Red Cross volunteers to run a shelter in Montauk, the hamlet was left without one.

Click here to read more on the East Hampton Star.