Carey A. Welt Reelected East Meadow Fire District Commissioner

Carey A. Welt was reelected to the East Meadow Fire District’s Board of Commissioners at the annual fire district public elections held on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

Commissioner Welt is a 55-year volunteer member of East Meadow Fire Department’s Ladder Company Number 2.

A retired Nassau County Fire Marshal and Instructor at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy, Welt was first elected to the East Meadow Board of Fire Commissioners in December 1980. He ran unopposed in the recent election.

The Board of Fire Commissioners is a five-member body who are elected to five-year terms by registered voters residing within the fire district. Their prime responsibilities, which are set by state law, include levying taxes to provide the funding necessary to operate and maintain the East Meadow Volunteer Fire Department and adopting budgets that fund those day-to-day operations of the fire department. Commissioners approve the purchase of apparatus and safety equipment needed to fight fires and provide emergency medical services.

The mandatory resolution on the ballot also passed, allowing the Fire District to sell a piece of property it no longer needs and return it to the tax rolls. The proceeds from the sale of the property will be placed into the Fire District’s Reserve Fund.

The East Meadow Fire Department, which covers East Meadow and parts of Levittown and Westbury (Salisbury), is always looking for new members to join their ranks as firefighters or emergency medical personnel; no experience is necessary. The fire department provides the training required. There are numerous benefits associated with volunteering, including tax breaks, college scholarships, annual health checkups, life insurance, and a service award pension program, all at no cost. For more information on volunteering with the East Meadow Fire Department, visit www.eastmeadowfd.com, or call 516-542-4565.