Fire Recruits Looking to Give Back
to the Community
by Judy Silberstein
(August 8, 2002) A chance to contribute to the community
is motivating both Steve Lerner and Trevor McKay to
join Larchmont’s Volunteer Fire Department. At
the August 5 Board Meeting, Assistant Chief Tom Broderick
introduced the new recruits and the Board approved their
applications for membership. Next comes training.
New recruits Lerner and McKay;
Assistant Chief Tom Broderick
It was the events of September 11 that led Lerner to
join the Department. “I feel like I’m doing
something in the face of the threat that America was
facing,” he explained. He was down on Wall Street
that day as President and CEO of Zurich Capital Markets,
a subsidiary of a large insurance company. He’s
still in insurance, but “I’m now working
from home and being more of a Dad,” he said. After
two years of renting, the Lerner family has purchased
a home in the Village, and Lerner is looking to “give
back” to his new community.
Trevor McKay is also looking to give back to the community
where he’s lived all his life. “The town
has been so welcoming to me. They’ve helped me
adjust to my disabilities all my life,” he said.
McKay was born with spina bifida and uses a wheel chair
to get around. He’s looking forward to training,
where he hopes to learn about approaches to fighting
different kinds of fire. “It would be what I know
that would help," said McKay.
Assistant Chief Tom Broderick emphasized that there
is much more to the department than fighting interior
fires. Volunteers help with the radio and computer systems,
for example.
McKay is a member of the Tri-Municipal Human Rights
Commission and has been working for the Mamaroneck School
District in the Chatsworth library and with the Understanding
Handicaps program. He said, “As I work with the
students, it’s good for them to see me on the
Human Rights Commission and as ‘Fireman Trev,’
out and about helping in the community.” He wants
the students to think, “If Trev can help the community,
so can I.”
Both the Town of Mamaroneck and Village of Larchmont
operate with volunteer firefighters working beside professional
staff. Looking to join? Information is available at:
Emergency
Volunteers
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