The Vollies responded with medical aid to the victims of the jet airliner crash at 7th Avenue and Sterling Place, on December 16, 1960. Just three days after the New York air disaster, on December 19, 1960, the Vollies responded to the city’s call for assistance in fighting a blaze aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constitution at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. During heavy fog, the powerful beam of the department's Mack searchlight is used at Kennedy Airport when requested. When there was a major oil fire in Mill Basin in 1962, the Vollies responded with foam to help put it out. On 9/11 The Vollies assisted FDNY Battalion 33 by temporarily relocating their apparatus to the Firehouse of Engine 321 on Gerritsen Avenue and Avenue U when E321 responded to the WTC. Doing so allowed the Vollies to cover the response areas normally covered by E321 such as Marine Park and Sheepshead Bay while continuing to provide service to the residents of Gerritsen Beach. During the blizzard of 2010, the department responded rapidly to Gerritsen Beach while the EMS system was heavily delayed. During Hurricane Sandy the Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department assisted in evacuating and rescuing residents trapped by flood waters, In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the department set up a relief center providing food, shelter, medical resources and agency support to its residents. The Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department has one fire engine, two ambulances, one brush fire unit and a fly car. In film Moscow on the Hudson The Departed Shaft (2000) She's the One (1996) Then She Found Me (2007) Notable people Heather Hardy (born 1982), boxer Patty Smyth (born 1957), singer and songwriter, lead singer of rock band Scandal Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), author, futurist and self-described agnostic mystic. References External links Neighborhoods in Brooklyn Populated coastal places in New York (state) Beaches of Brooklyn