Editing Wyandanch, New York (section)

==Government services==

To combat the danger of frequent [[forest fire]]s, the Wyandanch Volunteer Fire Company was established in 1925 and incorporated in 1928. A new fire station was built in 1959, and a second one was added in 1964. Water wells were drilled in the 1950s.<ref>Dyson: 120.</ref>

[[Ambulance]] service began in 1951 with the community-formed Wyandanch Ambulance Club.<ref>Dyson, ''Deer Park-Wyandanch History'', 1957; "VFW Post Burned: LI Violence in 2nd Night", ''Long Island Press'', August 3, 1967: 1; Francis X. Clines, "Violence Strikes LI Village Again", ''New York Times'', August 3, 1967: 18.</ref> Other volunteer squads operated as well, and in 1980 the non-profit Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corps was formed.<ref name="Ambulance">{{Cite web|url=http://wyandanchcc.hypermart.net/index.htm|publisher=The Wyandanch Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corp |title=Wyandanch Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corp|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref><ref>Jane Snider, "2 Offices Join Ambulance Sanfu Probe", ''Newsday'', February 15, 1979: 26; "Town O.K.'s Wyandanch Ambulance District," ''Babylon Beacon'', December 4, 1980: 1; Scott Minerbrook, "A Nun's Effort Revives Dying Ambulance Corps," ''Newsday''; Don Smith and Jean Schindler, "Official Seeks Better Ambulance Service", ''Newsday''; "Town Approves Contract With Ambulance Service", ''Newsday''; Mark Henry, "Nurturing a Needy World: Wyandanch Church Opens Its Doors, Heart to Help", ''Newsday'', December 2, 1990.</ref> The Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center, a community health center, was opened in 1968, and moved into a new building in 1978.<ref>Frank Mooney, "Health Care Dedication," ''New York Daily News'', January 23, 1978: BNL1.</ref>

As late as 1980, hundreds of homeowners in Wyandanch were not served by the public water mains of the Suffolk County Water Authority but relied on private water wells. After community action, public water was extended to thousands of home in Wyandanch, West Babylon and North Babylon by the late 1980s.<ref>"Town To Work Towards New Water Plan", ''Babylon Beacon'', September 25, 1980: 1; "Babylon Seeks Public Water For All Residents By '81," ''Babylon Beacon'', November 13, 1980: 1.</ref>

In October 2011, a sewer pipe was being laid down on Straight Path from the Southern State Parkway into Wyandanch as part of the "Wyandanch Rising" program to upgrade downtown Wyandanch.