Hicksville Business Sends Firefighters Protective Gear: PHOTOS

HICKSVILLE, NY — Hicksville firefighters received dozens of vital personal protective equipment Tuesday thanks to the generosity of a local business. WestRock - Multi Packaging Solutions, based in Hicksville, sent 80 KN95 face masks to to the Hicksville Volunteer Fire Department, officials told Patch.

Terry Uminsky, a production supervisor at the business told the department Chief Gary Lewis in a text message: "On behalf of all my colleagues at WestRock - Multi Packaging Solutions, we are more than happy to donate to the Hicksville Fire Department eighty KN95 face masks. We recognize the risks that you and your fellow firefighters take for the community every day and it is our hope that these masks will provide you additional protections during this pandemic. Please stay safe, be healthy and stay strong during this crisis. We wish you all the best."

Below are photos from the donation.