In other pockets of Fire Island, other parades take place on the Fourth of July, often with more homespun appeal. Children on wagon floats take center stage—a tradition that has been happening on Fire Island for over a century! Such communities include Davis Park and Ocean Beach, with parades in Saltaire and Kismet to follow later in the month.
![“Unfortunately, and despite our warnings and advice to leave [Fire Island] while conditions allowed, many decided not only to stay but to come over to the island,” scolded Ocean Beach Mayor James Mallott in an emailed newsletter on the afternoon of Sept. 26, during the height of the nor’easter. “These decisions put themselves and their families in danger and jeopardized our first responders who had to answer calls that never should have been.”](https://www.fireislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_8692.jpeg?quality=51&w=700)
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