The Bethpage Fire Department was originally known as the Central Park Fire Department. It was organized in April 1910 under the name of Central Park Fire Company and was incorporated under that name in May 1911. In January 1924 it was reorganized as a department consisting of two companies, to be known as Company No. 1 and Company No. 2.

The original fire house stood on Stewart Avenue at the corner of Baldwin Place.In l949, BFD Headquarters was built on Broadway. The building included a meeting hall, a wing for the library, an office for the water district as well as a garage to house the trucks and equipment. Substations were built in l956.