If you are planning to do some maintenance work on your fireplace chimney in Suffolk County NY, you should look for a chimney sweep to hire. Since there are absolutely no regulations on the chimney sweeping trade in New York and most of the other United States, anybody can go out and start claiming they are a chimney sweep. Some of these people may know very little or nothing at all about chimneys. To be on the safe side, make sure that you choose someone that has been specially trained and is experienced with fireplaces and chimneys.