Two police officers and a FDNY lieutenant saved a woman from a fire that engulfed a three-story Springfield Gardens residence, according to the FDNY. The Fire Department started receiving calls at 11:08 a.m. Monday about a fire on the first floor of the building at 140-36 169th St. NYPD officers Rob Quattrock and Greg Levine […]
A BMW parked in the garage of the Sheraton Hotel in Midtown burst into flames Thursday, destroying four cars around it, fire officials said. The vehicle, parked three levels below grade of the 53-story hotel on 7th Avenue and 53rd Street, went ablaze at around 12:30 p.m., sending more than 50 firefighters to the scene. […]
The city is re-scoring the FDNY’s lieutenant promotional exam for a third time after officials say human error led to botched test scores. The Department of Citywide Administrative Services says the score has two parts: a multiple-choice exam that’s combined with a score determined by a firefighter’s seniority and department awards. The agency says the […]
A fire in Queens has displaced two families, officials say. Flames tore through multiple apartments at 69-01 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale Thursday night, according to fire officials. The fire started in the basement and quickly spread to the first and second floors. No residents were hurt, but two firefighters sustained minor injuries. Authorities are investigating […]
NEW YORK — A retired FDNY firefighter has died after fighting a 9/11-related cancer. William Woodlan died Aug. 20, 2016, according to FDNY. He was 66. Woodlon battled lung cancer for years, an illness believed to be linked to his time spent at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. The firefighter joined the FDNY in January 1982 […]
The city’s personnel agency bungled a civil service exam for promotion to fire lieutenant last year, then botched its corrective action – so now it’s going to score the test for a third time, The Post has learned. The Department of Citywide Administrative Services posted a list of 1,166 firefighters who passed the test, a […]
By Anthony Giudice agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com After three major fires across New York City over the last two weeks — one of them in Queens Village — FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro visited Ozone Park for an FDNY fire safety event on Monday to teach children the dangers of playing with fire. Each of the fires were started […]
BATTERY PARK, NY — The FDNY pulled a man’s body from the water off Battery Park late Tuesday evening. The man was plucked from the water near the Holocaust Museum off Robert F. Wagner Park after eyewitnesses called 911 saying a man was in the water at 8:58 p.m., an FDNY spokesman said. Initially the […]
A fire in Queens turned into a story of heroism after NYPD officers and the FDNY came together to save a woman’s life in Jamaica. NY1’s Shannan Ferry filed the following report. When heavy flames broke out at a home on 169th Street in Jamaica Monday, NYPD Officers Robert Quattrock and Greg Levine happened to be right […]
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A worker has fallen off a building in Midtown, and a rescue is currently underway, according to the FDNY. The man, either a construction worker or a window washer, fell from a height at 110 W. 38th St. at 9:53 a.m. on Tuesday. According to the FDNY, the worker was taken […]
