A scrap fire sent a huge plume of dense, black smoke billowing over New York City on Monday afternoon. Chopper 4 footage from over the scene near the Major Deegan Expressway and the University Heights Bridge shows a pile of garbage burning as fire crews worked to battle the blaze around 5:30 p.m. FDNY firefighting […]
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FDNY won’t back bill requiring childproof stove-knob covers
A top FDNY official said Monday that his department can’t support a proposed law requiring landlords to provide and maintain childproof knob covers on stoves because it would “very difficult” to enforce. “If there was some kind of device that we could support that we can inspect, we’d have a different stance on it. But […]
9/11 first responders must not be abandoned
Tom Deignan@IrishCentral February 26, 2018 07:43 AM It’s the same old story. There are politicians who claim they love law enforcement and firefighters. It makes them look tough. ISTOCK Hidden among President Trump’s budget proposal is a clause that may cut back on the healthcare provided to the 9/11 first responders. Earlier this month, Irish American […]
FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy death: Trial set in marijuana grow house explosion
The trial is set for April for two men accused in a Bronx marijuana grow house explosion and fire that killed FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy. Fahy, 44, was a Rockland County native and 1990 graduate of North Rockland High School who lived with his wife and three young children in the Crestwood section of Yonkers. […]
National Careless smoking causes fire that hurts 13 in NYC
By Associated Press February 20 at 8:44 AM NEW YORK — The Fire Department of New York says careless smoking caused a weekend fire in the city’s historic Little Italy neighborhood that hurt 13 people. The fire Saturday morning tore through Angelo’s of Mulberry Street and apartments above it. The restaurant opened in 1902. FDNY officials say […]
FDNY ‘Cook Off’ fund-raiser aims to help 9/11 firefighters battling cancer
The FDNY has seen more than 1,000 cancer cases since first responders worked at Ground Zero. (MAISEL, TODD) BYTHOMAS TRACY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, February 18, 2018, 5:32 PM They’re not just fighting fires.More than 1,000 active and retired FDNY members are battling 9/11-related cancers — and the department is holding […]
Student Recalls Harrowing Escape from Little Italy Fire
NY Post – February 19, 2018 by NY Post An NYU student who lives above the famed Little Italy eatery where a fire broke out tearfully recounted Sunday her harrowing final moments in the apartment, frantically searching in vain for her 6-month-old kitten. “I was having tea in the kitchen with the kitten,” Joelly Juarez […]
FDNY: Unattended Candle Sparked Two-Alarm Parkchester Fire
NY 1 – February 19, 2018 by NY 1 One person was seriously hurt due after an unattended candle sparked an early-morning fire at a nail salon in the Bronx on Sunday, according to the city fire department. The two-alarm fire started around 3:12 a.m. on the first floor of the two-story building on Castle […]
#FDNYSmart School of the Month
Congratulations to our #FDNYSmart School of the Month, PS 177K The Malboro, in Brooklyn. Public School 177 is a unique school community committed to the intellectual, social and emotional growth of each of its students. The school works closely with parents and values parent participation; we know this can improve fire safety in the home as […]
New Fire Safety Laws Proposed after Bronx Blaze that Killed 13
WABC – February 15, 2018 by Eyewitness News y Marcus Solis Updated 2 hrs 9 mins ago BELMONT, Bronx (WABC) — Two months after a fatal fire that killed 13 people, the Bronx borough president is asking the City Council to pass a new set of safety laws. Ruben Diaz Jr. wants to require landlords […]
