By Richard J. Bayne Times Herald-Record WASHINGTONVILLE – Two long rows of firefighters snapped to attention as Raymond Phillips’ flag-draped casket arrived Thursday at St. Mary’s Church. Phillips, a retired New York City Fire Department firefighter and 9/11 responder and a past chief of the South Blooming Grove Fire Department, was laid to rest with full […]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Two women were sworn in to top positions with the FDNY Wednesday. As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro named Laura Kavanagh first deputy commissioner and Elizabeth Cascio chief of staff. Read More
More than three dozen people were forced from their beds and into the cold early Wednesday after a roaring fire broke out in a Bronx apartment building, fire officials say. They said 40 people were displaced by the fire that injured at least three people, including two firefighters. The injuries are not considered to be […]
Jan 29, 2018An EMS graduate had more than his family cheering him recently as he joined the ranks of the FDNY. Joseph Bitetto, who graduated from the New York City Fire Department’s EMS academy Thursday, was reunited with the emergency medical technician who’d saved his life 22 years ago after he was born early in […]
January 30, 1953 – January 27, 2018 Washingtonville, NY Raymond R. “Gonzo” Phillips longtime area resident, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh, NY. He was 64. Son of the late Raymond R. Phillips and Florence H. McKeon Phillips, he was born in the Bronx on January 30, 1953. […]
Bronx Times – January 28, 2018 by Bronx Times A hero who perished in the Prospect Avenue fire will soon be memorialized with a street naming. Private first class Emmanuel Mensah is credited with repeatedly entering the burning building to help trapped tenants escape the life-threatening flames and smoke. He was born in Ghana and […]
JOHN ANNESE ON JAN 29, 2018 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY Jan. 29–Two firefighters, one with just a few months on the job, pulled a critically injured man from a burning Washington Heights apartment building Sunday night, an FDNY spokesman said. The blaze broke out just before 5:30 p.m., on the fourth floor of a building in the Rangel […]
WPIX – January 25, 2018 by Marcus Solis Wednesday, January 24, 2018 06:11PM NEW YORK (WABC) — The horrific apartment building fire in the Bronx that killed 13 people is now becoming a teachable moment about fire safety. Fire officials say the mother of the 3-year-old boy who started the fire didn’t close the door […]
By Mark Hallum Photo by Michael Shain State Sen. Tony Avella objected to lack of transparancy regarding use of Fort Totten. Elected officials in Bayside have sounded the alarm about a study being conducted by the city at Fort Totten to possibly expand the footprint of agencies operating there by creating training facilities for the […]
By Kristen Aiken Slow cookers have long been a source of worry for home cooks, but after Tuesday night’s episode of “This Is Us,” America is shook. The show featured an unsettling scene in which an old slow cooker malfunctions and sets the Pearson family’s entire house ablaze. Earlier that night, Jack Pearson turns off […]
