By THOMAS TRACY | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | JAN 30, 2019 | 3:05 PM Jeff Faller, pictured with his wife Winae and their three children Miah, Jonathan and Caleb, received some life-saving stem cells from FDNY Firefighter Robert Paolillo, who became a donor because a similar donor helped his Aunt Lucille when he was a child. (Handout) Aunt […]
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UWS Water Main Break Floods Broadway: Witness, FDNY
City Councilman Mark Levine announced that city agencies would make sure the flood does not freeze over. By Brendan Krisel, Patch National Staff | Jan 31, 2019 10:13 am ET | Updated Jan 31, 2019 1:30 pm ET UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A Thursday morning water main break flooded a stretch of Broadway on the Upper West Side during the […]
Children of firefighter who pitched his invention on ‘Shark Tank’ donate to FDNY charity
By Kemberly Richardson Wednesday, January 30, 2019 06:37PM DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN (WABC) – The children of a firefighter who died from a 9/11 related cancer are donating money they raised to an FDNY charity. And they say they’ll be giving even more money in the future from a business they started thanks to the ABC show ‘Shark […]
Catherine Lohan, one of the first women to become an FDNY firefighter, dies at 68
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS , THOMAS TRACY and JOHN ANNESE | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | JAN 30, 2019 | 7:20 PM After a historic lawsuit brought by Brenda Berkman (lower left front row, in Engine 47 hat), 41 women joined the all-male Fire Department. Among them was Cathy Lohan (pink sweater on Berkman’s left), who died Tuesday at 68. (Obtained by the […]
Taxpayers are on the hook for de Blasio’s FDNY diversity push
What happens when a biased federal judge, who couldn’t care less about taxpayers, teams up with an ideologically driven mayor? Jane and Joe New Yorker pay through the nose. That’s what’s still happening with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s settlement of a 2007 lawsuit claiming FDNY entrance exams discriminated against minorities. As The Post reported Sunday, Mark […]
FDNY provides tips on how to keep your home safe from fires this winter
By Tim Fleischer Tuesday, January 22, 2019 05:57PM NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — A recent series of fires in New York City during the coldest months of the year has FDNY officials warning residents to take safety precautions in and around your home. The FDNY revealed an electrical issue was the cause for a […]
More Than 100 Firefighters, EMS Respond to Three-Alarm Queens Fire, Injuries Reported: FDNY
By Rana Novini More than 100 firefighters and emergency personnel responded to a three-alarm fire that broke out at a commercial building in College Point, Queens, Monday morning, the FDNY says. The fire on 14th Avenue and 128th Street broke out around 7:40 a.m. FDNY says, adding that when they reached the scene they found […]
FDNY Unions Tell Council: ‘Amazon’ Latest Reason to Add Units, Staff
By BOB HENNELLY Well before the announcement that Long Island City would be home to Amazon’s multi-billion dollar second headquarters, the dramatic increase in development in that section of Queens was a concern to FDNY planners because of a marked spike in call volume and response times, a City Council panel learned Jan. 14. “In […]
Funeral Underway For FDNY Firefighter Steven Pollard
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Firefighter falls to his death responding to car crash in Brooklyn
Eyewitness News Tuesday, January 08, 2019 08:29AM MILL BASIN, Brooklyn (WABC) — A firefighter fell to his death while responding to a car accident on a Belt Parkway overpass in Brooklyn Sunday. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Mayor Bill de Blasio identified the probationary firefighter as 30-year-old Steven Pollard. “It’s an incredibly sad night for […]
