WNBC 4 – March 28, 2017 by Natalia Wojcik Firefighters responded to a fire in a generator in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood on the roof of Chelsea Market, a popular spot for shopping and dining, on Tuesday. “Today there was a minor fire within the cooling tower on the roof of Chelsea market that has […]
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Hazardous Material Found at LaGuardia Airport, FDNY Says
AMNY – March 29, 2017 by Nicole Brown Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after reports of a possible hazardous material at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday morning, the Port Authority said. The unknown white substance, found in a bag at a checkpoint in Terminal B, Concourse D, was later determined to […]
FDNY Discovers Pot Grow House While Fighting Basement Fire
BY JEN CHUNG IN NEWS ON MAR 26, 2017 11:00 AM (istockphoto) Firefighters rushed to a Bronx apartment building late Saturday night where a basement fire had been reported. And then they found a marijuana farm. The FDNY responded to a 911 call about a fire at 2131 Chatterton Avenue in the Bronx at 11:30 […]
‘A Risk We Choose': Emergency Workers Mourn One of Their Own
NY Times – March 26, 2017 by J. DAVID GOODMANMARCH Five magenta balloons bobbed above a crowd of onlookers, near the white caps of uniformed chiefs arrayed along University Avenue in the Bronx. They were held aloft by five strangers, united in sadness for a fellow Bronx woman whom none had ever met, but each […]
Oldest living FDNY retiree celebrates 103rd birthday in Pasco County
http:// HUDSON, Fla. (WFLA) – After a little more than a century, a Pasco County man celebrated his 103rd birthday with fellow retired members of the New York City Fire Department. The firefighters, dressed in uniform, marched into Richard Krempler’s Hudson home with flags and bagpipes to surround him at the kitchen table and […]
Yadira Arroyo funeral: Photos of Bronx service for fallen FDNY EMT
By amNY.com staff March 25, 2017 Thousands of people mourned the loss of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo Saturday during a funeral service at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx. Arroyo, a 14-year veteran of the FDNY, was killed on March 16, 2017, when a carjacker ran her down with her own […]
UFA Election Runoff
UFANYC.org – March 25, 2017 by UFANYC.org A Runoff Election will take place for the Offices of President and Recording Secretary. Candidates for President Gerard Fitzgerald (Engine 318) Kenneth Specht (Retired)Candidates for Recording Secretary Robert Eustace (Ladder 27) Douglas Carroll (Ladder 119) Ballots will be mailed on Thursday, March 30th Ballots MUST be returned NO […]
York College Athletics Welcome “New York’s Bravest” For Recruiting Event
Courtesy of York College Athletics JAMAICA, N.Y.—On March 16, 2017, the York College Athletics program welcomed the FDNY Office of Recruitment & Retention to the campus in an effort to educate York student-athletes about a potential career with the FDNY. Approximately 40 student-athletes attended the event, where they participated in several FDNY drills. They […]
FDNY EMT killed by ambulance hijacker remembered, mourned by thousands
NEW YORK — Thousands attended a wake for FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo, who was killed by an ambulance hijacker last week. Arroyo, 44, was on duty when a man stole her ambulance and ran her over. She leaves behind five children, and is remembered as a matriarch throughout the department. Friends, family and colleagues attended […]
Flushing Avenue Fire Breaks Out At Old Williamsburg Metal Warehouse
The Patch – March 24, 2017 by Simone Wilson (Patch Staff) SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — The old, abandoned Delta Metal Warehouse building at 476 Flushing Ave., along the southernmost border of the neighborhood’s Orthodox Jewish triangle, went up in flames around noon Thursday, city fire officials said. It took a total of 60 firefighters a […]
