CBS 2 – February 04, 2017 by CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are searching for an arson suspect who was caught on surveillance cameras going through a Brooklyn supermarket and setting things on fire — including an entire rack of chips. CBS2’s Brian Conybeare was in Brownsville on Friday, where he spoke to […]
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Cancer Claims Life of 38-Year-Old Hero of 9/11
by Anthony Capote and Lisa Herndon The drum roll began and bagpipers played a solemn tune as scores of uniformed firefighters lined Riverdale Avenue. They stood in silence as the casket carrying Kevin Rooney; a Riverdale native, from St. Margaret of Cortona Church was placed in the vintage fire truck. It would carry him part […]
Critically Injured 7-Year-Old Girl Thanks Firefighters Who Saved Her Life
DNA Info – February 02, 2017 by Trevor Kapp and Aidan Gardiner UPPER WEST SIDE — A 7-year-old girl who suffered a heart attack when a massive fire engulfed her West 59th Street apartment building in December was reunited Tuesday with the FDNY responders who helped save her. Emely Hernandez was found drifting in and […]
FDNY, City Agree to Add Fifth Firefighter at Five Firehouses
NY Daily News – February 02, 2017 by THOMAS TRACY Five more FDNY engine companies are getting their “fifth man,” officials said Wednesday. As part of a contract agreement between City Hall and the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the department on Wednesday ensured that five more engine companies — one in each borough — will be […]
FDNY doesn’t take ‘brotherhood’ lightly (letter to the editor)
(Staff-Shot) By Letters to the Editor | editor@siadvance.com on February 02, 2017 at 8:12 PM, updated February 02, 2017 at 8:31 PM By Jennifer Walsh Freehold, N.J. My name is Jennifer Walsh. I was born on Staten Island in 1970 and lived there until 2002. My father, Mickey Dolinger, just passed away at the age of […]
FDNY Determines Causes of 2 Blazes on Staten Island this Week
SILive – February 01, 2017 by Irene Spezzamonte STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY has released the causes of two of five fires that broke out on Staten Island in a span of 24 hours this week. Fire marshals have determined that blazes at both 372 Oak Ave. in Oakwood and 82 Van Buren St. […]
Firefighters Rescue Birds, Dogs from Burning Building
NY Post – February 01, 2017 by Daniel Prendergast and Shari Logan Two pet birds who were rescued from a Brooklyn fire on Tuesday are lucky ducks. CJ the 12-year-old yellow parrot and his green cage-mate, Pearl, were covered in ash when fire fighters pulled them from a burning building on 50th Street and Seventh […]
FDNY Members Honored for Saving 7-Year-Old Girl From Burning High-Rise
WNBC 4 – February 01, 2017 by NBC Local A group of FDNY firefighters and paramedics who saved a young girl from a high-rise fire days before Christmas were honored at a special school ceremony Tuesday. The FDNY members got the special thank you for rescuing 7-year-old Emely Hernandez, a student at Success Academy Upper […]
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FDNY Fights Fire at Apartment in Oakwood on Monday
SILive – January 31, 2017 by Maura Grunlund STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY is fighting an apartment fire in Oakwood on Monday morning. The fire in the two-story occupied building at 372 Oak Ave. at the corner of Medina Street was reported at 5:51 a.m., according to a spokesman for the FDNY. About 25 […]
