NY Post – December 05, 2016 by Bruce Golding New York City may have narrowly avoided an inferno like the one that killed at least 33 people in Oakland when authorities pulled the plug on two industrial-space dance venues recently. In May, the FDNY shut down a pop-up nightclub at a Brooklyn warehouse after finding […]
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‘Tears into Triumphs': How Mom Who Lost Children in Fire is Coping
NY Post – December 05, 2016 by Melkorka Licea Gayle Sassoon can’t look in the mirror without being transported back to that terrible moment. Her face is covered in an elastic medical mask, meant to help heal her cracked and brittle fire-ravaged skin. Third-degree burns mar 45 percent of her dainty frame. Her voice is […]
Are your Christmas decorations a fire hazard? Tips from FDNY
Are your Christmas decorations a fire hazard? Tips from FDNY The FDNY shares some tips for decorating safely. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) By Irene Spezzamonte | ispezzamonte@siadvance.com Email the author on December 05, 2016 at 9:24 AM, updated December 05, 2016 at 9:25 AM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Getting ready to put up those lights […]
Stuy Dorm Residents Wake Up to Smoke from Fire Nextdoor
NSFP – December 01, 2016 by NSFP News Students living in Stuyvesant Residence Hall woke up to the smell of smoke Wednesday morning after a neighboring building caught fire. “My roommate smelled smoke around 4 a.m. and kept hearing a bunch of sirens and strange noises,” said Kathryn Burress, a resident of Stuy. “We looked […]
Bozeman Firefighter will participate in the 3rd Annual New York City Firefighter Stair Climb
Posted: Dec 01, 2016 11:53 AM ESTUpdated: Dec 01, 2016 12:04 PM EST By Cassie Schirm One of Bozeman’s firemen will be heading to NYC on a special mission. David Hurtman was chosen to join hundreds of firefighters in the 3rd Annual New York City Firefighter Stair Climb. On March 19th 2017, 343 firefighters in full firefighting […]
FDNY KOs Car Fire in Oakwood
SILive – December 01, 2016 by Eddie DAnna STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY battled a car fire on North Railroad Avenue in Oakwood Tuesday morning, just feet from a substation that went ablaze last month. The fire to an unoccupied vehicle was reported just after 7 a.m. in front of 2036 North Railroad Ave., […]
Murray Hill Fire Guts Subway Sandwich Shop, Injures Firefighter: FDNY
By Dusica Sue Malesevic (Patch Staff) – November 30, 2016 2:06 pm ET The fire broke out a little before midnight Wednesday at 581 3rd Ave., according to news reports and fire officials. MURRAY HILL, NY — A fire broke out in the Subway sandwich shop at 581 3rd Ave. between East 38th and East […]
Fire department honors mechanic who saved New York $700,000
Originally published December 1, 2016 at 6:36 am Updated December 1, 2016 at 12:11 pm NEW YORK (AP) — A Fire Department of New York mechanic who has saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars through his ingenuity has been honored. Jomar Pichardo’s job is to keep the city’s fleet of Emergency Medical Services ambulances […]
Woman, 85, Gravely Injured in Bronx Apartment Fire: FDNY
Metro.us – November 29, 2016 by GARY KANE An 85-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after a fire ripped through the top floor of an apartment building in the Bronx, officials said Monday. Firefighters found the woman unconscious in a smoke-filled hallway at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday as they fought the blaze in the […]
New York City Council to Honor Firefighters Who Rescued Man from Upper East Side Fire
WABC – November 29, 2016 by Eyewitness News UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A group of FDNY firefighters will be honored on Tuesday by the New York City Council for their daring rescue of a man from a fire on the Upper East Side last month. Representatives from the FDNY, along with firefighters from […]
