Passengers evacuated an L train at First Avenue after reports of a fire in the tunnel, the FDNY said. (Credit: @ajtebbenhawt via Twitter; Charles Eckert) The L train resumed service roughly eight hours after a manhole fire erupted, the MTA said. There was no train service between Eighth Avenue and Lorimer Street after the FDNY […]
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FDNY, NYPD permit Staten Island kids to ‘Touch-A-Truck’ this weekend
FDNY, NYPD permit Staten Island kids to ‘Touch-A-Truck’ this weekend The Staten Island Mental Health Society (SIMHS)’s annual ‘Touch-A-Truck’ event, hosted by JMT Media, will be at the Vanderbilt in Midland Beach on Saturday, October 8. (Courtesy to the artist) Victoria Priola | vpriola@siadvance.com October 04, 2016 at 2:15 PM, updated October 04, 2016 at 3:31 […]
Fire Breaks Out in Jamaica, Queens Building Where Authorities Receive Call for ‘Emotionally Disturbed Person
Firefighters contained the two-alarm blaze, and took a person into custody. By Feroze Dhanoa (Patch National Staff) – October 3, 2016 7:00 pm ET JAMAICA, QUEENS, NY — A person was taken into custody Monday after authorities received a call for an “emotionally disturbed person” at the same location where a two-alarm blaze broke out […]
20 Suffer Smoke Inhalation in Harlem High-Rise Fire
Twenty people were hurt in a quick-moving high-rise fire in Harlem Monday, fire officials say. The fire broke out inside a trash compactor on the 10th floor of the building at 1350 Fifth Ave. in Harlem at about 7:30 p.m., then quickly spread from cellar to ceiling, according to the FDNY. The blaze was extinguished […]
FDNY chief Michael Fahy encountered Bronx drug house suspect before fatal explosion
BYROSS KEITHLEONARD GREENE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, October 1, 2016, 12:12 AM The firefighter who was killed when a Bronx building housing a marijuana factory exploded came face to face with one of the pot-growing perps before a blast leveled the house, prosecutors said. Suspect Julio Salcedo, 34, tried to make a run for […]
FDNY’s Michael Fahy posthumously promoted; wake held
Christopher J. Eberhart, ceberhart@lohud.com Fahy was killed Tuesday in a Bronx house explosion. Mourners line up for the wake of FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy outside of Flower Funeral Home on Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, Sept. 29, 2016.(Photo: Mark Vergari/The Journal News) As New York City fire department colleagues, family and friends attend the wake […]
Transit workers threatened with suspension for lowering flag at MTA bus depot to honor FDNY firefighter killed in Bronx explosion
Workers at the bus depot at Broadway and 220th St. took matters into their own hands when they wanted the depot’s flag to remain at half mast to honor a fallen firefighter. (ROBERT SABO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BY DAN RIVOLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 6:50 PM Transit workers who honored the […]
Firefighters honor fallen FDNY chief outside his home
Michael FahyPhoto: FDNY via AP Firefighters gathered outside the Westchester County home of fallen FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy on Thursday as his wife, Fiona, and three young children prepared to say their goodbyes at a wake. Deirdre Brett, Fahy’s sister-in-law, said the devastating loss was not just the family’s – his fellow firefighters and […]
AFA Protective Systems, Inc. Draws a Full House at its Fire and Safety Summit at the Historic NYC Fire Museum
AFA, a New York-based super regional fire safety and security systems integrator, hosted an important Fire & Safety Summit on September 21st at the New York City Fire Museum AFA’s Fire & Life Safety Summit made a significant impact on attendees throughout the NYC area and provided pertinent information to keep NYC buildings safe and […]
DA Mulls Murder Charges Against Suspect in Blast That Killed Fire Chief
By Eddie Small and Ben Fractenberg | September 29, 2016 2:28pm Garivaldi Castillo was arraigned on Thursday morning in The Bronx. New York Daily News THE BRONX — The Bronx District Attorney’s Office is considering filing murder charges against a suspect connected to the explosion that killed FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy. Garivaldi Castillo, 32, appeared in court on […]
