NY Daily News – March 26, 2015 by Dan Friedman New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte will join Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in offering a measure urging extension of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The act, aiding former Ground Zero workers in honor of James Zadroga, expires next year. The senators’ proposal is a nonbinding […]
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FDNY to Spend $50 Million for Women’s Facilities at 47 Firehouses
Newsday – March 25, 2015 by MATTHEW CHAYES The FDNY is planning to spend $50 million to finish installing facilities for women firefighters in the 47 firehouses that still accommodate only men, the fire commissioner testified Tuesday. Renovations to install separate locker rooms, toilet facilities and showers have been completed in 168 of the city’s […]
How Fatal Flames Change Firefighters
NY Daily News – March 25, 2015 by Dennis Smith As the city mourns the unspeakable loss of seven children to a fire in their Brooklyn home, I hope we also pause to think about the public servants who tried to rescue the boys and girls. “It’s difficult to find one child in a room […]
World Trade Center to Host Charity Stair Run
AMNY – March 24, 2015 by IVAN PEREIRA New Yorkers looking to scale the city’s tallest building will have their chance in May — and for a good cause, too. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and Captain Billy Burke Foundation, charities that help the families of 9/11 first responders and military veterans, announced […]
Newer Firefighters Protest Lowered Benefits for On-the-Job Disabilities
NY Times – March 24, 2015 When he became a Firefighter, Kevin Hamilton knew he was signing up for a risky job. But it wasn’t until he graduated from the Fire Academy in 2012 that he realized how much his loved ones would be at risk if he got hurt. “I gotta think for my […]
The Bravest of Reforms
NY Post – March 24, 2015 by Post Editorial Board March 21, 2015 The FDNY got the call too late to save the seven children who perished in Saturday’s horrific fire in Midwood, Brooklyn. But it’s increasingly easy to imagine engines pulling up to the scene of a raging inferno — and having some of […]
Father Mourns Death of 7 Children at Funeral Service as Orthodox Jewish Community Says Goodbye to Siblings Killed in Brooklyn House Fire
NY Daily News – March 23, 2015 by Reuven Blau, Stephen Rex Brown, Laura Bult A heartbroken father sought solace in his Jewish faith Sunday as he mourned the loss of seven of his children in a Brooklyn blaze. Friends and relatives joined devastated dad Gabriel Sassoon at Shomrei Hadas Chapel in Borough Park for […]
UFA Launches Campaign to Provide Recent Hires Improved Disability Aid
Chief Leader – March 17, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Hundreds of firefighters in blue t-shirts crowded onto the steps of City Hall March 16 to protest the reduced disability benefits provided to police and firefighters hired from 2010 onward if they must resign due to on-the-job injury. Those benefits add up to about $27 a […]
Firefighters, Neighbors Rescue Three People from Burning Queens Home
NY Daily News – March 15, 2015 by Ryan Sit Three people were injured Saturday when a fire erupted in a house in Queens, officials said. Firefighters rescued one woman who was trapped on the top floor of the two-story home after the blaze broke out in the basement on 119th Road near 118th St. […]
FDNY to Announce Boxing Match Between New York City Fire Fighters and Ireland’s Police Force
Nowboxing.com – March 12, 2015 FDNY Boxing Coach Bobby McGuire will join the Irish National Police Force, Garda Siochana officials tomorrow for a press conference and official weigh-in announcing a St Patrick’s Day Boxing Match taking place at Madison Square Garden between New York City Fire Fighters and the Irish National Police. Participating boxers will […]
