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The Wall Street Journal – March 12, 2015 by Mark Morales A fire inside an East Harlem high-rise left one person in critical condition and several others injured, including a pair of New York City firefighters, early Wednesday, authorities said. The blaze was sparked just before midnight on the 17th floor of a 35-floor high-rise […]

  NY Daily News – March 11, 2015 by Ryan Sit, Joseph Stepansky More than 140 firefighters rushed to a burning East Harlem high-rise overlooking Central Park late Tuesday, Fire Department sources said. The three-alarm blaze was sparked on the 17th floor of one of two towers of Schomburg Plaza on Fifth Ave. at E. […]

NY Times – March 10, 2015 by ASHLEY SOUTHALL and JOHN SURICO A fire in southern Brooklyn left four homes on a canal badly damaged and six firefighters injured on Monday, the authorities and neighbors said. The Fire Department said the blaze broke out just before 2:20 p.m. on National Drive in Mill Basin in […]

DNA Info – March 10, 2015 by Heather Holland MILL BASIN — A massive fire erupted in Brooklyn Monday afternoon, engulfing two homes and injuring a pair of firefighters, the FDNY said. The blaze started at 2218 National Dr., near Mill Avenue, about 2:19 p.m., FDNY said. The fire quickly spread to the home next […]

CBS 2 – March 09, 2015 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The FDNY celebrated 100 years of dedicated service by Rescue Company 1 on Sunday. The Manhattan-based company was organized on March 8, 1915. It’s now one of five rescue companies that respond when there is a need for specialized equipment and training. Rescue 1 Capt. […]

NY Daily News – March 09, 2015 by Barbara Ross The families of six firefighters who died or were critically injured a decade ago on the department’s “Black Sunday” are finally getting their day in court. An appellate court ruled last week that the city must face charges that the FDNY caused the deaths and […]

NY Daily News – March 04, 2015 by Lisa L. Colangelo Michael McCauley had only been a firefighter for a few months when he saved a life — and he didn’t even have to run into a burning building to do it. The 26-year-old Staten Island resident was told in 2013 that he was a […]

NY Daily News – March 04, 2015 by Laura Bult, Ryan Sit, Joseph Stepansky, Denis Slattery A fire and explosion rocked a building just steps from Columbia University late Tuesday, injuring five people and forcing the evacuation of two Barnard College dorms, authorities and witnesses said. The two-alarm blaze was reported around 11:30 p.m. in […]

By Lia Eustachewich March 3, 2015 | 10:11am   A former FDNY firefighter is suing several fire truck manufacturers for $150,000, claiming he’s suffered permanent, “irreversible” hearing loss because the sirens in the engines he rode were too loud. Curtis O’Steen, who served from 1966 to 1981, said the companies sold trucks and engines that […]

NY Post – March 03, 2015 by Carl Campanile State lawmakers are pushing legislation again to restore more generous disability pensions to recently hired cops and firefighters — drawing fire from a budget watchdog who warned the cost would run into tens of millions of dollars. Nearly all uniformed officers hired before 2009 are eligible […]