NY Daily News – February 12, 2015 by Denis Hamill There will be no losers in this one. And no deflating arguments about politics, racial quotas, ticket fixing, protests or indictments either. This one is about the celebration of the courageous work the overwhelming majority of the members of the NYPD and FDNY do […]
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Fire Injures 2 as it Tears Through Windsor Terrace Building, FDNY Says
DNAinfo – February 11, 2015 by Fractenberg and Trevor Kapp WINDSOR TERRACE — Two people were hospitalized after a fire tore through a Prospect Park West apartment building Tuesday morning, the Fire Department said. The blaze broke out on the third floor of 263 Prospect Park West, near Prospect Avenue, about 11:35 a.m., the FDNY […]
Exclusive: City Councilman Proposes Painting Curbs Red to Mark No-Parking Zones Around Fire Hydrants, Bus Stops
NY Daily News – February 10, 2015 by Erin Durkin, Caitlin Nolan Drivers would start seeing red under a new bill being introduced this week by a city councilman. The proposal would require the city to paint curbs red to mark no-parking zones around fire hydrants and bus stops. Sponsor Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) said the […]
UFA Leader: Building Code Enforcement Vital and Boost ‘Disability’
Chief Leader – February 10, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY At a State Senate hearing marked more by disputes over the use of force by police officers, fire and Emergency Medical Service unions Feb. 4 also called for better protection for their members. Uniformed Firefighters Association President Stephen Cassidy, speaking at the day-long hearing in downtown […]
Funding in de Blasio Budget Aims to Cut Ambulance Response Times
Associated Press – February 09, 2015 by JONATHAN LEMIRE The New York City Fire Department will receive additional funding in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s upcoming budget to increase staffing in hopes of shaving precious seconds off ambulance response times to medical emergencies, city officials said. City officials told The Associated Press yesterday, a day before […]
Hospital Archives Burn in Brooklyn Warehouse Fire
The Wall Street Journal – February 02, 2015 by Melanie Grayce West and Mark Morales A stubborn weekend fire at a Brooklyn document warehouse that unleashed a blizzard of singed paperwork over Williamsburg could smolder for several more days, city officials said Sunday. The fire at the CitiStorage document-storage building pumped towering columns of […]
Man Hit in Head By Manhole Cover as Explosion Injures Two Along Park Slope Street
NY Daily News – February 03, 2015 by Reuven Blau, Caitlin Nolan, Bill Hutchinson, Sasha Goldstein A man is “lucky to be alive” after he was smashed in the head by a flying manhole cover Monday morning, sending his dog running off after a subterranean explosion near Prospect Park in Brooklyn, officials and witnesses said. […]
Underground Fires, Carbon Monoxide Issues Keep FDNY, Con Edison Busy
NY Daily News – February 04, 2015 by Erik Badia , Thomas Tracy The city is burning underground. The FDNY and Con Edison raced to 250 underground fires and carbon monoxide spikes sparked by corroding electrical wires snaking under the city between midnight Monday and 6 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. One fire — caused when […]
Dog Missing for Months is Rescued Amid Snowstorm
NY Times – January 28, 2015 by J. DAVID GOODMAN As New York City shut down in anticipation of a fearful snowstorm, a resourceful if hungry gray whippet named Burt approached a pile of canned dog food that rose like a mirage in the snowy expanse of Randalls Island. Burt would soon learn that it […]
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro Promotes Two Top EMS Bureau Chiefs
Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro appointed two veteran EMS officers to the top ranks in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on Jan. 21, James P. Booth to Chief of EMS, and Michael J. Fitton to Assistant Chief of EMS. Chief Booth, a 31-year veteran, who most recently served as Division Chief in the […]
