SI Advance – December 29, 2014 by Mark D. Stein Thank you for Keeping his Image Alive, Says Family of FDNY Lt. Matt Ambelas, S.I.’s Most Inspirational person in 2014 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FDNY Lt. Gordon (Matt) Ambelas was named Staten Island’s most inspirational person of 2014 on Monday. The FDNY lieutenant died in […]
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Heroes’ Salute: Fire Department Honors Slain NYPD Officers
WNBC 4 – December 21, 2014 New York Fire Department personnel saluted as an ambulance and motorcade carrying one of the two New York Police officers who were shot dead passed by an FDNY honor guard in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday. The officers were shot at 2:47 p.m. by a gunman […]
FDNY Saves Mustachioed Cat in Brooklyn Fire
NY Daily News – December 22, 2014 by Dale W. Eisinger, Barry Paddock, Denis Slattery A lucky cat is down to eight lives after FDNY firefighters rescued the frightened feline from a fast-moving fire in Brooklyn on Saturday. The two-alarm blaze started about 8:15 a.m. in a three-story building at 210 Skillman Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant […]
Nearly 200 firefighters, 44 Trucks Respond to Bronx Blaze
NY Post – December 18, 2014 by Lorena Mongelli and Dana Sauchelli A five-alarm fire tore through several Bronx buildings early Wednesday and firefighters spent more than three hours battling the flames, fire officials said. Nearly 200 firefighters and 44 trucks responded to the flames, which erupted inside a 99-cent store around 5:30 a.m. and […]
FDNY Has Had Its Busiest Year Ever: de Blasio New York’s Bravest is on Pace to Respond to 1.6 Million Emergency Calls by the End of 2014
NY Daily News – December 17, 2014 by Erin Durkin The Fire Department has had its busiest year ever. The FDNY is on pace to respond to 1.6 million emergency calls by the end of 2014, the highest number ever recorded, Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Daniel Nigro said Tuesday. That tops a record […]
Terminal-Leave Breakthrough Makes Uniformed Coalition’s Day Under Pact
Chief Leader – December 16, 2014 by RICHARD STEIER A tentative contract deal reached Dec. 9 between the de Blasio administration and eight uniformed unions representing superior officers, while generally patterned on previous civilian-union settlements, includes two special elements: it would allow affected employees to receive accrued terminal leave in a lump sum after retirement […]
FDNY Physical Course: Key Marker, Or Unreasonable Obstacle for Women?
Chief Leader – December 16, 2014 by SARAH DORSEY For probationary Firefighters, it’s perhaps the most daunting task they’ll face before graduating from the Fire Academy: the Functional Skills Training. The technical-sounding name—usually shortened to FST—belies a grueling set of tasks that would fell an unprepared “probie.” They crawl through dark tunnels, drag a 165-pound […]
One Killed, Several Injured After Two Brooklyn Fires
by Mark Morales One man was killed and several others, including firefighters, were injured in two separate incidents in Brooklyn early Friday morning, authorities said. A fatal fire broke out at a high-rise building on W. 33rd Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Coney Island just before 3 a.m., fire officials said. The blaze started […]
9/11 Health Center Not Testing for Prostate Cancer Despite Concern
NY Post – December 14, 2014 by Amber Jamieson Health authorities pushed for prostate cancer to be included on the list of 9/11 cancers in 2013, but Mount Sinai Hospital — which treats and studies them at its World Trade Center Health Program — doesn’t even test for it. Potential cancer sufferers don’t realize they […]
66-Year-Old Man Found Dead In Sheepshead Bay Fire
CBS 2 – December 15, 2014 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – One person has been confirmed dead in a fire in Brooklyn. The fire broke out on the second floor of a home on East 29th Street near Avenue R in Sheepshead Bay around 3 a.m. Monday. The blaze quickly spread to the top level, […]
