NY Daily News – October 22, 2014 by Barry Paddock, Larry Mcshane For a 32nd consecutive year, the Daily News launched its citywide campaign Tuesday to help feed needy New Yorkers through the holiday season. The News and its partners — including the FDNY, NYPD, health benefits company Humana and the philanthropic Starr Foundation — […]
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FDNY’s ‘Antiquated’ Dispatch System Blamed for Delay in Fatal Fire, DOI Commissioner Says
NY Daily News – October 22, 2014 by Erik Badia, Greg B. Smith It took 21 minutes for an ambulance to respond to a Queens fire that killed two helpless 4-year-olds — a delay caused by a stunning combination of human error and tragic flaws in the Fire Department’s dispatch system. A damning report released […]
New York Accelerates Ebola Training for City Employees and Emergency Workers
The Wall Street Journal – October 21, 2014 by Melanie Grayce West New York City officials are stepping up training and outreach this week to thousands of city employees and emergency workers who would be among those involved, even if only peripherally, in the response to any Ebola cases. Officials met Monday with representatives of […]
MagneGas Launches Innovative MagneToteTM Product Line for First Responders
MagneToteTM is a Portable and Compact System to Cut with the Power of MagneGas® TAMPA, FL – 09/029/14 – MagneGas® Corporation (“MagneGas” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MNGA), a technology company that counts among its inventions a patented process that converts liquid waste into a hydrogen-based fuel, announced today the launch of the MagneToteTM family of […]
Deputy Mayor Plans Meeting to Address Ebola Concerns
NY Post – October 20, 2014 by Michael Gartland City workers are starting to gear up for Ebola. First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris will meet Monday morning with the Municipal Labor Committee and officials from the NYPD, FDNY and the Department of Education — among several other city agencies — to plan a citywide response […]
Stop the Ebola Bungling! To Show Seriousness, Ban Travel
NY Post – October 20, 2014 by Steve Cassidy The Ebola outbreak has provoked serious national and global fears, as the World Health Organization advises that West African nations may be battling 10,000 new cases each week by Dec. 1. WHO says the outbreak is now doubling in size every three weeks and escalating to […]
NYC First Responders Test Readiness With Simulated Bus Crash Drill
CBS 2 – October 20, 2014 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — More than 100 first responders sprang into action Sunday on Randall’s Island. Police, firefighters and staff from the city’s Office of Emergency Management took part in a joint disaster drill, CBS 2 reported. Their biggest test was a simulation of a bus that crashed into […]
Off-Duty Firefighter Saves Driver after Crash in Queens
NY Post – October 15, 2014 by Shawn Cohen A real-estate agent flipped his Mercedes on a Queens highway — but was saved from certain death by an off-duty firefighter who happened upon the crash on his way to work, the lucky victim’s family said Tuesday. Kevin Mohr, assigned to Ladder 138 in Corona, saw […]
Man, 84, Dies After Boat Capsizes Off Staten Island
NY Times – October 15, 2014 by JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN An 84-year-old man who had gone out fishing with a friend drowned on Tuesday after the boat they were in capsized more than two miles off Staten Island, the authorities said. The victim was identified by the police as Anthony Accardo of Staten Island. A rescue […]
City Hall, Sergeants Union to Negotiate Amid Rising Tension
Capital New York – October 14, 2014 by Sally Goldenberg Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has boasted of his success in settling contracts with the majority of his workforce, has hit a roadblock with law-enforcement unions, many of which are angry over the prospect of one year of flat salaries as well as the recent […]
