The Gothamist – March 03, 2016 by Jen Chung The Uniformed Firefighters Association has released what it’s calling a “bombshell analysis” challenging the FDNY’s response time statistics. The union accuses the fire department of “significantly underreporting average response times to fires and other emergencies, in some cases by up to 92 percent.” Here are some […]
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Firefighters on Scene of 2-Alarm Fire at Cypress Hills Apartment Building
CBS 2 – March 03, 2016 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Firefighters are battling a multiple-alarm fire in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Flames could be seen coming from the roof of the building at 3301 Fulton St. between Euclid Avenue and Crescent Street. Officials said the address consists of two three-story apartment buildings, CBS2’s Joe Biermann reported […]
Union: FDNY Response Times Are Much Slower Than City Claims
CBS 2 – March 02, 2016 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The union representing FDNY firefighters charged Monday that the department has underreported emergency response times around the city. As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported, Uniformed Firefighters Association president Steve Cassidy said the FDNY has been burying the real and much longer response times on its […]
New Report Says City is Misleading Public with False Stats About the Fdny’s Emergency Response Times
Jacksonville Daily News – March 02, 2016 by Lisa L. Colangelo The city is misleading the public with rosy statistics on how quickly firefighters get to emergencies, according to a new report released Monday by the Uniformed Firefighters Association. Union officials charged the discrepancy is especially glaring in the Bronx, where the city claims in […]
‘City Never Made a Fair Offer’
Chief Leader – March 02, 2016 by SARAH DORSEY For Survivors of ‘Black Sunday’ Fire, $183M Jury Award Brings Relief, No Joy Though he waited 11 years for the city to be held responsible for the deaths of his three firefighter brethren, the tears that ran down Jeff Cool’s face when he heard the verdict […]
Mayor, Schumer Blast Obama Plan To Cut Anti-Terror Funds for City
Chief Leader – February 24, 2016 by MARK TOOR Sen. Charles Schumer, Mayor de Blasio and the city’s Police, Fire and Emergency Management commissioners gathered Feb. 17 to criticize President Obama’s proposal to cut counterterrorism funding for New York City under a program aimed at urban areas by $90 million, or 50 percent. The White […]
6 Injured as Fire Rages Atop Bronx Apartment Building in Smoky Scene: FDNY
WNBC 4 – February 24, 2016 by Tracie Strahan A half-dozen people were hurt in a massive blaze that swept through an apartment building and caused traffic delays in the Bronx Tuesday morning, fire officials say. The blaze broke out in a fifth-floor apartment in the building on Andrews Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., officials […]
Families of FDNY Firefighters Killed or Injured in Black Sunday Blaze in The Bronx Awarded $183 Million
NY Daily News – February 24, 2016 by Barbara Ross, Ginger Adams Otis The families of five of the six firefighters who died or were critically injured in the infamous Black Sunday blaze in the Bronx were awarded a whopping $183 million in damages Monday. In one of the largest verdicts ever against the city, […]
‘Firehouse Kitchen’ Host Cooks Up Fire-Safety Lesson with PS 52 Kids
SI Advance – February 12, 2016 by Anthony DePrimo STATEN ISLAND N.Y. — How do you make kids aware about fire safety in the kitchen? You make chocolate-covered fruit kabobs, of course. Staten Island University Hospital and NYC TV’s Ray Cooney, host of “Firehouse Kitchen,” held court with fifth-graders at PS 52, Dongan Hills, to […]
5 Arrested in Connection With East Village Gas Explosion
NY Times – February 12, 2016 by MARC SANTORA and JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. The police arrested five people and charged four of them with involuntary manslaughter on Thursday in connection with a deadly gas explosion that rocked the East Village in Manhattan last spring, with prosecutors saying that the loss of life was […]
