SI Advance – April 27, 2015 by Zak Koeske STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters made quick work of an all-hands fire at a Dongan Hills home Sunday afternoon. The blaze, which started around 3:35 p.m. in the rear of a two-story home on Garretson Avenue, was extinguished and under control in about 20 minutes, an […]
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More Than 100 Firefighters Battle Brooklyn House Fire, FDNY Says
DNAinfo – April 24, 2015 by Aidan Gardiner BROOKLYN — More than 100 firefighters battled a fire in the basement of a Windsor Terrace home Thursday morning, officials said. The flames broke out inside 276 Windsor Terrace, near 11th Avenue, about 10:40 a.m. and filled the street with gray smoke, according to witnesses and FDNY […]
FDNY Firefighters Save Cat and Dog from Fire in Brooklyn Brownstone
NY Daily News – April 24, 2015 by Thomas Tracy A tabby named Butterscotch escaped a burning Brooklyn brownstone with all her nine lives intact thanks to firefighters who pulled the cat and a dog to safety Thursday. Butterscotch and a hound named Sonny were rescued from the blaze on Windsor Place near 11th Ave. […]
FDNY Controls Fire in Vacant Home in South Beach
SI Advance – April 23, 2015 by Mary Sharmaine STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –- Firefighters responded to a blaze Wednesday night inside an empty home in South Beach. It was brought under control without injury. At 6:54 p.m., reports of flames coming from the basement of a vacant home within the 100 block of Olympia Boulevard […]
NY Lawmakers Lead Bipartisan Effort To Renew Zadroga Act
Western Queens Gazette – April 23, 2015 With the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act due to expire within the next 16 months, leaving thousands of World Trade Center cleanup workers midway in their recuperation, a bipartisan group of lawmakers from across the country pulled together last week to introduce a new, reauthorized, bipartisan […]
Long Beach City Officials, Firefighters Locked In Battle Over Reduction Of Fire Force
CBS 2 – April 23, 2015 LONG BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – There’s a fire fight going on in Long Beach, but it’s not the kind having to do with flames. As WCBS 880’s Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs reported, there are accusations that Long Beach city officials are trying to eliminate its paid fire […]
FDNY ‘rescues’ fire truck stuck in sinkhole
By Lorena Mongelli and Antonio Antenucci April 22, 2015 | 12:36am A fire engine had to be rescued in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The stuck truck was parked on the street outside Brookdale Hospital in East Flatbush when a 15-foot-deep sinkhole opened up and swallowed its front right wheel around noon. About a dozen firefighters stacked […]
‘We Made a Promise’
The Legislative Gazette – April 21, 2015 by Matthew D’Onofrio Bipartisan senators and House members joined first responders, survivors and labor leaders to say they have a moral obligation to permanently renew expiring legislation that established health care and compensation for Sept. 11 volunteers and survivors. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, passed […]
Norman Carpet One Recognizes 9/11 First Responders
Main Line – April 21, 2015 by Cheryl Allison It isn’t every day that a team of real-life heroes walks into your store, but that is what happened Friday morning at Norman Chaikin’s Norman Carpet One in Bryn Mawr. Four members of the Fire Department of New York, all 9/11 first-responder survivors, visited the business […]
Borough Elected Officials Join in Call for Pension Parity by Firefighters
Bronx Times – April 20, 2015 by Patrick Rocchio A labor union representing firefighters got a boost from borough elected officials as it seeks better disability pensions for rookie firefighters injured in the line of duty. The Uniformed Firefighters Association got support recently from several Bronx elected officials, including Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and […]
