NY Times – October 24, 2014 by MARC SANTORA A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with him. The doctor, Craig […]
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7 FDNY Firefighters Treated, Released in BROOKLYN, N.Y.
ABC News – October 23, 2014 BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC)- Seven firefighters were injured while battling a blaze in Brooklyn. The fire, which has been under control since about 2 a.m., started in a two-story factory in the 300 block of Belmont Avenue and was contained in a kiln inside. No one was in the building […]
NYC Practices Response to Nuclear Explosion
NY Post – October 23, 2014 NEW YORK — The voice over the speakers at New York City’s emergency command center calmly stated the unthinkable: a nuclear explosion had gone off in Times Square. More than 100,000 people are feared to have died instantly. A massive radiation cloud is being blown north by the wind, […]
‘911 failed’ in Queens Fire that Killed Two Children: NYC Investigator
WPIX 11 – October 22, 2014 by James Ford FAR ROCKAWAY, Queens (PIX11) – The city’s 911 system failed in the case of a fire that left two young children dead, the city’s chief investigator said on Tuesday after issuing a report of his department’s six-month probe into the April 2014 incident. The report added […]
Daily News Begins 32nd Annual Citywide Holiday Food Drive to Help New Yorkers
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 — […]
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 […]
