By MOLLY CRANE-NEWMAN and THOMAS TRACY | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | MAY 15, 2018 | 9:11 PM From left, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro, Paramedic Roland Guirand, Lt. Suchingh Singh, EMT graduate Jonathan Cano-Gomez, Paramedic Dean Russell, and Chief of Department James E. Leonard pose at a graduation ceremony at Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. (Go Nakamura/New York Daily News) Jonathan Cano-Gomez […]
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro unveiled the poster, which promotes this year’s “Stronger Together” theme Today at 12:36 PM By EMS1 Staff NEW YORK — FDNY unveiled a poster in celebration of National EMS Week 2018. FDNY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro unveiled the poster, which demonstrates this year’s “Stronger Together” theme with EMTs, paramedics and firefighters […]
FDNY Lt. Adrienne Walsh made department history this month when she became the first woman to be promoted to lead one of the department’s elite rescue companies. (FDNY/FDNY) Trailblazing FDNY Lt. Adrienne Walsh is making history — again. Walsh, 51, on Monday became the first woman to serve in a position of rank in […]
Thomas O’Brien’s name will finally be added to the FDNY’s memorial wall in downtown Brooklyn. He died a day after fighting a Chelsea fire in 1935. (COURTESY ARTHUR O’BRIEN) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 26, 2018, 12:50 AM By Andrew Keshner & John Annese The city is poised to right a generations-old wrong […]
Alexander Millar Everyday Heroes NYC painting of Tracy Lewis is called Power & Glory. (ALEXANDER MILLAR; BARRY WILLIAMS FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYJOE DZIEMIANOWICZ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, April 2, 2018, 2:09 PM Nearly 20 years of experience with New York’s Bravest has put firefighter Tracy Lewis, of Engine 240 in Brooklyn, in […]
Madison Square Garden dedicated a moment of silence for fallen FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson, who was killed on a Harlem blaze, at a FDNY-NYPD hockey game. (KEVIN C DOWNS/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) DALE W. EISINGERLARRY MCSHANE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, March 24, 2018, 8:57 PM The moments of silence were followed by moments […]
Fallen firefighter Ronald (Ronnie) Brenneisen’s family at his plaque dedication ceremony at Ladder Company 43 firehouse. (HOWARD SIMMONS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYROSHAN ABRAHAMJANON FISHER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, March 23, 2018, 10:10 PM Firefighter Ronald (Ronnie) Brenneisen, who died in September 2014 of 911-related cancer, was memorialized with a plaque at Ladder Company 43 firehouse […]
The brand is reminding people to change their smoke detector batteries when changing their clocks on Daylight Saving Milo Ventimiglia teamed up with Duracell to visit the FDNY on March 8, 2018 in New York, to remind everyone to change their smoke detector batteries when changing their clocks on Daylight Saving, this Sunday. Milo lent […]
The FDNY has seen more than 1,000 cancer cases since first responders worked at Ground Zero. (MAISEL, TODD) BYTHOMAS TRACY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, February 18, 2018, 5:32 PM They’re not just fighting fires.More than 1,000 active and retired FDNY members are battling 9/11-related cancers — and the department is holding […]
Jan 29, 2018An EMS graduate had more than his family cheering him recently as he joined the ranks of the FDNY. Joseph Bitetto, who graduated from the New York City Fire Department’s EMS academy Thursday, was reunited with the emergency medical technician who’d saved his life 22 years ago after he was born early in […]
