By Angela Matua A Woodside firefighter who helped rescue 16 people during the 9/11 attacks but later died from illnesses he contracted while working at Ground Zero was honored with a street co-naming in Astoria on Sept. 9. Jimmy Lanza, who died in April at 71 due to 9/11-related brain cancer, was part of the team that pulled people out of […]
James Tempro, 88, a retired FDNY firefighter who won the James Gordon Bennett Award in 1969, would like the FDNY to consider changing the name of the award. (TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYGINGER ADAMS OTIS NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, September 1, 2017, 4:01 AM It was the moan that stopped him.Deep in […]
A cat rescued from a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn apartment fire that claimed the life of her owner was rehabilitated at Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group North Emergency Services and is being taken in permanently by a neighbor. (Credit: Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group) By Lauren Cook A resilient cat rescued from a fire in Brooklyn […]
By Daniel Prendergast August 27, 2017 | 5:28pm NYPD Special Ops A man and woman fishing on a boat off Queens on Sunday had to be rescued when their craft started sinking, police said. The 55-year-old man and 34-year-old woman were on board a 24-foot fiberglass fishing boat about a mile south of the Rockaway Peninsula off Breezy […]
By Ruth Brown August 27, 2017 | 11:04am The New York Task Force-1 team made up of NYPD and FDNY members prepares to assist with Hurricane Harvey rescue. New York is sending 120 of its Bravest and Finest to Texas to rescue people from the epic storm, officials announced Sunday. “After Superstorm Sandy, so many cities stepped up […]
By: MICHAEL DINAN | 19 HOURS AGO Dedication to the fire service runs deep in Katie Turkington’s family. Her father, Jack Horner, has served on the New Canaan Fire Commission for a dozen years, including as chairman. Two men on her mother’s side—great-great-grandfather, William Bockage, and great-great-uncle, Fred Bunker—had served in the Cincinnati Fire Department, the latter as […]
The Euro Shop suffered “extensive” damage, FDNY said FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — Firefighters rushed to the scene of a blaze inside of an auto shop in Flatbush on Wednesday afternoon. The fire tore through The Euro Shop on Rogers Avenue near Cortelyou Road starting just before 4 p.m., an FDNY spokesman told Patch. The fire was […]
BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP / Photo courtesy of crowdrise.com By Danielle Kogan Late Firefighter Billy Gormley, who died as a result of cancer believed to have been contracted while working at Ground Zero, will be honored this year during the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk on Sunday, September 24. Ridgeite Kathy Khatari, Gormley’s sister, and […]
By Anna Sanders asanders@siadvance.com CITY HALL — Fires can make or break Staten Island zombie homes. The flames may turn occupied houses into so-called “zombies” — but they also sometimes engulf already vacant, abandoned or neglected buildings and properties. Staten Island saw 11 fires at vacant buildings last year, according to FDNY. There were two this […]
A tractor trailer caught fire above Grand Central Terminal on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, the FDNY said. (Credit: Luis E Mondesi S via twitter) y Heather Holland Heather.Holland@amny August 4, 2017 A fire broke out on a tractor trailer that was sitting on top of an overhang attached to Grand Central Terminal Friday afternoon, according to FDNY officials. The […]
