Updated Dec 31, 11:03 AM; Posted Dec 31, 11:00 AM Frank Siller, chairman of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is being honored with a Louis R. Miller Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce/Steve White)() 4 216shares By Staten Island Advance By Joyce Venezia Suss for the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. […]
FDNY Paramedic Niall O’Shaughnessy jumped into the icy waters of the Hudson River to save a drowning man. TRIBECA, Manhattan — An FDNY paramedic jumped into the icy waters of the Hudson River to save a drowning man on Saturday. FDNY paramedic Niall O’Shaughnessy and his partner, Minze Wu, were driving up the West Side […]
Published by Siren at December 29, 201 Dear Friends, It’s a heartbreaking day in New York City. Last night, 12 people, including a one-year-old child, died in a fire that we now know was caused by a child playing with fire. This was the worst fire tragedy in decades. In addition to the loss of life, the fire […]
It is important to have an escape plan should you ever find yourself in your home when a fire begins. Creating an escape plan and practicing it can help keep you and your family safe. Developing an easy to remember plan can help keep young children from harm. Follow these tips to help keep your […]
New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades was accidentally lit by a 3 ½-year-old boy playing with the burners on his mother’s stove, officials said Friday. The flames spread quickly through the kitchen, then roared through a door the boy’s mother had left open as she fled her first floor apartment with the boy […]
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Firefighters respond to a building fire Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York. The Fire Department of New York says a blaze raging in the Bronx apartment building has seriously injured more than a… (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) More By JENNIFER PELTZ The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadliest residential fire […]
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN — A fire broke out on the top floor of a Midtown building just before rush hour Wednesday, officials said. The 54th Street building houses a health club. The FDNY’s hazmat team has been called to the scene near the intersection with 8th Avenue to secure chlorine stored in the building for the […]
Rescued passengers were transferred to fireboat 343 in a shuttlle operation DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Coast Guard and partner agency crews last night responded to a ferry aground with 27 people aboard near Rockaway Inlet, New York. The Flyer, an 80-foot New York City Ferry became stuck on a sandbar at approximately 5:30 p.m after […]
