FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro (l.) and New York Daily News Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Arthur Browne speak Tuesday at the New York Daily News and City Harvest 35th annual holiday food drive kickoff. (JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYLAURA DIMONREUVEN BLAU NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 5:56 PM The Daily News launched […]
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Angry Driver Assaults Fire Dept. Member In Fire Truck After Hell’s Kitchen Crash
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An irate driver got into a fire truck and assaulted an FDNY member following a multi-vehicle crash in Hell’s Kitchen Sunday afternoon, authorities said. As CBS2’s Erin Logan reported, witnesses captured video of the man acting erratically after the crash. Read More:
NYC Sanitation Employee Honored For Helping Catch Suspect In EMT’s Murder
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An off-duty New York City sanitation employee was honored Friday after helping catch a man who allegedly ran over and killed an FDNY EMT with her own ambulance. Ralph Alanzo received a gold medal of honor from the sanitation commissioner and praise from the fire commissioner Friday, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond […]
Fire Department Captain Under Attack
By admin – October 21, 2017 Paul Washington is on the bottom row, 5th from the right. Photo :FDNY By Ron Howell Colin Kaepernick is known nationwide for taking a stand – better said, taking a knee – for racial justice. He suffered the consequences of his bold action all alone. No football team hired […]
Women firefighters at historic highs in the FDNY
Cyril Josh Barker | 10/19/2017, 11:45 a.m. 505 Four new women become FDNY firefighters this week and they all have one special thing in common—they are all mothers. Krysteena Corbett-Terryl, Jacqueline Reno, Melisa Ritchie and Lisa Snyder walked across the FDNY graduation stage Wednesday to earn a huge accomplishment. The United Women Firefighters said the women […]
6 Workers Hurt in Crown Heights Roof Collapse, FDNY Says
By Ben Fractenberg and Trevor Kapp | October 17, 2017 10:33am |Updated October 17, 2017 1:30pm Four people were hurt in a partial building collapse in Crown Heights Tuesday morning, the FDNY said. DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg CROWN HEIGHTS — Six construction workers were hurt — four seriously — when a roof abruptly collapsed on Park Place Tuesday morning, FDNY officials said. Workers were putting cinder blocks on top of […]
New documentary ‘My Father’s House’ depicts the lasting impact of blaze that killed 12 FDNY heroes 50 years ago
Christine Priore, daughter of Lt. Joseph Priore, looks at her father’s name on the plaque. “My Father’s House” revolves around Christine’s meeting with her new family – the FDNY. (HERMANN, MARC A.) BYLAURA DIMON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, October 16, 2017, 10:22 PM A poignant documentary from the FDNY about the E. 23rd St. […]
14 Injured, 1 Critically, After Roaring Fire Breaks Out in Brooklyn Apartment
“” A roaring, three-alarm fire broke out inside a Brooklyn apartment building early Monday, injuring at least 14 people, one critically, the FDNY says. Fire officials say the fire began in a closet on the second floor of the building on 49th Street near 12th Avenue in Borough Park at about 4:30 a.m., quickly spreading […]
Adorable Abandoned Pit Bull Gets Adopted By A Fire Station
Meet Ashley and her new firefighter friends! MITCHELL BYARS · 1 SECOND AGO SHAREPIN IT Instagram/Probyash Who said only dalmatians get to crash at fire stations? Meet Ashley, a pit bull who was abandoned by her owners in 2016. Erica Mahnken, co-founder of No More Pain Rescue, and her fiancé Michael Favor, told The Dodo the dog had been […]
Man Killed in Forest Hills Fire Sparked Blaze by Smoking in Bed, FDNY Says
DNA Info – October 14, 2017 by Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska QUEENS — A Forest Hills apartment fire that left a man dead after he ran out of the building in flames was sparked by a cigarette the victim had been smoking in bed, fire officials said. Ramon Rahim, 59, was inside his second-floor apartment in the […]