Takes Heat From FDNY Unions After Post Story By BOB HENNELLY Sep 1, 2017 Updated Sep 1, 2017 TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT?: Fire Capt. Paul Washington has been the target of blistering criticism, some of it by his own union, after a New York Post story reported he had told potential FDNY recruits that firefighters ‘do not run […]
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FDNY Firefighter James P. Lee, Jr. Receives Top Valor Award
TRAINING & TACTICS FDNY Firefighter James P. Lee, Jr. Receives Top Valor Award SEP 1, 2017 September 1, 2017 — Firefighter James P. Lee, Jr., FDNY Rescue 1, is the winner of the 2016 Firehouse Michael O. McNamee Award of Valor. Firehouse Editor-in-Chief Tim Sendelbach will present the award to Lee during the Oct. 19 […]
FDNY hero believes it’s time to rename top medal named after pro-slavery racist
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 […]
Peril in Numbers
E ON THE NEWS Peril in Numbers Affirmative-action hiring endangers the FDNY. Bob McManus September 1, 2017 Public safety New York “Firefighters do not run into burning buildings,” says New York City Fire Captain Paul Washington. Of course they don’t! Firefighters rescue kittens from trees. If you doubt it, just ask the hundreds of FDNY widows and […]
Fire Ravages Bushwick Church, Says FDNY
A two-alarm fire broke out at the Mt. Paran Baptist Church in Bushwick Wednesday morning, said the FDNY BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Fire ravaged a church in Brooklyn Wednesday morning, according to the FDNY. Flames broke out at the Mt. Paran Baptist Church at 1665 Broadway around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, said an FDNY spokeswoman. More than 100 firefighters […]
FDNY union endorses Neuhaus
PUBLISHED AUG 30, 2017 AT 11:22 AM (UPDATED AUG 30, 2017) Steve Neuhaus (Photo provided) The Uniformed Firefighters Association of the New York City Fire Department (UFANYC) has endorsed Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus for re-election. The UFA represents “rank and file” members of the FDNY. UFA, in its endorsement, said Neuhaus’ “concern for public […]
Six Queens firehouses will receive over $2 million for capital upgrades
Photos by Suzanne Monteverdi/QNS The Engine 295/Ladder 144 at 12-49 149th St. in Whitestone. Local lawmakers took to a Whitestone firehouse to announce some upcoming improvement projects in the borough. A total of $2,075,000 in funding has been allocated to six different Queens firehouses, Borough President Melinda Katz and Councilman Paul Vallone said on Aug. 29. The lawmakers made the […]
Community Mourns Loss of Peekskill St. Pat’s Day Parade Grand Marshal
AUGUST 30, 2017 BY RICK PEZZULLO The Cortlandt/Peekskill community is mourning the loss of Michael Richard O’Hanlon, Grand Marshal of this year’s Peekskill St. Patrick’s Day Parade, who died Monday at his home in Cortlandt. He was 59. Mr. O’Hanlon had battled illness stemming from his service during rescue and recovery efforts at Ground […]
Cat rescued from Bay Ridge fire that killed her owner finds new forever home with neighbor
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 […]
Pix 11 Reports: 9/11 hero battling cancer gets surprise of a lifetime
POSTED 7:16 PM, AUGUST 30, 2017, BY AYANA HARRY, UPDATED AT 07:45PM, AUGUST 30, 2017 STATEN ISLAND — A retired FDNY EMT suffering from a 9/11 related caner was surprised Wednesday with a new motorcycle, riding one had been on his bucket-list after he was diagnosed. Salvatore Turturici has stage four liver cancer. He’s dreamed […]
