BOROUGH PARK – The FDNY is offering fire safety tips after two separate house fires killed three people in Brooklyn. The first fire happened Saturday at a home in Bay Ridge and left one person dead. The second fire broke out inside a home in Borough Park Monday and killed a 61-year-old man and his […]
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Man Gets Leg Stuck in Sinkhole on Bed-Stuy Street, FDNY Says
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Firefighters rescued a man after his right leg became trapped in a small sinkhole on a Bed-Stuy street Tuesday morning, according to the FDNY and witnesses. The fire department received a call at 11:13 a.m. reporting the man’s leg was trapped in a sinkhole at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Walworth Street, […]
News 12 reports: FDNY chief, 11-year-old heroes honored for saving 2 from current
The Town of Oyster Bay honored two 11-year-old heroes and an FDNY fire chief for their efforts in saving a father and son from the strong current in the Long Island Sound. Earlier this summer, a 44-year-old Nassau man took his son and two of his friends out for a day of fishing on […]
Two rescued after boat sinks in Queens
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 […]
FDNY investigates deadly Borough Park fire
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/08/28/fatal-brooklyn-fire.html A Brooklyn couple is dead after a fast-moving fire tore through their home early Monday morning. Fire investigators say it began around 3:30 a.m. on te first floor of a two and a half story home located at 1174 44th Street in Borough Park. Firefighters found the 61-year-old husband and 59-year-old wife unconscious in […]
FDNY, NYPD emergency responders rescue man and woman after boat sinks in Jamaica Bay
The NYPD aviation unit arrived and lowered a rescue basket for the woman, 34, who had jumped into the water, and took her to Floyd Bennett Field. (TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYANDY MAILAURA DIMON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, August 27, 2017, 9:49 PM NYPD and FDNY emergency responders rescued two people Sunday whose […]
News 4 Reports:FDNY, NYPD, Red Cross Members Deploy to Texas to Help Harvey Response
“” More than 100 emergency personnel from the NYPD, FDNY and EMS headed to Texas late Sunday to help with rescue and recovery efforts during Harvey as the powerful storm buries the southeast part of the state under epic floodwaters. Mayor de Blasio said the NYC team, which includes an urban search and rescue unit, […]
News 4 reports: Woman Dies in Brooklyn Kitchen Fire
A woman was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment after firefighters put out a kitchen fire, officials said. The fire late Saturday broke out in the kitchen an apartment on 94th Street in Bay Ridge, the FDNY said. When the blaze was extinguished, firefighters found a woman in the apartment who was pronounced dead at […]
New York sends FDNY, NYPD heroes to help with Harvey rescue
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 […]
FDNY captain claims firefighters ‘do not run into burning buildings’
By Susan Edelman August 27, 2017 | 3:01am | Updated Modal Trigger FDNY captain claims firefighters ‘do not run into burning buildings’ Paul Washington Gregory P. Mango MORE ON: FDNY New York sends FDNY, NYPD heroes to help with Harvey rescue Woman killed in apartment building fire Fire truck responding to high-rise fire slams into […]
