Gina DeFalco, John’s fiancee, recieves helmut at memorial service for John Chipura, firefighter Engine Company 219 at St Thomas the Apostle Church in Staten Island. Gerard Chipura, John’s brother recieves flag. (SCHUMANN, HEIDI) Firefighter John Chipura died serving the city on 9/11. Nearly 16 years later, his family and colleagues want him to serve […]
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Teen Falls Into Hole in Abandoned MTA Building in Queens: FDNY
A teenager was taken to the hospital after falling into a hole inside a Queens building on Saturday, authorities said. The teen was inside a decommisioned MTA station building on Atlantic Avenue when he fell 10 feet, police said. The windows at the brick building were boarded up. It is unclear how the teen climbed […]
FDNY: 3 firefighters, 2 civilians injured in abandoned house fire in Port Richmond
BY SHANE DIMAIO STATEN ISLAND — Five people were injured in a fire that ignited inside a vacant building on Park Avenue in Port Richmond Saturday afternoon, according to an FDNY spokesman. Several units were called to a blaze inside the 1.5-story home located at 205 Park Ave. at around 3:05 p.m., said the spokesman. According […]
Ray Of Light: Pfeifer’s Enduring Legacy
Diocese of Rockville Center Bishop John Barres blesses Pfeifer’s coffin. (Photo by Frank Rizzo) In one of his last phone calls from the Port Washington hospice where he lived out his final days, Ray Pfeifer of Hicksville dialed Jon Stewart’s cell phone. The retired NYC firefighter had one final request for the comedian: deliver the […]
Rope Rescue Tops FDNY Medal Day
FDNY and FDNY EMS salute heroic actions 06/09/2017 Fire Department City of New York (Fire Department City of New York photo) NEW YORK – On Wednesday, June 7th, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro presided at FDNY’s 148th annual Medal Day Ceremony at City Hall. 62 members of the Department, including, […]
62 honored at 148th FDNY Medal Day ceremony in Manhattan
2017 Medal Day ceremony at City Hall. (FDNY) 40shares BY MIRA WASSEF mwassef@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Hundreds of New York’s Bravest gathered at the FDNY Medal Day ceremony Wednesday at City Hall. It was the 148th year of the Medal Day ceremony, said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “2016 was an extraordinary year for the […]
Two Bridges Blaze Injures One Firefighter, FDNY Says
e Patch – June 06, 2017 by The Patch A Monday morning fire at 1 Catherine St., home to the Gong Cha bubble tea shop, has left one firefighter with minor injuries. Ciara McCarthy (Patch Staff) – June 5, 2017 11:51 am ET TWO BRIDGES, NY — A Monday morning fire at a Two Bridges […]
New York’s Bravest Trim Dangerous Branch in Marine Park when City Fails to Act
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – June 06, 2017 by Julianne Cuba They wanted the city to branch out. The city should have moved faster to snip off a dangerously dangling branch from a Kimball Street tree that neighbors repeatedly warned the Parks Department about for more than a month, locals charge. “There’s children on that side […]
BUDGET WIN: Crowley, Fire Unions Applaud Allocation for Second Pair of Boots for FDNY
UFANYC.org – June 06, 2017 by UFANYC.org CITY HALL (June 2, 2017) – After a crucial push from the City Council and fire union members, the city will provide crucial funding for a second pair of boots for New York City firefighters. Every day, when firefighters of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) are […]
Two Bridges Blaze Injures One Firefighter, FDNY Says
A Monday morning fire at 1 Catherine St., home to the Gong Cha bubble tea shop, has left one firefighter with minor injuries. TWO BRIDGES, NY — A Monday morning fire at a Two Bridges building left one firefighter with minor injuries before it was declared under control, authorities said. A fire in the basement […]
