By Maura Grunlund | grunlund@siadvance.com | Posted on July 19, 2018 9:16 AM | Updated July 19, 2018 9:26 AM A huge steam explosion prompted a three-alarm FDNY response at 141 Fifth Avenue near 21st Street in the Flatiron District of Manhattan on Thursday morning. No injuries were reported, but at least 11 buildings were […]
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WTC Funeral – Retired Battalion Chief Robert P. Miuccio, Battalion 22
This is past information but I am posting it anyway for respect of Battalion Chief Robert P. Miuccio. UFANYC.org – July 20, 2018 Wake Wednesday, July 18, 2018 6pm-9pm Thursday, July 19, 2018 2pm-4pm and 6pm-9pm Matthew Funeral Home 2508 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10314 Funeral Friday, July 20, 2018 – 11:30am Holy Family R.C. […]
WTC Funeral – Retired Firefighter Charles Williams, Ladder Company 111
UFANYC.org – July 20, 2018 Wake Saturday, July 28, 2018 10am–11am Lawrence H. Woodward Funeral Home, Inc. One Troy Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11213 Funeral Saturday, July 28, 2018 – 11am Lawrence H. Woodward Funeral Home, Inc. One Troy Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11213 All Off-Duty Members should attend in Class A Uniform. Fraternally, Gerard Fitzgerald President […]
NY firetruck crews need 5 firefighters – not 4
By Justin Brannan Firefighters battle a blaze in the Bronx Just a few days into my tenure on the City Council, I responded to the scene of a bad fire raging in my district. It was a brutally cold January night, the winds were whipping and the hydrants were frozen solid. One of the first things […]
FDNY Medic Helps Nab Tip Thief
2018-07-18 / Front Page FDNY Medic Helps Nab Tip Thief An off-duty FDNY medic is being heaped with praise this week for helping some Astoria restaurant workers foil a robbery on July 14th. Cops said EMS Lt. Dwayne Coley was driving on Astoria Boulevard just before noon on July 14th when an elderly woman waved […]
12 Injured as Fire Tears Through Four-Story Building in Brooklyn: FDNY
Twelve people were injured after a fire tore through a Brooklyn building on Sunday, authorities said. Rana Novini reports. (Published Sunday, July 15, 2018) Twelve people were injured after a fire tore through a Brooklyn building on Sunday, authorities said. The FDNY received a call about a fire at a four-story building at 693 Flatbush […]
Pete Davidson Gives His Pendant of Late Father’s FDNY Badge to Ariana Grande
Copyright (c) 2018 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pete Davidson is sharing his most prized possession with his fiancee. The Saturday Night Live star revealed on Instagram on Friday that he had gifted Ariana Grandehis necklace featuring a gold pendant of his late father‘s FDNY badge. Davidson’s father, New York firefighter Scott Davidson, died while trying to rescue victims […]
12 things you need to know before ‘Impractical Jokers: Homecoming’ Thursday-Q WAS ONE OF NY’S BRAVEST:
SILIVE.COM 12 things you need to know before ‘Impractical Jokers: Homecoming’ Thursday By Rob Bailey | bailey@siadvance.com | Posted July 11, 2018 at 12:36 PM | Updated July 12, 2018 at 12:12 AM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Sal Vulcano, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn and Joe Gatto are the “Impractical Jokers” of truTV’s hit […]
FDNY’s Joe Pfeifer, Last 9/11 Chief, Retires
The New York Times About New York Joe Pfeifer had a date in mind for retiring from the job he has done for 37 years. It would be the second Wednesday after Labor Day. After schools were back. Sept. 12. He could hardly wait. Then he decided, no, he wouldn’t delay. “Do some sailing,” he […]
Retired FDNY Capt. John Vigiano Sr., who lost sons on 9/11, dies at 79
Retired Capt. John Vigiano Sr., who served 36 years with the FDNY and lost two sons on 9/11, died Sunday from cancer. (Staff Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe / USMC) John Vigiano Sr., a former Marine and decorated retired FDNY captain whose first responder sons lost their lives on 9/11, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, […]
