NY Daily News – February 03, 2015 by Reuven Blau, Caitlin Nolan, Bill Hutchinson, Sasha Goldstein A man is “lucky to be alive” after he was smashed in the head by a flying manhole cover Monday morning, sending his dog running off after a subterranean explosion near Prospect Park in Brooklyn, officials and witnesses said. […]
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Underground Fires, Carbon Monoxide Issues Keep FDNY, Con Edison Busy
NY Daily News – February 04, 2015 by Erik Badia , Thomas Tracy The city is burning underground. The FDNY and Con Edison raced to 250 underground fires and carbon monoxide spikes sparked by corroding electrical wires snaking under the city between midnight Monday and 6 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. One fire — caused when […]
Dog Missing for Months is Rescued Amid Snowstorm
NY Times – January 28, 2015 by J. DAVID GOODMAN As New York City shut down in anticipation of a fearful snowstorm, a resourceful if hungry gray whippet named Burt approached a pile of canned dog food that rose like a mirage in the snowy expanse of Randalls Island. Burt would soon learn that it […]
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro Promotes Two Top EMS Bureau Chiefs
Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro appointed two veteran EMS officers to the top ranks in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on Jan. 21, James P. Booth to Chief of EMS, and Michael J. Fitton to Assistant Chief of EMS. Chief Booth, a 31-year veteran, who most recently served as Division Chief in the […]
New Post-9/11 Concern: Dust-Damaged Kidneys
Chief Leader – January 20, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY While first-responders celebrated the news two years ago that Sept. 11-related cancer care would be covered by the Federal government under the Zadroga Act, another less-recognized ailment appears to have been quietly stalking some survivors. Dr. Mary Ann McLaughlin, a researcher at Mt. Sinai’s Icahn School […]
Brooklyn Man Killed Before Fire Set in Apartment: Cops
NY Daily News – January 16, 2015 by Joseph Stepansky A 61-year-old man found dead in an early morning inferno in a Brooklyn apartment building in October was murdered, a police source said Wednesday. Firefighters pulled Steven Dodson from the flames of the first-floor apartment where he lived on Herkimer St. near Malcolm X Boulevard […]
McDonald’s is under fire for an ad that critics say exploits national tragedies to sell burgers. The ad shows a series of McDonald’s signs that reference tragedies and natural disasters such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Boston Marathon bombings, and the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle. Some of the signs also […]
Fire at Penn Station Deemed Accidental by FDNY after It Injures 2 Firefighters, Causes Train Delays
NY Daily News – January 14, 2015 by Pete Donohue, Tina Moore Fire marshals have determined that a fire at Penn Station on Tuesday morning was accidental, caused by temporary wiring used for lighting a construction area, the FDNY said. The fire, initially deemed suspicious, tore through the construction site in the morning, scuttling some […]
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Final Emergency Stats Confirm – 2014 Was FDNY’s Busiest Emergency Call Volume for Firefighters Up 8.5% Over 2013 It is now official. 2014 was the Busiest Year For New York City Firefighters In The Now 150 Year History of the FDNY. Based upon final FDNY emergency statistics, City Firefighters responded to 8.5% more […]
LIRR Commuters Could Face Delays After Fire Near Penn Station
CBS 2 – January 13, 2015 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Commuters could face some delays following an early morning fire near Penn Station that officials say is suspicious. The fire broke out at 2:22 a.m. in an underground construction site at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. It was under control at 5:22 a.m. “Upon […]
