FDNY probationary firefighter Aric Tegtmeier is pictured in an undated photo. (Courtesy of FDNY) (FDNY) When he takes the stage at his graduation ceremony Thursday, FDNY Probationary Firefighter Aric Tegtmeier knows that somewhere his dad, an FDNY firefighter killed on 9/11, is grinning from ear to ear. “I was talking to my mom about that […]
By Jim Riches April 10, 2019 | 4:55pm | Updated Enlarge Image CQ-Roll Call,Inc. What Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said about Sept. 11 was disgraceful. She dismissed thousands of people being murdered like it was an everyday occurrence when she said “some people did something.” On 9/11/01 my son, firefighter Jimmy Riches was murdered along with close to 3,000 American citizens by Muslim […]
By Reuven Fenton, Larry Celona, Stephanie Pagones and Lia Eustachewich April 9, 2019 | 9:24am | Updated Enlarge Image Christopher SlutmanFacebook The FDNY firefighter killed while on duty in Afghanistan loved his job as a smoke-eater so much, he also volunteered as one.Christopher Slutman, 43, was a life member of the Kentland Volunteer Fire Department in Landover, Md. and served with the Ladderman tower company, according to […]
By THOMAS TRACY | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Two more retired FDNY firefighters have died of 9/11 cancers they received while working at Ground Zero. (Todd Maisel) Three retired FDNY firefighters suffering from 9/11 illnesses died within 48 hours this week as the number of those succumbing to lethal toxins at Ground Zero continues to […]
By Max Jaeger April 2, 2019 | Bill de BlasioAP Mayor Bill de Blasio granted a temporary stay of execution on FDNY staffing cuts and now plans to meet with unions and the department to hash out a deal that won’t endanger New Yorkers, according to a firefighter union. “It was supposed to go through as of […]
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Dozens of FDNY firefighters descended on City Hall Monday morning to urge lawmakers to stop an effort to remove firefighters from engines throughout New York. “Over money, we are losing the fifth man in 20 fire engine companies across the city of New York,” said Gerard Fitzgerald, the president of the […]
When Alison Reilly found out her cousin died in the line of duty earlier this year, she said her first instinct was to get up and run. Alison Reilly is running the New York City Half Marathon in memory of her cousin FDNY firefighter Steven Pollard, who died in the line of duty in January. Photo Credit: Courtesy […]
TRIBECA (WABC) — They are already heroes, but the FDNY Boxing Team continues to help others. The FDNY Boxing Team was established in 1982 as a non-profit organization. The team is made up of members of the FDNY who train for these grueling matches strictly on their own time. They believe that raising money for worthy charities […]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Well all know that firefighters are trained to save lives — sometimes it’s each others’, but sometimes it can be their own. A longtime member of the FDNY may have been saved simply by asking that his building be equipped with a defibrillator. For 36 years, Bill Staudt made a career […]
Enlarge Image Getty Images Fires killed 88 people in New York City in 2018, the most in more than a decade, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said on Thursday. Testifying before the City Council’s Fire and Emergency Management Committee about the FDNY’s new $2.1 billion budget, Nigro called the surge from 73 deaths in 2017 “a […]
