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FDNY’s bravest to box Irish police for charity in the ‘War on the West Side’ at Terminal 5 By Shaye Weavershaye.weaver@amny.comUpdated March 13, 2018 11:06 AM PRINT SHARE  From fighting flames to fighting with fists, New York City’s firefighters are pulling on their boxing gloves to go head-to-head with a league of Irish policemen this month. […]

Posted on: March 13th, 2018 at 5:11 am by Staff Yesterday evening, on Second Avenue, a battalion of firefighters gathered to honor a Dallas firefighter who died in the tragic helicopter accident Sunday. The memorial was held outside A. Provenzano Lanza funeral home, where dozens of uniformed firefighters and their respective vehicles stood in somber salute. Twenty-six-year-old fireman Brian […]

Five people were killed when a helicopter plunged into the East River Sunday evening, according to officials. Update Mar 12, 2018 10:34 AM EDT: The pilot of a helicopter that crashed Sunday in Manhattan’s East River could be heard saying “mayday” in an emergency radio transmission obtained by The Associated Press. The pilot, who was […]

Washington Post – March 12, 2018 by Samantha Schmidt A helicopter plunged into the frigid waters of New York City’s East River on Sunday night, killing five of the six people on board, authorities said. The red helicopter crashed into the river near Roosevelt Island, between Manhattan and Queens, at about 7 p.m., police said. […]

UFANYC.org – March 12, 2018 by UFANYC.org NEW YORK CITY – Today the FDNY announced that the City would once again remove the fifth man from ten engines throughout the five boroughs. Once a mainstay on all fire engines in New York City, the fifth man was removed during the Bloomberg Administration and the most […]

MARCH 11, 2018 / NEWS / THROGGS NECK “SECONDS MATTER IN THESE SITUATIONS, ANY DELAY INCREASES THE RISK OF SAFETY FOR EVERYONE,” Blocked fire hydrant results in 3 injuries during blaze  Enlarge this image Courtesy of Mike Matwijiw Firefighters try to thread a hose under a car parked in front of a fire hydrant. By Alex Mitchell Photo by Aracelis […]

UFANYC.org – March 10, 2018 by UFANYC.org WASHINGTON, DC – 9/11 Health Program beneficiaries and advocates came together at the Capitol today to demand that Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney withdraw his ill-thought out proposal to separate the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) from National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) […]

UFANYC.org – March 10, 2018 by UFANYC.org Join the Knicks on Saturday, March 31st, 2018, from 10 am – 12 pm, as they hold the first Knicks 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. Participants will climb the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center to honor the 343 FDNY firefighters who made the ultimate […]

The Patch – March 09, 2018 by patch.com Panicked subway passengers stampeded off a train entering the station, according to one witness. Nobody was injured, officials said. By Brendan Krisel, Patch National Staff | Mar UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A track fire broke out in an Upper West Side subway station Wednesday afternoon, an […]

NY Times – March 09, 2018 by NY Times Last Friday afternoon in Oyster Bay, on Long Island, the New York Police Department hockey team was on the ice practicing hard for the annual charity game against its archrival, the New York Fire Department. The big game at Madison Square Garden, already sold out, was […]