By Associated Press February 20 at 8:44 AM NEW YORK — The Fire Department of New York says careless smoking caused a weekend fire in the city’s historic Little Italy neighborhood that hurt 13 people. The fire Saturday morning tore through Angelo’s of Mulberry Street and apartments above it. The restaurant opened in 1902. FDNY officials say […]
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FDNY ‘Cook Off’ fund-raiser aims to help 9/11 firefighters battling cancer
The FDNY has seen more than 1,000 cancer cases since first responders worked at Ground Zero. (MAISEL, TODD) BYTHOMAS TRACY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, February 18, 2018, 5:32 PM They’re not just fighting fires.More than 1,000 active and retired FDNY members are battling 9/11-related cancers — and the department is holding […]
Student Recalls Harrowing Escape from Little Italy Fire
NY Post – February 19, 2018 by NY Post An NYU student who lives above the famed Little Italy eatery where a fire broke out tearfully recounted Sunday her harrowing final moments in the apartment, frantically searching in vain for her 6-month-old kitten. “I was having tea in the kitchen with the kitten,” Joelly Juarez […]
FDNY: Unattended Candle Sparked Two-Alarm Parkchester Fire
NY 1 – February 19, 2018 by NY 1 One person was seriously hurt due after an unattended candle sparked an early-morning fire at a nail salon in the Bronx on Sunday, according to the city fire department. The two-alarm fire started around 3:12 a.m. on the first floor of the two-story building on Castle […]
#FDNYSmart School of the Month
Congratulations to our #FDNYSmart School of the Month, PS 177K The Malboro, in Brooklyn. Public School 177 is a unique school community committed to the intellectual, social and emotional growth of each of its students. The school works closely with parents and values parent participation; we know this can improve fire safety in the home as […]
New Fire Safety Laws Proposed after Bronx Blaze that Killed 13
WABC – February 15, 2018 by Eyewitness News y Marcus Solis Updated 2 hrs 9 mins ago BELMONT, Bronx (WABC) — Two months after a fatal fire that killed 13 people, the Bronx borough president is asking the City Council to pass a new set of safety laws. Ruben Diaz Jr. wants to require landlords […]
1 injured in house fire in Mariners Harbor
By Maura Grunlund grunlund@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A person suffered minor injuries in a home fire in Mariners Harbor on Thursday morning, according to the FDNY. About 60 firefighters and 12 units are responding to an “all-hands” blaze on the second floor of a home at 15 Coonley Court, according to a spokesman […]
Falling Glass From 5-Star Midtown Hotel Injures 1, Officials Say
The injured person was hospitalized with minor injuries. By Brendan Krisel, Patch National Staff | Feb 15, 2018 12:58 pm ET | Updated Feb 15, 2018 3:35 pm ET MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries Thursday after being struck by falling glass outside a 5-star Midtown hotel, officials said. Emergency personnel arrived on […]
FDNY Firefighter Recalls Off-Duty Heroics At Staten Island Restaurant
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One of New York’s bravest was out for dinner with his wife when he found himself in the middle of a restaurant rescue. On Monday, Steve Cresci spoke about his off-duty heroics. He spends his workdays racing out on emergency calls, ready to save lives at a moment’s notice. On Friday at Da Noi […]
‘Emotionally disturbed’ man leaps from moving FDNY ambulance
The unidentified patient survived the jump after “bouncing” a few times and landing face down on the road Today at 11:24 AM By EMS1 Staff NEW YORK — A patient who was described as “emotionally disturbed” survived a jump from a moving ambulance. NY Post reported that FDNY paramedics were transporting the unidentified man from a […]
