W YORK — FDNY first responders from all corners of the department are begging the public to be safe in the wake of several deadly fires. The new Public Service Announcement digital campaign #FDNYSmart began popping up on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on Dec. 14. The rollout of the PSAs coincided blow-for-blow with several fatal […]
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FDNY brings back fifth firefighter to engine companies that lost them to reassignment
BY THOMAS TRACY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 8:10 PM The FDNY is getting its “fifth man” back. The department has decided to bring back a fifth firefighter to the 10 engine companies that lost them last month. The additional firefighters had been pulled from these houses and sent to different stations […]
9 Children Among 23 Hurt as Another Inferno Devours Building in the Bronx
Last week, a dozen people including children died when a fast-moving fire swept through another building near the Bronx Zoo By Tracie Strahan Published at 6:47 AM EST on Jan 2, 2018 | Updated 3 hours ago At least 23 people were hurt, nine of them children, as a seven-alarm fire swept through a multistory building near […]
Parkchester, Bronx, fire injures 23 people, FDNY says
A Bronx fire injured nearly two dozen people on Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, 2018, the FDNY said. (Credit: Lou Minutoli) By Nicole Brown nicole.brown@amny.com January 2, 2018 At least 23 people, including nine children, were injured in a Bronx fire early Tuesday morning, the FDNY said. The fire started in a furniture store on the first floor of a […]
Frank Siller is honored for positively impacting so many
Updated Dec 31, 11:03 AM; Posted Dec 31, 11:00 AM Frank Siller, chairman of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is being honored with a Louis R. Miller Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce/Steve White)() 4 216shares By Staten Island Advance By Joyce Venezia Suss for the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. […]
FDNY paramedic jumps into icy Hudson River to save drowning man
FDNY Paramedic Niall O’Shaughnessy jumped into the icy waters of the Hudson River to save a drowning man. TRIBECA, Manhattan — An FDNY paramedic jumped into the icy waters of the Hudson River to save a drowning man on Saturday. FDNY paramedic Niall O’Shaughnessy and his partner, Minze Wu, were driving up the West Side […]
Teaching Children to Be #FDNYSmart
Published by Siren at December 29, 201 Dear Friends, It’s a heartbreaking day in New York City. Last night, 12 people, including a one-year-old child, died in a fire that we now know was caused by a child playing with fire. This was the worst fire tragedy in decades. In addition to the loss of life, the fire […]
FDNY Smart Education: Escape Plan
It is important to have an escape plan should you ever find yourself in your home when a fire begins. Creating an escape plan and practicing it can help keep you and your family safe. Developing an easy to remember plan can help keep young children from harm. Follow these tips to help keep your […]
12 dead after child playing with stove causes Bronx apartment fire
New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades was accidentally lit by a 3 ½-year-old boy playing with the burners on his mother’s stove, officials said Friday. The flames spread quickly through the kitchen, then roared through a door the boy’s mother had left open as she fled her first floor apartment with the boy […]
Here’s How to Keep Children From Starting House Fires, According to the FDNY
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