On Sunday, members of the FDNY hosted kids from the Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York Foundation. Make-A-Wish helps enhance a child’s life that has been diagnosed with a challenging condition. Sunday’s event held at Station 32 in Gowanus, was also attended my members from Squad 1. Read More
AJewish family is dealing with terrible tragedy during Hanukkah. Four people were killed, including a 40 year-old mother and her three children, an 11-year-old boy, a 7-year-old boy, and a 3-year-old girl in the Flatbush, Brooklyn house fire. NBC NY The father and Israeli man, and two teenagers are in critical condition and were rushed […]
Two children are in critical condition after a faulty air conditioner caused a fire at a high-rise in Brooklyn on Saturday, the city fire department said. The fire started around 2:51 p.m. in a first-floor apartment at the Marlboro Houses on West 11th St. near Avenue V in Gravesend, the FDNY said. The two children […]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Firefighters rescued a family of seven early Friday morning after a fire broke out at an apartment building in East Harlem. It happened around 3:15 a.m. high-rise residential building on East 112th Street. It was under control about an hour later. Read More
Community leaders, elected officials and high-ranking FDNY Brass all attended the “Community Menorah Event” held the first night of Chanukah in Boro Park. The event was held at the headquarters of FDNY Engine 2828 and Ladder 148. Leaders of many major Jewish organizations were at the event, which was graced with the presence of FDNY […]
NY Daily News – December 15, 2017 by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA JOHN ANNESE A bleeding man staggered, critically injured, to a Bronx firehouse Wednesday afternoon. The 21-year-old victim, whose name was not released, walked up to the FDNY Engine 68-Ladder 49 firehouse on Ogden Ave. at W. 167th St. in Highbridge, just before 2:50 p.m., police […]
NY 1 – December 14, 2017 by Gene Apodaca The brother of William Tolley, who died earlier this year battling a blaze in Queens, is channeling his pain into a plan to help others. NY1’s Gene Apodaca sat down with him to talk about his new foundation in his brother’s name. The relationship Robert Tolley […]
WABC – December 13, 2017 by Danielle Leigh NEW YORK (WABC) — Security experts called the December 11, botched suicide bombing inside a subway passageway near Times Square a “game changer” in the fight against terror on U.S. soil. The attack during the Monday morning commute marked what experts called a “big first” in the […]
Mayor de Blasio says he believes in redemption and defends his decision allowing the son of former commissioner Salvatore Cassano to become a firefighter. (JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYJILLIAN JORGENSEN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 6:17 PM Despite mounting calls for him to change course, Mayor de Blasio defended allowing […]
Tweet email Joseph Cassano is about to become a firefighter after quiting the FDNY in 2013 after posting racist and anti-Semitic tweets. (@JCASSANO15) BYJILLIAN JORGENSEN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, December 11, 2017, 4:25 PM City officials ripped the de Blasio administration and the FDNY for its plans to make a firefighter out of an […]
