An early-morning fire destroyed the home of a Frum family in Bayswater Queens – located near Far Rockaway. According to the FDNY, the fire started at around 5:00AM in the rear of the private home located on Dickens Street near Healy Avenue. By the time the fire was extinguished, the home was destroyed. FDNY EMS transported […]
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Iraq veteran says he was prohibited from returning to FDNY Academy
Sam Berger, 30, was not allowed to re-join the FDNY after leaving to tend to his sick mother. He is a decorated Iraq War veteran.(PROVIDED) BYGRAHAM RAYMAN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, May 30, 2017, 4:00 AM He just wanted to work for the Yankees of firefighting. Decorated Iraq combat vet Samuel Berger, who has […]
WTC Funeral – Retired Firefighter Raymond J. Pfeifer, E-40
UFANYC.org – May 29, 2017 by UFANYC.org Wake Thursday, June 1st 1-9pm East Meadow Fire Department 197 East Meadow Ave. East Meadow, NY 11554 Funeral Friday, June 2nd 11am Holy Family Church 17 Fordham Ave. Hicksville, NY 11801 Members should attend in Class A Uniform. Fraternally, Gerard Fitzgerald President Robert Eustace Recording Secretary
FDNY hero dies after eight-year battle with cancer
By Tina Moore and Emily Saul May 28, 2017 | 7:01pm Ray PfeiferFDNY A lauded FDNY hero who championed ill first responders’ rights and spent eight months working at Ground Zero following 9/11 lost his battle with cancer Sunday. Ray Pfeifer was 59, and passed following an 8-year struggle with the disease, authorities said. […]
Shared by FDNY: BBQ Grills l FDNY Smart
BBQ grills on residential properties cause more than 1500 structural fires and 4200 outdoor fires every year and…. Read more at FDNY Smart
Mural honors fallen EMT Yadira Arroyo in the Bronx
The mural depicts Yadira Arroyo, 44, the “Matriarch of Station 26” on Morrison and Westchester Aves. in Soundview. (GREGG VIGLIOTTI/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYNEWS STAFF REPORT NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, May 25, 2017, 9:54 PM This larger than life, lasting thank you to fallen FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo has popped up in […]
Rooftop Fire Engulfs Italian Restaurant in Queens
NY Post – May 25, 2017 by Tina Moore Flames ripped through an Italian restaurant in Queens Wednesday evening after starting on the building’s roof, according to the FDNY. Photos show flames engulfing the structure that houses Biu Bella on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills around 5 p.m. Witnesses saw a huge ball of black […]
Worker Critically Injured in Fall From Ladder in East Harlem, FDNY Says
DNA Info – May 25, 2017 by Aidan Gardiner MANHATTAN — A worker suffered critical injuries in a fall from a ladder at an East Harlem building Wednesday morning, officials said. The worker, who wasn’t immediately identified, fell inside 225 E. 126th St., near Third Avenue, about 8:53 a.m., an FDNY spokeswoman said. The individual […]
Tears and Hugs as First Responders Reunite with those They Saved
NY Daily News – May 25, 2017 by EDGAR SANDOVAL, THOMAS TRACY There’s only one way to truly say thank you — with a hug. A 2-year-old boy, a dancer, an FDNY firefighter and eight other lucky New Yorkers shared tears and emotional embraces with the first responders who pulled them from the brink of […]
Woman Pulled from Hudson River in Dramatic Rescue
NJ.com – May 25, 2017 by JEFF GOLDMAN NJ Advance Media for NJ.com NEW YORK — Emergency responders had to send a rescue swimmer into the Hudson River on Wednesday to pull a woman to safety after she jumped into the river near the Jacob Javits Center, authorities said. The unidentified woman plunged into the […]
