"Focus on Fusion Centers" A Progress Report...

...Another joint I&A-FEMA joint effort concerns the development of the Fire Service Intelligence Enterprise.  Though not a federally sanctioned establishment or organization, its establishment by state and local fire service officials and industry groups was a result of advice and support provided by the State and Local Program Office to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and FEMA’s United States Fire Administration...more>

Deutsche Survivors Sue

Four of the city's Bravest hurt during the Deutsche Bank fire that killed two fellow firefighters are suing the city, state and building contractors for injuries they suffered fighting the blaze, according to court papers...more>

The Unfinished Reforms of 9/11

When the independent 9/11 commission warned that the nation’s intelligence defenses were a shambles, Congress embraced nearly every call for reform. Guess which one it didn’t? It has conveniently overlooked the commission’s call to consolidate Congress’s multiple intelligence oversight committees and subcommittees — which ends up leaving no one with real oversight power...more>

U.S. to Televise Guantanamo Trials to 9-11 Families

The U.S. military will televise the Guantanamo trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other suspects so relatives of those killed in the attacks can watch on the U.S. mainland...more>

Real World Doesn't Give an Inch in Real Estate

Not an inch of new space for exit stairs has been required in the office buildings that have gone up in New York since Sept. 11, 2001. The World Trade Center towers were only one-third occupied that morning. Had they been full, the stairways in each tower would have gotten so crowded that 14,000 more people probably would have died, a federal study determined...more>

TSA Canine Named to Honor Firefighter Killed on 9/11

Firefighters at Engine 33/Ladder 9 met the newest member of the FDNY family on April 23, when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Explosives Detection Canine named King visited the firehouse. The dog is named in honor of Firefighter Robert C. King, Jr., of Engine 33, who was killed on September 11, 2001...more>

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9 Feted as Firefighters of the Month

There's no such thing as just another day at the office for Staten Island's firefighters and emergency medical technicians. And for their quick thinking when the unexpected happens, seven people who woke up one morning, went to work and ended up doing something heroic, and two men whose heroics happened while off-duty, were honored as Advance Firefighters of the Month during a ceremony yesterday in the New Brighton quarters of Engine Co. 155...more>

Burned Man Leaps from Fiery Apartment

A man was critically injured last night when he was horribly burned by a fire in his Harlem apartment - then jumped three stories in a desperate escape. The victim, who was not identified, suffered burns over 90 percent of his body, as well as a serious head injury in the fall...more>

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Garbage Bags Save Man Who Jumps from Burning Room

Cigarette Ignites Three-Alarm Blaze                                                                                                                 A three-alarm fire sparked by a man who fell asleep with a lit cigarette in his hand injured five people and forced the evacuation of a Bronx apartment building early Wednesday. The blaze swept through a five-story building on Honeywell Ave. in East Tremont just after 1:30 a.m. and escalated to three alarms within the hour as smoke filled the structure's hallways and flames shot out its windows...more>

Staten Island Fire Guts Townhouse

A suspicious fire gutted a West Brighton residence this afternoon, authorities said. The blaze was first reported at 3:21 p.m. at 151 Broadway, one of three townhouses clustered together between Henderson Avenue and Wayne Street...more>

Wedding-Bell Hell - Fire at Village Nuptials

Wedding guests ran for their lives yesterday as a fire ripped through a ritzy West Village townhouse...more>

Woman Killed in Brooklyn House Fire

A 67-year-old Brooklyn woman was killed in a house fire this morning, FDNY officials said. The fire broke out in the home on Rogers avenue in Brooklyn at about 5 a.m. Saturday...more>

Woman Dies When Car Collides with FDNY Truck

A woman is dead after the car she was driving in collided with a New York City fire truck on its way to a burning home in Queens. All six firefighters on the truck were hospitalized after the accident at an intersection in the Jamaica section of Queens...more>

Brush Fire Scorches 15 Acres in Great Kills Park

Yesterday's warm, dry weather, coupled with a strong breeze, quickly turned a small area of smoldering brush into a three-alarm blaze that scorched a 15-acre section of Great Kills Park. It was the first major brush fire of the year...more>

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Willow Lake Brush Ignites

Flames from a brush fire leapt 20 feet high, and smoke blackened the skies, shutting down the Van Wyck Expressway near the Willow Lake section of Flushing Meadows Park on Friday. A relay of helicopters hovered over the park carrying water to douse the flames...more>

Fall Kills City Engineer

A city engineer died Tuesday night after he fell 15 feet Tuesday while working in the attic of a Queens courthouse, officials said. Henry Chang was found unconscious in the attic of Queens Civil Supreme Court in Long Island City by firefighters who crawled through a maze of pipes to get to him. "It was a tricky rescue because he was badly hurt and there were a lot of obstacles for the guys to navigate," said FDNY Battalion Chief Brian White...more>

Myrtle Beach Golf Outing to Honor Charleston Firefighters

Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday will host the seventh annual FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing, May 18-21, 2008. The FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing is the world’s largest firefighter golf benefit and has raised more than $60,000 for the families of fallen firefighters. More than 600 firefighters from 27 states and Canada are expected to participate on 30 Grand Strand area courses during the week...more>

Lacrosse Day of Champions Honors Memory of Regan                                                                                        Bill Coughlin's return to the field had added significance Saturday. The Chaminade defender did so as part of the Lacrosse Day of Champions at Manhasset High School in memory of Sgt. James Regan, an Army Ranger killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in February 2007...more>

FF Christopher Mozzillo (E-55) Memorial Scholarship/Fundraiser Golf Outing
On Thursday, May 8th at 10:45am the Golf Tournament will begin at Silver Lake Golf Course, 915 Victory Blvd. SI, NY. Dinner will follow at 7pm, The Staaten, 697 Forest Ave, SI, NY. All proceeds go to the Christopher Mozzillo Scholarship Fund. Send donations to Mrs. Pamela Yarosz 33 St. Johns Dr. Freehold, NJ 07728. RSVP by April 17th. Contact Pamela Mozzillo-Yarosz, 732-252-8806, or e-mail cmmscholarship@aol.com.

Street Renaming Ceremony in Memory of Lt Howie Carpluk                                                                             On Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1100 hours, there will be a street renaming ceremony in memory of Lieutenant Howard J. Carpluk, Jr., E-42, who made the supreme sacrifice on August 28, 2006. The ceremony will take place at the corner of Monroe Avenue and Cross Bronx Expressway North, outside the quarters of E-42 located a 1781 Monroe Ave., Bronx. All off-duty members and their families are invited to attend as a mark of respect to the deceased. Members are requested to attend in dress uniform...more>

First-Responders to be Honored at Slidell's 9/11 Memorial

Among those scheduled to make brief addresses to the crowd are Slidell City Council member Kim Harbison, who chairs the committee working to build the 9/11 monument in the park, and James Sands, a New York City firefighter...more>

Baskin-Robbins Honors FDNY Firefighters

Baskin-Robbins will again partner with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), in an effort to extend support to the firefighting community, by donating $100,000 to the organization. Together, Baskin-Robbins and the NFFF will honor 31 firefighters from across the country who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to community service through the newly created America's 31 Firefighting Heroes program...more>

Pair Splits Torchbearing Route to Honor Fallen Firefighters

When Rick Doran, Fire Department of New York retiree, was selected by Samsung to carry the Olympic torch through San Francisco as a part of the Samsung Mobile Phone Samaritan Contest, no one could have predicted the chaotic environment he and other runners were about to enter..more>

Applications Available for John F. Ginley Scholarship                                                                                     The applications for the John F. Ginley memorial scholarship are now available at the guidance office in Warwick Valley High School. The Ginley family established the scholarship fund in the memory of John F. Ginley, a lieutenant with the FDNY, Engine 40, in Manhattan who died on September 11, 2001...more>