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Kathleen, Meet Martin:
9/11 Hero Has Lesson For U.S.
Health Sec'y Sibelius
It was New
York's great good fortune to see
the smiling face of Fire Lt.
Martin Fullam on his release
from the hospital last week
after a lung transplant>>> |
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Firefighter Receives Firemark
Award
From Liberty Mutual
Firefighter Maloney, a 30-year
veteran of the FDNY, received
the honor for a rescue on March
22, 2008, when he helped save
two people trapped in an
apartment fire along the FDR
Drive>>> |
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FDNY Members Rescue Man Trapped
Under Train
“It’s not something I have ever
seen before, and I’ve been on
the job 20 years,” said Lt.
William Kelly from Ladder 116.
“It really was incredible. It
was emotional, draining and
there was a lot of adrenaline
involved. ”>>> |
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Southeast
Man Saves Seattle-Area Woman
Paul
Castle, a New York City
firefighter, has saved a few
lives during his time on the
job. Be it administering CPR or
using a defibrillator, the
member of Engine 63 in the Bronx
said it's "been a team effort.">>> |
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FDNY Members Deliver Baby In
Manhattan
“Once
we got there and we saw mom was
ready to go, we knew we had to
get our game on,” said
Firefighter Edwin Dowling from
Engine 35. “I didn’t have time
to think, just react.”>>> |
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Vacant Building Collapses In
Tribeca
A
five-story, unoccupied building
at 71 Reade Street collapsed
Thursday morning, April 30,
burying the sidewalk, between
Church Street and Broadway, in a
mound of rubble and smashing two
cars but causing no reported
injuries>>> |
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New York
City Streamlining 911 Call
Taking Process
New York City is
undertaking an
initiative to
streamline its
call taking
process when a
citizen dials
911. Under the
old process,
when someone
called 911, a
police
department call
taker would get
the person's
information and
determine what
type of incident
he or she was
reporting. If it
pertained to a
fire, a
conference call
was initiated
with the fire
department and
the same
information was
repeated>>>
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High Rise
Fire Study Provides Insight
Into
Deadly Wind-Driven Fires
While much
is known about wind’s impact on
outdoor blazes, little has been
known about how a fire rapidly
turns into a “blowtorch”
—firefighter’s parlance—when a
blast of wind enters through a
broken window, particularly in
high-rise buildings>>> |
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Plant Sale
At LI City Site Honoring 9/11
Victims
The L.I.C.
Roots Community
Garden/Firefighter Michael E.
Brennan Memorial is having its
third annual plant sale starting
today>>> |
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Community
Renames Bay Ridge Intersection
"Richard
Sherry Way" After Retire
Firefighter
The
intersection was renamed
“Richard Sherry Way” after
Richard Sherry, a retired FDNY
firefighter of 30 years and
leader of the 68th Precinct
Youth Council for 15 years>>> |
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NYC Firefighter Speaks About 'Black Sunday
Fire'
Eight seconds.
That’s how long New York City firefighter Eugene Stolowski said
it took for a deadly apartment fire to get out of control and
cause six firefighters to jump from several fourth-story windows>>>
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