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Hero's Leap Of Faith - Jumps In
Train's Way To Save Fainter
It's
a bird! It's a train! No, it's .
. . an off-duty firefighter!
Superhero fireman Adam Rivera,
30, leaped two subway tracks in
a single bound and skipped over
a pair of third rails to rescue
a man who fell off the platform>>> |
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9/11
Tribute Preview
The
official opening of the National
September 11 Memorial & Museum
is still years away, but
visitors to Ground Zero now have
a "preview site" where they can
share their experiences, learn
about New York's darkest day,
and see how construction is
progressing>>> |
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Fatal Fire At 5-Story Building
In The Bronx
A woman has died
after a fire tore
through a five-story
building in the
Bronx. A fire
official says that
the woman was
pronounced dead at
Montefiore Medical
Center on Sunday
afternoon>>>
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Bloomberg, FDNY Top Brass -- And
Media -- Skip Deutsche Bank Fire
Memorial Service For
Firefighters
Mike
Bloomberg boycotted the second
memorial service yesterday for
the two firefighters, Joseph
Graffagnino and Robert Beddia,
who died at the Deutsche Bank
site, so the media boycotted it
with him. Not a line about it
appeared in any newspaper, and
only Grace Rauh of NY1 bothered
to report about it at all>>> |
2 Years
Later, 'Deutsche' Unforgotten,
Unexcused
Blasphemy' Amid Mourning>>> |
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City Council Approves Fire
Safety Bill
The
City Council passed legislation
Thursday aimed at preventing
tragedies similar to the
Deutsche Bank Fire. The new fire
safety law includes stricter
rules for construction sites,
but only applies to buildings
that stand on city-owned land>>> |
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Steel Beam
Returns To Ground Zero
It became
a makeshift memorial to the
victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Now a massive steel column has
been returned to ground zero as
a symbol of rebirth>>> |
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WTC's Last
Standing Column Returns Sans
Pomp -
Which Was
Exactly Right
What is
officially known as Beam 1001B
hung lengthwise as the crane
swung it over to a hole leading
to the site of the memorial
museum six stories underground.
The beam hung in the sunshine
covered in protective white
plastic, an American flag
hanging from either side>>> |
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A
Hero's Race: El Paso Firefighter
Joins New York Run That Honors
9/11 Dead
Thousands
from around the country,
including many firefighters, now
run in the memory of firefighter
Stephen Siller at the Tunnel to
Towers 5K Run/Walk in New York.
Siller was one of the 343
firefighters and medics who lost
their lives during 9/11>>> |
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WTC Waterfalls Ready For 10th
Anniversary Of 9/11: PA
The
two giant waterfalls that will
thunder into the abyss where the
World Trade Center once stood
will open in time for the 10th
anniversary of the 9/11 terror
attacks, the Port Authority
vowed Wednesday>>> |
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Engine 52, Ladder 52 Celebrate
125 Years Of Vigilance
One
hundred and twentyfive years
ago, the first fire bell rang
out over Riverdale. When it
sounded, men would have rushed
to don equipment and put horses
in their traces. A steamer
engine and other firefighting
tools would stand ready, and the
firemen would head into the
night, not knowing what danger
they would face, but brave
enough to do their part>>> |
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New York Joins The Navy
The
684-foot New York has already
passed sea trials, and the next
step for the in joining the
fleet will be the commissioning
ceremony in New York City on
Nov. 7>>> |
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Fire Hero
Kin Agree To $1M
The
family of firefighter Robert
Beddia, killed in the 2007 blaze
at the condemned Deutsche Bank
building, has an agreement to
settle claims stemming from the
doomed demolition of the Ground
Zero eyesore, sources said>>> |
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St.
Michael's Cemetery Holds Yearly
9/11 Memorial Service
On
Saturday, September 12, at 2
p.m., families and friends will
join in honoring and remembering
the members of the New York City
Fire Department, Police
Department and Port Authority
Police Department who died
responding to the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade
Center on Sept. 11, 2001>>> |
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Let Fire
Patrol Roll: Legislation In
Albany
Calls To
Restore Privately Funded
Property-Saving Unit
"The
patrol is part of this city's
history, and we believe property
damage across the five boroughs
increased dramatically since it
closed," said Roma, a tireless
advocate for the patrol's
rebirth>>> |
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NYC
Firefighters To Volunteer At
Iowa Scout Camp
New York City firefighters will
travel to western Iowa next
month to help rebuild a Boy
Scout camp that was destroyed by
a deadly tornado. The Little
Sioux Scout Ranch was destroyed
June 11, 2008, when the storm
hit. Four Boy Scouts died,
including three from Omaha, Neb.
Nearly 50 others were injured>>> |
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Bravest Best Finest On The
Diamond
The
last anchor event of this year’s
Municipal Credit Union Municipal
Sports Series was played at
KeySpan Park. A crowd of 4,800
watched the annual contest
between baseball teams from the
NYPD and the FDNY, the latter of
whom was the victor, with a
score of 5 to 1>>> |
Firefighters Compete in Compete
in Cookoff
Manhattan firefighters
competed in the first
Fairway Firefighters Food
Face-Off outside the
supermarket’s Harlem store
on Aug. 25>>>
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FDNY Night
at Citi Field
Welcome to
FDNY Day at Citi Field. The New
York Mets are pleased to welcome
all firefighters, families &
friends to attend this special
event>>> |
Tactical Safety – The
Why Behind Two Floors
Below
By thehousewatch |
August 16, 2009
“Examining the process
of firefighting to see
if there is a better and
safer way to operate”
By: Ray McCormack
Two floors below the
fire, remember to get
off the elevator two
floors below the fire.
But why? Four good
reasons to stop two
floors below the
reported fire floor are:
Scissor Stairs,
Access Stairs,
Incorrect Location, and
Bad Information. As
you can see, the first
two reasons are related
to building construction
features while the other
two are related to
communications>>>
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