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Honored In
Quiet Dignity: Dual Tributes To
FDNY
Fallen On A Windswept But
Beautiful Day
But for a few exceptions
over the course of almost a
century, the New York Fire
Department has honored its
fallen with a ceremony at the
Firemen's Memorial on the upper
West Side.
The annual program is set
for the Wednesday of the first
full week of October, and
firefighters come by the
thousands from across the city
and the region>>> |
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FF Peter
F. McLaughlin, R-4, Died 14
Years Ago This Week
FF Pete
McLaughlin was killed in a fire
in Queens 14 years ago this
week. We remember, and honor his
life of sacrifice as a New York
City Firefighter and a United
States Marine. Here are a few
articles to remind us of his
life and death>>> |
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City
Island Ladder Co. Credited For
Timely Rescue
Residents Who Fought To Keep Ladder 53 On Island Believe Their Efforts Have Proved Fruitful>>>
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FDNY
Releases 911 Call From City
Island Fire
As
investigators look into what
caused an early-morning fire
Monday on City Island that
severely damaged a building, the
fire department released a 911
call at the center of a dispute
over firefighters' response time>>> |
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24 Hour
Queens: Protectors Police And
Firefighters Watch Over City
In a city
that never sleeps, neither does
death and destruction. And in
order to keep Queens’ more than
two million residents safe, New
York City’s first responders –
the NYPD and FDNY – put their
lives on the line, often working
“midnights” or even 24 hours
straight to ensure that you
sleep soundly>>> |
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Fire
Department Talks History
The History Of Local
Firefighters Blazes On>>> |
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Ancient
Fire Alarm Boxes Still Function
October 4
through 10 is National Fire
Prevention Week. So, if you see
a fire, what should you do? You
dial 911. Calling 911 is the
number one way fires are
reported, said FDNY Chief of
Communications John Coloe>>> |
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FDNY 1920's
This video was made from
Stillman's Fire Collection,
Perlinger Archives and possibly
represents what took place when
a fire alarm box was pulled in
Brooklyn in the 1920's. The new
state-of-art Brooklyn
FireTelegraph system was just
completed and the movie shows
how a pulled fire alarm box was
received and re-transmitted to
the fire stations>>> |
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NIST
Returns 9/11 Steel To NYC
After
seven years on the Gaithersburg,
Md., campus of the National
Institute of Standards and
Technology, more than 200 pieces
of structural steel recovered
from the World Trade Center
towers have been returned to
their owner, the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey>>> |
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The New York City Fire
Department To Fight Fire With
Firewall
The FDNY may use geographic
information system software
to relocate firehouses to meet
changing population patterns>>> |
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New York
City firefighter Thomas Fee
poses for a photo before the
christening of the New York in
March at Northrop Grumman in
Avondale. The ship, which
contains steel from the World
Trade Center destroyed in the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks, leaves Avondale
Tuesday. The business community
is asking residents to line the
levees in tribute to the vessel>>> |
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With Rachel Ray Waiting To Show
Finals,
FDNY Five Alarm Cookoff Is Fiery
Competition
New York City's
firefighters traded their
helmets for chef's hats in the
Daily News' FDNY Five Alarm
Cookoff Competition. Finalists
from firehouses in Brooklyn and
Staten Island competed over the
weekend in the first two
cookoffs, sponsored in part by
the Municipal Credit Union and
Best Buy>>> |
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Demolition
Of Ex-Deutsche Bank Building
To Resume
At Ground Zero
Shrouded
in foreboding black safety
netting, the former Deutsche
Bank building near ground zero
has loomed over Lower Manhattan
as a jagged reminder of both the
9/11 terrorist attack and the
lengthy delays in rebuilding the
neighborhood>>> |
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New Safety
Requirements For Standpipes And
Sprinklers
New
measures aimed at strengthening
the city's requirements for
testing standpipes, sprinklers
and other safety features at
construction sites, have been
signed into law. One of the
bills' sponsors, Councilman
Vincent Gentile, says the
protections should have been in
effect sooner>>> |
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Star
Volleyball Player Touched By
Father's 9/11 Heroics
So many
things ran through Jeff
Johnson’s mind on the morning of
Sept. 11, 2001. The veteran
firefighter had been dispatched
with Engine Co. 74 to the
Marriott adjacent to the World
Trade Center towers. He was
there, inside the hotel trying
to evacuate guests when the
north and then the south tower
collapsed>>> |
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Empire
Bluecross Blueshield To Support
2011 World
Police & Fire Games In NYC
"The World
Police & Fire Games were created
to celebrate the men and women
around the world who are there
for us when we need them most,"
said Jim Carney, president, 2011
World Police & Fire Games.
"Having such a respected name in
the health insurance industry
and that has also been a great
supporter of New York and New
York City community
organizations will be a strong
addition to our games.">>> |
By thehousewatch |
September 7, 2009
“Examining the process
of firefighting to see
if
there is a better and
safer way to operate”
By: Ray McCormack
There are several
ideas that come to mind
when I read the title
Tool Placement.
One being where and how
the tools are stored on
the apparatus, another
is how to place (set)
them in doors, walls,
ceilings, and on locks.
There is a third option
which this article will
explore, and that is a
system of organization
that helps you keep
track of your tools when
its ‘lights out.’>>>
Photo by Michael
Dick
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