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Some overly-friendly NYC firefighters got caught playing with fire on the Lower East Side this week. The Bravest from Ladder ...
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, "Thirty Years Later" will include the reunion of first responders coming together at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to share their ...
Court in Rostov-on-Don sentences member of nationalist battalion Azov to 18 years The court found that on September 17, 2019, Artur Tkachenko voluntarily joined the banned terrorist regiment Azov ...
FDNY history was made at Queens College as the head of Battalion 46 in Elmhurst became the first-ever female deputy chief and the highest-ranking woman in fire operations.
Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the FDNY a few months before 9/11— was named Deputy Chief of fire operations at a packed promotion ceremony in Queens.
Four Battalion Chiefs will be promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief, 16 Captains will be promoted to the rank of Battalion Chief, 18 Lieutenants will be promoted to the rank of Captain, and 32 ...
Fitzsimmons joined the FDNY in May 2001. Brigitte Stelzer A total of 70 FDNY staffers were promoted at the ceremony, including four Battalion Chiefs,16 Captains and 18 Lieutenants.
During the same ceremony, overseen by Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker and Chief of Department John Esposito, an additional cohort of FDNY's finest climbed the ranks – 4 Battalion Chiefs ...
Fire at Bryant Park Winter Village holiday market destroys 3 booths, damages others No injuries were reported in Friday's fire, which FDNY fire marshals determined to be accidental and was sparked ...
Firefighters arrived and found flames throughout a kiosk that was separated into space for four businesses, according to FDNY Battalion Chief Joe Castellano. The FDNY said it was able to get the ...
The FDNY dispatched three units, including the specialized brush fire team, totaling 20 firefighters to combat the blaze near the 18th hole by Mill Creek, reported News 12 Brooklyn.
Other commemorations included the Seth Low Park Memorial, hosted by Assembly Member William Colton and Council Member Susan Zhuang in Bensonhurst; the FDNY Battalion 57 Memorial Mass, held at t he ...