NEWS
2019 Lobby Days: Washington, DC & Albany
Fire Lines VOL. LIV NO. 1, April 2019
Hudson Yards Will Stretch Firefighters, FDNY Union Chief Says
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Power Knocked Out in Parts of Manhattan
- Widespread outage struck on the 42nd anniversary of the 1977 blackout that paralyzed most of New York City.
The Wall Street Journal
Photo by Michael Owens, AP
Fierce B'klyn Fire Leaves Child, Four Others Hurt
- A fierce blaze lit up a Brooklyn block before dawn Thursday, quickly escalating into a four-alarm inferno that spread to two neighboring buildings and injured at least 12 people - including an infant who is clinging to life. - NY Post
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Brownsville Blaze Guts Apartment
- Residents of a Brownsville building fled from their homes when a fire ripped through a fifth-floor apartment, fire blowing out several windows when firefighters arrived, fire officials said.
Todd Maisel for BKLYNER
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Memorial Day 2019
- Currently, 73 FDNY personnel are on extended military orders in branches of the United States Armed Forces, serving around the world.
There are 1425 FDNY members who are military reservists or veterans.
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Harlem Fire Kills 6, Including 4 Children
- The fire swept through a fifth-floor apartment at a housing authority building on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem. The youngest victim was 3 years old.
Photo by James Keivom for The New York Times
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Thousands Honor FDNY Firefighter, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, Ladder 27
Photo by Paul Martinka, NY Post
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Firefighter Christopher Slutman, Ladder 27
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With a heavy heart that we offer our sincerest condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Firefighter Christopher Slutman Ladder 27, a fifteen year member of the department, and a friend to all in both of his firehouses. Christopher will be greatly missed.
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Massive Brooklyn Blaze Leaves 19 Firefighters Injured
- The flames erupted at 4:45 p.m. in a six-story apartment building on 44th Street near Seventh Avenue, the FDNY said.
Smokeeaters were still battling the fire early Thursday morning.
Craig McCarthy, Alex Taylor, NY Post
Photo by Paul Martinka
FDNY Battles 4th Alarm in Fordham
- Two firefighters are recovering after combating a four-alarm fire inside the Express Laundromat at 2467 Webster Avenue on Friday, March 22.
More than 150 firefighters responded to the fire at 12:45 p.m.
Robert Wirsing, Bronx Times
Photo by Aracelis Batista
NYC Sees Highest Number of Fire Deaths in a Decade
- Fires killed 88 people in New York City in 2018, the most in more than a decade, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said on Thursday.
He said 2018 was a "very busy year for the department," as it responded to 1.7 million calls — up 4.8 percent from 2017.
Rich Calder, NY Post
Several Injured in Upper West Side Fire
- The fire broke out on the 2nd floor of a 5-story building at West 76th Street near West End Ave. at 1:35 a.m., the FDNY said.
It reached a second alarm, with 25 units and 106 firefighters responding. Seven civilians and one firefighter were taken to local hospitals.
Khristina Narizhnaya and Amanda Woods, NY Post
Nearly Half of FDNY First Responders have a WTC Sickness
- Nearly half of the 15,000 FDNY responders who were working on 9/11 — and survived — have gotten sick from their exposure to the toxins that swirled around the World Trade center site, UFA Union officials said Friday.
Ellen Moynihan and Thomas Tracy, NY Daily News
Flames Rip Through Four-Story Apartment House in Astoria
- Chilly neighbors helplessly watched from the street as flames engulfed an apartment house in Astoria.
The blaze began on the third floor of four-story residential building on the corner of 21st Avenue and 33rd Street on Thursday, according to the FDNY.
Alex Mitchell, qns.com
Fast-Moving Far Rockaway 4-Alarm Residential Fire
- The four-alarm fire started in a first-floor apartment on Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway just before 2:30 a.m.
The flames quickly spread up through a pipe chase to the fourth floor of the five-story building.
Derek Walker, 7Online
FDNY Battles Cold and Flames in Bed-Stuy 5-Alarm Fire
- BROOKLYN - A massive five-alarm inferno blazed in Bed-Stuy Thursday morning, according to the FDNY.
The fire erupted in a commercial building near Vernon and Stuyvesant avenues at about 4am, the FDNY said.
Kathleen Culliton, Patch Staff
LODD FF Steven H. Pollard, Ladder 170
- NEW YORK CITY - On behalf of all UFA members, we extend our deepest sympathies to FF Steven Pollard's family, friends, and his fellow firefighters at Engine 257, Ladder 170 and Battalion 58.
Steven truly epitomized what it means to be one of 'New York's Bravest' and will be dearly missed.
Gerard Fitzgerald - UFA President