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Tag result for article published on Wed November 28 2018 6:12 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
New York City firefighters train for two weeks on Randalls Island to learn how to drive fire trucks. Some fire trucks weigh 40 tons and are 42 feet long. The training includes lectures, a virtual simulator, and an obstacle course. Firefighters that become drivers of fire trucks and fire engines in New York City go […]
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Tag result for article published on Wed September 05 2018 10:32 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
EMIRATES AIRLINE SAYS ONLY 10 ARE SICK New York police, firefighters, paramedics, airport and health authorities responded about 9:10 a.m. Wednesday September 5, 2018 to JFK Airport when an Emirates Airline A380 arrived with a report that as many as 100 passengers were ill, and some seriously ill at JFK International Airport. The Emirates Airline […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri July 13 2018 8:26 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
Joseph Pfeifer was the first chief to enter one of the Twin Towers on 9/11. This week, he becomes the last fire chief who responded that day to retire. “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor has his story. Then FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer and his crew were taking gas meter readings in a manhole […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat April 07 2018 7:28 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
SIX FDNY FIREFIGHTERS INJURED; TWO FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED BURNS FDNY firefighters and NYPD police responded about 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday April 7, 2018 to a fire in Trump Tower, 721 5th Avenue, New York City. The fire was reported on the 50th floor. Witnesses recorded flames visible from an upper floor of the 58-story mixed-use skyscraper. […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue October 31 2017 2:39 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED, ELEVEN INJURED NYPD and FDNY responded about 3:20 p.m. ET Tuesday October 31, 2017 to an incident of multiple people hit by a truck with the offender’s vehicle driving on or near a bike path. The location is near West Street and Chambers near the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. Early after […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 25 2017 5:49 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
A work van with a mechanical problem began to smoke and then began to burn on on 58th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue in Manhattan around 9 a.m. FDNY firefighters responded about 9:00 a.m. Friday to a report of a vehicle fire on 58th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue and discovered […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu October 27 2016 11:21 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
FDNY battling a 6th Alarm fire on East 93rd Street that killed one person and involved a rappelling rope rescue of another resident by a firefighter. FDNY responded about 3:30 a.m. Thursday to a six-alarm blaze at t 324 East 93rd Street, New York City. The extra-alarm fire quickly spread through all five floors of […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat September 17 2016 8:39 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
NYPD and FDNY responded to 135 23rd Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue to a report of an explosion with multiple people injured in Chelsea Saturday night. Preliminary reports indicate at least 26 minor injuries. FDNY is on the scene with the NYPD Counterterrorism Unit. Initially there was no impact on subways and trains […]
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Tag result for article published on Mon May 02 2016 4:11 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
A historic 160-year-old church in Manhattan was destroyed just hours after worshipers celebrated Orthodox Easter. FDNY firefighters responded about 5:00 p.m. Sunday to a fire at Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava at 24 West 25th Street near 25th Street and Broadway. The fire department response was immediately a 2nd Alarm, elevated to a 3rd […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue August 04 2015 1:50 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
FDNY firefighters responded to a large and dangerous sinkhole at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 6th Street Tuesday morning. This morning, members responded to a sinkhole at 5th Avenue and 64th Street in Brooklyn. Posted by New York City Fire Department (FDNY) on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 NEW YORK SINKHOLE: A massive sinkhole swallowed an […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue July 14 2015 2:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
FDNY firefighters, paramedics and police responded about 2:30 p.m. ET after a four-story building at 1438 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant collapsed suddenly. Rescuers immediately went to work to search the rubble of the collapsed building in Brooklyn. Initially, one or a few people are reported injured with apparent non-life-threatening injuries. At the 60-minute mark, the […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu March 26 2015 3:06 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.
An explosion caused a partial collapse, fire and then complete collapse of a building at the northwest corner of East 7th Street and 2nd Avenue in New York Thursday afternoon. FDNY firefighters responded to report of a building explosion at 125 2nd Ave. near St. Mark’s Place about 3:20 p.m., officials said. The fire operation […]
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