It’s a cold winter night and around 0200 hours, the alarm goes off in your firehouse. The housewatch acknowledges the run and reads off the ticket: Phone alarm, 513 West 161st Street, fire on the second floor of a six-story multiple dwelling. As you’re donning your bunker gear, you already have started thinking of the […]
New York City’s skyline is changing. Construction of high-rise buildings is and will be an ongoing process in every borough. The expansion of high-rise building construction and the various kinds of occupancies in these complex structures will pose a challenge to FDNY standpipe operations. Fires in these buildings cause some of the most difficult and […]
On March 4, 1963, a call came over the Department’s Citywide frequency from the Mask Service Unit (at the time located on Welfare Island), for a school bus that left the road and became submerged in New York’s East River. The bus, assigned to the then-New York Department of Hospitals, was traveling along the east […]
In the early-morning hours of Friday, July 4, 2014 (0111 hours), lightning sparked a fire on the roof and cockloft of an H-type, six-story, 140- by 180-foot, non-fireproof (NFP), multiple dwelling located at 214 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn. A total of 12 apartments per floor, aligned in front and rear fashion, were lettered A through L, […]
The 2015 FDNY Symposium, sponsored by the FDNY Foundation and the FDNY, held on March 18 and 19, 2015, once again provided an opportunity for the professional development of Firefighters from across the country and around the world. This was the seventh time this outstanding educational event was held at the Training Academy on Randall’s […]
At 1659 hours on October 27, 2013, Engine 79, under the command of Lieutenant William Mannion (assigned to Ladder 37) was dispatched first-due for a report of a fire in a commercial occupancy at the intersection of Valentine Avenue and East 198th Street in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. While en route, the […]
The company Officer plays a vital part in educating and drilling Firefighters on a daily basis. The Officer has a responsibility to ensure his/her company displays efficiency and competency at fire and emergency operations. Senior members can positively contribute to company effectiveness and performance by providing valuable information about firefighting operations and going over the […]
It’s a cold winter night and around 0200 hours, the alarm goes off in your firehouse. The housewatch acknowledges the run and reads off the ticket: Phone alarm, 513 West 161st Street, fire on the second floor of a six-story multiple dwelling. As you’re donning your bunker gear, you already have started thinking of the […]
New York City’s skyline is changing. Construction of high-rise buildings is and will be an ongoing process in every borough. The expansion of high-rise building construction and the various kinds of occupancies in these complex structures will pose a challenge to FDNY standpipe operations. Fires in these buildings cause some of the most difficult and […]
On March 4, 1963, a call came over the Department’s Citywide frequency from the Mask Service Unit (at the time located on Welfare Island), for a school bus that left the road and became submerged in New York’s East River. The bus, assigned to the then-New York Department of Hospitals, was traveling along the east […]
In the early-morning hours of Friday, July 4, 2014 (0111 hours), lightning sparked a fire on the roof and cockloft of an H-type, six-story, 140- by 180-foot, non-fireproof (NFP), multiple dwelling located at 214 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn. A total of 12 apartments per floor, aligned in front and rear fashion, were lettered A through L, […]
The 2015 FDNY Symposium, sponsored by the FDNY Foundation and the FDNY, held on March 18 and 19, 2015, once again provided an opportunity for the professional development of Firefighters from across the country and around the world. This was the seventh time this outstanding educational event was held at the Training Academy on Randall’s […]
At 1659 hours on October 27, 2013, Engine 79, under the command of Lieutenant William Mannion (assigned to Ladder 37) was dispatched first-due for a report of a fire in a commercial occupancy at the intersection of Valentine Avenue and East 198th Street in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. While en route, the […]
The company Officer plays a vital part in educating and drilling Firefighters on a daily basis. The Officer has a responsibility to ensure his/her company displays efficiency and competency at fire and emergency operations. Senior members can positively contribute to company effectiveness and performance by providing valuable information about firefighting operations and going over the […]
