Video shows the fire truck, with its lights and sirens on, heading east on Avenue South before striking a white commercial van at the intersection of West 11th Street. The fire truck then strikes an Access-A-Ride van and a Lexus.
According to CBS News New York, the fire broke out in the building's basement and initially resisted efforts to knock it down, as seen in video showing several engine companies on scene. The outlet reported that two FDNY members were hurt while fighting the fire, but officials had not yet released their conditions or specified where they were taken for treatment. CBS said the information came from authorities at the scene.
About halfway out onto the ice, the ice gave way, and I went into the water," the probie said. "It was definitely cold, but I mean all I really had thoughts of was getting to this kid, because regardless of if I was cold or not, he was even colder. I just knew I had to get out there. I had to secure him so he doesn't go underwater.
I know what it is like to feel pride and anxiety as family members, we don't just graduate a class, we grow a family, said FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore. To many, your journey didn't start out at the academy but on the streets of an ambulance where I once was. You've already seen the tears of the hurt and held the hands of the hurting and made life and death decisions on the asphalt of this city.
Flynn, most recently chief fire marshal, will oversee day-to-day FDNY operations across bureaus and offices. He was appointed to the FDNY in 2005, rose through Ladder Company 114 to fire marshal leadership and has led the Bureau of Fire Investigation since April 2021. The department credited Flynn with shaping its response to lithium-ion battery hazards and pushing legislation to curb unregulated batteries.
The FDNY is battling a smoky four-alarm fire at a Brooklyn waterfront warehouse Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were called just after 12:30 p.m. to the building on Columbia Street. The building is right near another warehouse in Red Hook that was heavily damaged by a blaze in September. This is also close to an NYPD storage facility that burned down in 2022, destroying years worth of evidence including DNA and items from crime scenes.
They also pointed out the things I didn't share with my male predecessors, but failed to mention all the experience I had that they lacked. We still treat women at the helm as exceptions and judge them by a blueprint built for men. The question isn't whether a "perfect" woman can endure the old rules; it's whether we're willing to rewrite them.
The FDNY abruptly changed its policy to allow businesses wishing to install e-bike battery charging cabinets to use a not-yet-federally approved testing standard after Streetsblog revealed that companies were unable to comply with the department's new regulations, putting construction at a stand still amidst a battery fire crisis. Since February, the FDNY required the companies to meet a new standard - UL 1487 - before installing the charging cabinets on streets and sidewalks.
A high-rise building in the Bronx has partially collapsed, the Fire Department of New York posted on X. It was not immediately clear what caused the partial collapse of the building at 207 Alexander Avenue. There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to authorities. But a search-and-rescue mission is underway. A corner of the public housing building is damaged, with the wall partially peeled away, video from CNN affiliate
The event retraces the final steps of Siller, who was off duty on the morning of Sept. 11 when he grabbed his gear and attempted to reach the Twin Towers. Stopped at the entrance of the then-Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Siller abandoned his vehicle and ran through the tunnel on foot toward Lower Manhattan. He died in the World Trade Center collapse.