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March 31, 2010
On March 22, 2009, at 0600 hours, units received a telephone alarm reporting a fire in a tavern located at East Tremont Avenue and Westchester Square. Usually, alarms received early on Sunday morning for fires in commercial occupancies after stores have been closed for some time […]
March 31, 2010
On a windy day in February 2009, the beginnings of a major fire in Woodhaven, Queens, started innocently enough. At approximately 1155 hours on the morning of February 12, 2009, an elderly male occupant living at 91-18 96th Street went to the second-floor bedroom of his […]
March 31, 2010
In a large city such as New York where a variety of windows is used and new construction, as well as renovations constantly are being made, window removal is a dangerous and difficult operation. In fact, the FDNY Training Bulletin, Emergencies 4, Suspended Scaffolding Emergencies, advises […]
March 31, 2010
The Firefighters and Officers in Manhattan’s Divisions 1 and 3 started out January 15, 2009, with a stubborn, two-alarm cellar fire in a commercial structure on West 29th Street at 1034 hours. Units were having extreme difficulty in advancing toward the seat of the fire due […]